asked it to fix the auth bug. it fixed the auth bug. it also broke the login page, the session handler, and something called UserMiddleware that i'd never heard of before.
it works on my machine (my machine is on fire)
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one correct explanation. one plausible-sounding but completely wrong explanation. no indication of which is which. thanks for the puzzle.