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        "Cannot read propert.*of undefined",
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        "NullPointerException",
        "null reference"
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        {
          "action": "add_documenting_comment",
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      "flavor": "It was there this whole time. You just never checked."
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      "display": "\ud83d\ude08 FencepostDemon",
      "type": "bug_monster",
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      "description": "Born from a fence with one too many posts. Or was it one too few?",
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        "ArrayIndexOutOfBounds",
        "list index out of range",
        "index out of bounds",
        "off.by.one"
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        {
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        {
          "action": "add_documenting_comment",
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      "flavor": "Always one step ahead. Or behind. It's hard to tell."
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    "TypeGreml": {
      "id": "TypeGreml",
      "display": "\ud83d\udd27 TypeGreml",
      "type": "bug_monster",
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      "description": "Sneaks in through loose type annotations. Multiplies in dynamic languages.",
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        {
          "action": "add_documenting_comment",
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      "flavor": "It only attacks when you're absolutely sure about the type."
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    "SyntaxSerpent": {
      "id": "SyntaxSerpent",
      "display": "\ud83d\udc0d SyntaxSerpent",
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      "rarity": "very_common",
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      "description": "The most ancient and humble of all bug monsters. Extremely weak.",
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        "syntax error",
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        "unexpected indent",
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        "ParseError"
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        {
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      "flavor": "You'll be embarrassed you let this one survive long enough to catch."
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      "id": "CORSCurse",
      "display": "\ud83c\udf10 CORSCurse",
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      "description": "Every web developer has met this one. It never gets less annoying.",
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        "CORS",
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        "cross origin",
        "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
        "has been blocked by CORS policy",
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        {
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        {
          "action": "add_documenting_comment",
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      "flavor": "It's not your fault. Well. It kind of is."
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      "description": "It never stops. It never sleeps. It was running before you got there.",
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        "timeout",
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        "StackOverflow"
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        {
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        {
          "action": "add_documenting_comment",
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      "flavor": "The exit condition was always there. You just never believed in it."
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      "id": "RacePhantom",
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        {
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          "strength_reduction": 30
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        {
          "action": "add_documenting_comment",
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      "flavor": "You've proven it exists. That's honestly impressive on its own."
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        "is deprecated",
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          "strength_reduction": 20
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        {
          "action": "add_documenting_comment",
          "strength_reduction": 20
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      "flavor": "It survived every major version. It will outlast you."
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      "id": "ShadowBit",
      "display": "\ud83d\udd12 ShadowBit",
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      "description": "Cannot be defeated \u2014 only properly contained. Requires full documentation + patching.",
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        "injection",
        "XSS",
        "CSRF",
        "SQL injection",
        "command injection",
        "path traversal",
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        "hardcoded.*token"
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        {
          "action": "add_documenting_comment",
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      "flavor": "Defeat is not an option. Containment is the only victory."
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      "type": "bug_monster",
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      "description": "Haunts missing endpoints. The URL was real once. You just can't prove it.",
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        "Not Found",
        "ENOENT",
        "No such file",
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        "endpoint.*not found"
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          "strength_reduction": 25
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        {
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          "strength_reduction": 25
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        {
          "action": "add_documenting_comment",
          "strength_reduction": 10
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      "flavor": "It used to exist. Probably."
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      "display": "\ud83e\ude78 MemoryLeech",
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      "catchable": true,
      "description": "Slow. Patient. Feeds on RAM one byte at a time. You won't notice until it's too late.",
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        "heap.*exhausted",
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        "Killed.*memory",
        "malloc.*failed",
        "std::bad_alloc",
        "java\\.lang\\.OutOfMemoryError",
        "GC overhead limit exceeded",
        "JavaScript heap out of memory",
        "OOMKilled",
        "oom-killer",
        "malloc: can't allocate region"
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          "strength_reduction": 20
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        {
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          "strength_reduction": 30
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        {
          "action": "add_documenting_comment",
          "strength_reduction": 10
        }
      ],
      "flavor": "It was already there when you opened the task manager."
