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What is the name of the kind of bug that resolves itself whenever you add a log line in the code that would finally cause you to understand it -- then comes back after you remove the log line?
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Leonardo Dias · 173w
Mind bug.
Stuart Bowman · 173w
Schrödinger’s bug
Vivek · 173w
The log-me-not bug?
Bryan · 173w
This is a very problematic bug…
OriginalSize · 173w
That's a feature
sudocarlos · 173w
transitory
nostrich · 173w
Bug of Schrödinger 🐞. And this exact same thing happened to me today!
cloud fodder · 173w
race condition
paulo · 173w
A bad motherfucker 🐞
Felipe · 173w
My daughter said Cats in the Cradle bug. Ls.
Dagmar Johnson · 173w
Heisenbug https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenbug
Rijndael · 173w
Heisenbug
j3s7m4n · 173w
-O3
armstrys · 173w
Murphy’s bug?
someone · 173w
a shy bug
Michael Henke · 173w
Heisenbug
Max Nam-Storm · 173w
Quantum bug
Narwhal Tacos · 173w
A Relationship?
Fabio Krauss · 173w
Depends, if it comes back after you remove the log line, then it is a quantum bug
Pinball Wizard · 173w
Joe Biden Bug
Petr · 173w
Very annoying one...
superkruger · 173w
Heisenberg
Robert Allen BIP110 · 173w
A rat bastard
Vincenzo Palazzo · 173w
concurrency, mate disk latency is our friend!
OgFOMK ArTS · 173w
Attention.
Nick Berlin · 173w
Perhaps the log is adding to the stack and line in question is now tweaking different stack values? Post the function?
Paula Livingstone · 173w
A bugger
jericho · 173w
#NotUnitTested ?
Leo Fernevak · 173w
Perhaps you just need sleep, have a walk in the park and return to the issue later.
Cléber · 173w
One could call a heisenbug, but being more precise, it's probably some sort of race condition.
nout · 173w
Those are called "You little piece of shit, why do you do this to me, I should be a barista instead!" bugs.