An AI-generated dashboard hit a 401 loop, and the fix was to spec failure cases first
jkris050 · reddit · 2026-07-23
A builder describes how an AI agent generated a polished dashboard, but a token-expiry edge case caused a 401 redirect loop in production.
Key lesson: write failure scenarios before prompting, not just the happy path. The author now lists cases like expired sessions, dropped requests, duplicate submits, and interactions while data is still loading. They also mention using a read-only planning step in Enter Pro to review scope and assumptions before generation, while still manually testing auth and failure flows.
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