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      "id": "CudaCrash",
      "display": "\u26a1 CudaCrash",
      "type": "bug_monster",
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      "xp_reward": 130,
      "catchable": true,
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      "description": "Lives in VRAM. Detonates the moment your batch size is one too many. Doesn't negotiate.",
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        "torch\\.cuda\\.OutOfMemoryError",
        "CUDA error: out of memory",
        "RuntimeError.*CUDA.*memory",
        "cuDNN.*insufficient memory",
        "CUBLAS_STATUS_ALLOC_FAILED",
        "out of GPU memory",
        "VRAM.*exhausted",
        "device-side assert triggered"
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        {
          "action": "isolate_reproduction",
          "strength_reduction": 30
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        {
          "action": "write_failing_test",
          "strength_reduction": 20
        },
        {
          "action": "add_documenting_comment",
          "strength_reduction": 10
        }
      ],
      "flavor": "Your model fit in VRAM yesterday. You added one layer."
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    "InfiniteWisp": {
      "id": "InfiniteWisp",
      "display": "\ud83c\udf00 InfiniteWisp",
      "type": "bug_monster",
      "rarity": "common",
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      "xp_reward": 55,
      "catchable": true,
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      "description": "Spawned from a while loop with no exit. Runs forever. Eats your CPU. Doesn't know it's lost.",
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        "Traceback.*KeyboardInterrupt",
        "infinite loop",
        "loop.*infinite",
        "maximum iteration",
        "process.*hung",
        "timed out after"
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      "weaken_actions": [
        {
          "action": "write_failing_test",
          "strength_reduction": 20
        },
        {
          "action": "isolate_reproduction",
          "strength_reduction": 30
        },
        {
          "action": "add_documenting_comment",
          "strength_reduction": 10
        }
      ],
      "flavor": "Your fan was always loud. You just never checked why."
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    "BoundsHound": {
      "id": "BoundsHound",
      "display": "\ud83d\udc15 BoundsHound",
      "type": "bug_monster",
      "rarity": "common",
      "base_strength": 25,
      "xp_reward": 45,
      "catchable": true,
      "defeatable": true,
      "description": "Lurks at the edge of every array. Patient. Knows you'll be off by one eventually.",
      "error_patterns": [
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        "index out of range",
        "list index out of range",
        "ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException",
        "array index.*out of bounds",
        "index.*out of bounds",
        "subscript out of range",
        "out of bounds access",
        "RangeError.*index"
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      "weaken_actions": [
        {
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          "strength_reduction": 25
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        {
          "action": "isolate_reproduction",
          "strength_reduction": 25
        },
        {
          "action": "add_documenting_comment",
          "strength_reduction": 10
        }
      ],
      "flavor": "It was always length minus one. You just forgot."
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      "id": "BranchGhost",
      "display": "\ud83d\udd00 BranchGhost",
      "type": "bug_monster",
      "rarity": "uncommon",
      "base_strength": 40,
      "xp_reward": 75,
      "catchable": true,
      "defeatable": true,
      "description": "Lives in the else branch you swore would never execute. It executed.",
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        "dead code",
        "branch.*never.*taken",
        "always.*true",
        "always.*false",
        "condition.*always",
        "else.*never",
        "fallthrough"
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          "strength_reduction": 30
        },
        {
          "action": "isolate_reproduction",
          "strength_reduction": 20
        },
        {
          "action": "add_documenting_comment",
          "strength_reduction": 10
        }
      ],
      "flavor": "You were so sure that case was impossible."
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      "display": "\ud83e\udea4 SwitchTrap",
      "type": "bug_monster",
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      "catchable": true,
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      "description": "Hides in unhandled cases. Switch statements with no default. Match arms that never close. It found the gap.",
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        "no.*default",
        "non-exhaustive.*pattern",
        "MatchError",
        "match.*non-exhaustive",
        "switch.*not.*handled",
        "Missing case for",
        "Unhandled variant"
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      "weaken_actions": [
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          "action": "write_failing_test",
          "strength_reduction": 25
        },
        {
          "action": "isolate_reproduction",
          "strength_reduction": 25
        },
        {
          "action": "add_documenting_comment",
          "strength_reduction": 10
        }
      ],
      "flavor": "You added that new enum value last week. The switch didn't notice."
