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[Bug]: REST API URL starting with "http" but no scheme (e.g. httpbin.org/get) is not given an http:// prefixPossibly taken @ItsDeadlyProgrammer claimed this today. Open
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appsmithorg/appsmith#42471 · 1 comment ·
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external-plugin requires-submitter-fixes
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github/awesome-copilot#5396 · 1 comment ·
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bug triage
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[core-client] Remove unused hand-maintained transport helpers after the definition-table cutoverOpendoc-audit enhancement
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Snapshot capture failure (EPERM spawning git) fails the whole step despite the best-effort contractOpenreproduced
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[ordering-review] workshop order graph: 1 confirmed ordering problem, 3 cycles are false positivesOpen
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