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SSE Fragmentation Bug Crashes CareerPilot AI on Google Cloud Run
A Server-Sent Events fragmentation bug caused CareerPilot AI to hang and crash on Google Cloud Run. The 15KB JSON payload was split across multiple TCP packets, breaking the SSE stream. The fix involved buffering the final payload and sending it as a single event.
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The story highlights a common but often overlooked deployment pitfall where streaming protocols behave differently behind cloud proxies.
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