Flash 3.8 Review: Great When Working, but Stuck in Silent Token-Burning Loops
brandon_galang · x · 2026-09-03
User Brandon Galang reports that Flash 3.8 is great when it works, but infuriatingly gets stuck in silent death loops that burn tokens without notice; he flagged the issue to Google's Logan Kilpatrick.
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