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The AI spotted why my Bluesky server broke, and found a security hole too

His self hosted Bluesky PDS broke after bsky.app added a new CORS header. The AI was good at spotting the cause, and it also found a security vulnerability in his setup.

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How it works

  1. His PDS breaks after a bsky.app change adds a CORS header
  2. The AI spots the header as the cause
  3. The AI also finds a security vulnerability

Why it’s worth knowing

He asked about one break and got a second answer he was not looking for: a security hole in his own server.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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