Summary The question revolves around the feasibility of using codeless ad units in mobile apps, specifically with Google Ad Manager (GAM), for platforms like React Native, Android, and iOS. The inquiry aims to clarify whether codeless ad units are strictly limited to web pages or if there’s support or a workaround for mobile applications. Root … Read more
Summary The script automates screenshot generation from Excel sheets, specifically targeting system version and international/special/branding sheets. It encountered issues due to hardcoded paths, missing error handling, and inconsistent column hiding logic, leading to failed executions and incomplete screenshots. Root Cause Hardcoded file paths: The script assumes specific file locations (C:\Users\Scarlett\Downloads), causing failures on other machines. … Read more
Summary This postmortem analyzes a Google Play Console production‑stage rejection for an Unreal Engine Android game targeting children. The app passed internal and closed testing but failed only when promoted to production, with rejection reasons citing Families Policy and App Stability. This document explains why this happens, what the real root cause usually is, and … Read more
Summary This incident revolves around a common networking misconception: a Gunicorn‑hosted Flask app bound to 127.0.0.1 cannot be reached from any external machine. The service was only listening on the loopback interface, so remote POST requests failed because the server was never exposed to the network. Root Cause The root cause was binding Gunicorn to … Read more
Summary This incident describes a common Power BI modeling failure: actual and forecast data cannot be combined into a single visual when the underlying model does not share a physical time-of-day column and a physical date column across both datasets. The engineer attempted to solve the problem with a measure-generated table, but measures cannot drive … Read more
Summary Publishing a Dash app via Plotly Cloud failed due to a ModuleNotFoundError when importing internal modules. The app worked locally but failed on Plotly Cloud, indicating a discrepancy in the deployment environment. Root Cause The root cause was incorrect module resolution in the Plotly Cloud environment. The app’s structure relied on absolute imports (from … Read more
Summary The DeploymentNotFound error in Azure Foundry occurs when the API deployment for a resource does not exist, causing issues with model deployment. This error can be frustrating, especially when models have already been successfully deployed. Key takeaways include understanding the root cause, real-world impact, and effective solutions to resolve this issue. Root Cause The … Read more
Summary This postmortem analyzes a subtle Visual Studio 2022 linker behavior where a custom section declared with #pragma section and __declspec(allocate) is silently merged or discarded, even when the symbol is explicitly forced into the link via /INCLUDE. The engineer expected a .sbat section to appear in the final binary, but the linker optimized it … Read more
Summary This postmortem analyzes why a custom iOS keyboard extension on iOS 26 cannot navigate directly to the host app’s settings page, even though some third‑party keyboards (Baidu, Sogou, WeChat) appear to achieve this. The issue stems from platform‑level restrictions, API behavior changes, and misunderstanding of what “full access disabled” truly limits. Root Cause The … Read more
Summary A Next.js app cannot read HttpOnly cookies directly, so the frontend cannot decide whether a user is authenticated. The correct pattern is to let Next.js Middleware or server components validate the session by forwarding the cookies to your backend and letting the backend confirm whether the token is valid. The browser sends cookies automatically, … Read more