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by jaapz 683 days ago
Also, the issue wasn't that passwords "vanished into thin air" which implies they are lost forever. Users were unable to access some stored passwords and unable to store new passwords for a time. After the fix, the passwords were accessible and users were able to store new passwords again.

Yes, a significant bug caused by not guarding new functionality with a feature flag, but not as significant as this news article makes it seem.

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> but not as significant as this news article makes it seem.

I thought Google has a "development process". /s