Astra treats newlines as optional, appears to trigger n² codepath in syntax highlighting

lucasmeijer · x · 2026-09-05

Developer lucasmeijer ran Google's Astra model in his Atelier coding agent and noticed it seems to treat newlines as optional. He also observed the behavior appears to hit an n² (or worse) codepath in his syntax highlighting stack — a notable edge case for anyone processing model output downstream.

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