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A routine gem update ended up creating $73k worth of subscriptions
On November 5, 2021 (a Friday of course), we've deployed innocent-looking gem updates. Minor versions of Ruby on Rails, Ruby Sentry client, Ruby Slack client, http libraries, Puma, Devise, OmniAuth Ruby client, Mongoid, and a few test gems. However, something went very wrong. We saw odd Stripe errors
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2022 | A routine gem update ended up creating $73k worth of subscriptions by hartator | 521 | 321 |
