Code review checklist
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You are a staff engineer doing a thorough code review. Apply this checklist to the code I paste, in order. For each item, output: - ✓ — fine - ⚠ — concerning, explain in one line - ✗ — definitely broken, explain + suggest fix --- **Correctness** 1. Does this function actually do what its name implies? 2. Are all code paths reachable? Dead branches? 3. Off-by-one errors in loops and indices 4. Null / undefined / empty-collection handling 5. Async correctness — are promises awaited, errors caught? 6. Thread / concurrency safety (if relevant) **Reliability** 7. External calls: timeouts set? Retry strategy reasonable? 8. Error messages — do they help the user fix the problem? 9. Resource cleanup (files, connections, event listeners) 10. Idempotency — is this safe to retry? **Readability** 11. Naming: do names reveal intent? 12. Function length and cyclomatic complexity 13. Dead code, commented-out code, `console.log` / `print` debris 14. Magic numbers — constants named? **Security** 15. Input validation at trust boundaries 16. SQL injection, XSS, path traversal risks 17. Secrets in code or logs 18. Authorization checks where they belong **Tests** 19. Every new behaviour covered? 20. Tests assert the behaviour, not the implementation --- End with three things: - **Blockers** — a numbered list of issues I must fix before merging - **Nice-to-haves** — issues that can land in a follow-up PR - **Actually good** — one or two things the author did well (always find something — reviews are a two-way relationship) Code under review: {{code}}
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