Data formats & archives
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6 articlesA HAR redaction can remove cookies and still leave account data behind
Review request URLs, headers and bodies while keeping enough evidence to reproduce a support issue.
The Base64 decoded, but the text did not. Inspect the bytes first
Separate Base64 alphabet and padding issues from UTF-8 decoding and the binary data represented by the input.
Hex pairs are bytes. Their meaning depends on the format
Check complete byte pairs, text encoding and endianness before interpreting hexadecimal input as data.
Valid JSON can still lose a number or hide a duplicate field
Review syntax separately from duplicate keys, numeric precision and the application schema.
A timestamp points to the wrong decade. Check seconds versus milliseconds
Identify epoch units and timezone presentation before changing a stored event time.
Prepare a support HAR that explains the failure without exporting the account
Use disposable reproductions and application-specific redaction while preserving a useful network request sequence.
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