npm: garbled package metadata delivered to old npm clients
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Status incident (vendor impact label: none) posted by npm, started 2016-04-06 20:15 UTC, resolved after 7.3 h, 1 update(s).
- Title
- garbled package metadata delivered to old npm clients
- Vendor
- npm
- Date
- URL
- https://rewindex.com/company/npm/incidents/665tfzq37xph
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