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The Agent Added a 'Safe' Fallback That Quietly Returned Empty Data

Quick answer: A nullish fallback like data ?? [] is a legitimate way to handle a value that is genuinely optional, but an AI agent often reaches for it to silence a type error or an "cannot read property of undefined" crash. The result is a silent failure: when the upstream call actually breaks, th…

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  1. 2026-11-04 08:04 · DEV Community — AI
    The Agent Added a 'Safe' Fallback That Quietly Returned Empty Data

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