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When you "repair" truncated JSON, you stop noticing it was truncated
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Dev.to | Oct 6, 2026 | ToNBi
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But when the JSON was cut off, "repairing" it also hides the fact that it was cut off. Passed through a repair library, almost everything (98. 5%) came back as plausible-looking JSON Even with a JSON Schema where every field is required, 137 of 853 truncations (16. 1%) still passed validation Each one was cut at every position, from the first character to one character before the end. Repair libraries are useful, but on truncated JSON they erase the traces of the cut.
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