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Empty Is Not a State
Community description: Your poller returned None. What happened? Maybe the source published nothing new. Maybe the server...
Dev.to | Sep 14, 2026 | marcosomma
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They require different retry policies, different alerts, and different state transitions. Second, every attempt produces an observation. Durable state transitions need stronger evidence than temporary scheduling decisions.
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