[schneems]

> In the end I feel like I have wasted his time, because it was a different problem

Every issue is an investigation. It's normal for the breakage to be in some place non-obvious. Don't beat yourself up over it or let it hold you back from opening issues in the future. If you can provide a good reproduction you'll speed up the time to get to "oh here's the bug" or "not my problem" which is really helpful to maintainers.

> I wish I expressed more gratitude. I'm grateful for everyone in the Ruby and OpenSource community

There's never enough in hind site. Let's all pay it forward a little more