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    "RecurseWraith": {
      "id": "RecurseWraith",
      "display": "\ud83c\udf2a\ufe0f RecurseWraith",
      "type": "bug_monster",
      "rarity": "uncommon",
      "base_strength": 45,
      "xp_reward": 85,
      "catchable": true,
      "defeatable": true,
      "description": "The function that forgot to stop. Calls itself into oblivion. The base case was almost right.",
      "error_patterns": [
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        "maximum recursion depth",
        "stack overflow",
        "StackOverflowError",
        "too much recursion",
        "Maximum call stack size exceeded",
        "infinite recursion",
        "stack.*exhausted"
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      "weaken_actions": [
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          "action": "write_failing_test",
          "strength_reduction": 25
        },
        {
          "action": "isolate_reproduction",
          "strength_reduction": 25
        },
        {
          "action": "add_documenting_comment",
          "strength_reduction": 10
        }
      ],
      "flavor": "The base case was there. It just couldn't be reached."
    },
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      "display": "\ud83d\udd73\ufe0f CatchAll",
      "type": "bug_monster",
      "rarity": "rare",
      "base_strength": 60,
      "xp_reward": 120,
      "catchable": true,
      "defeatable": false,
      "description": "Born from broad exception handlers. Swallows errors whole. Cannot be defeated \u2014 only caught, by narrowing the catch.",
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        "except:$",
        "catch.*\\(Exception e\\)",
        "catch.*\\(e\\).*\\{\\}",
        "swallowed.*exception",
        "error.*ignored",
        "bare except",
        "catch-all.*handler"
      ],
      "weaken_actions": [
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          "action": "write_failing_test",
          "strength_reduction": 30
        },
        {
          "action": "isolate_reproduction",
          "strength_reduction": 30
        },
        {
          "action": "add_documenting_comment",
          "strength_reduction": 15
        }
      ],
      "flavor": "If you catch everything, you learn nothing."
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      "display": "\ud83d\udd00 MergeMaw",
      "type": "event_encounter",
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      "base_strength": 45,
      "xp_reward": 80,
      "catchable": true,
      "defeatable": true,
      "trigger_type": "command",
      "command_patterns": [
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        "git rebase"
      ],
      "description": "Emerges from the diff between two timelines. Loves conflicts.",
      "flavor": "It has opinions about your whitespace."
    },
    "BranchSprite": {
      "id": "BranchSprite",
      "display": "\ud83c\udf3f BranchSprite",
      "type": "event_encounter",
      "rarity": "common",
      "base_strength": 15,
      "xp_reward": 50,
      "catchable": true,
      "defeatable": false,
      "trigger_type": "command",
      "command_patterns": [
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        "git branch "
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      "description": "Appears when a new branch is born. Harmless. Almost cheerful.",
      "flavor": "It wanted to come along for the feature."
    },
    "DepGolem": {
      "id": "DepGolem",
      "display": "\ud83d\udce6 DepGolem",
      "type": "event_encounter",
      "rarity": "common",
      "base_strength": 30,
      "xp_reward": 45,
      "catchable": true,
      "defeatable": true,
      "trigger_type": "command",
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        "npm i ",
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        "apt install",
        "brew install",
        "poetry add",
        "uv add",
        "uv pip install"
      ],
      "description": "Conjured from the package registry. Brings transitive dependencies.",
      "flavor": "It brought 847 friends."
    },
    "FlakeDemon": {
      "id": "FlakeDemon",
      "display": "\ud83c\udfb2 FlakeDemon",
      "type": "event_encounter",
      "rarity": "uncommon",
      "base_strength": 55,
      "xp_reward": 90,
      "catchable": true,
      "defeatable": true,
      "trigger_type": "output",
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        "AssertionError",
        "Expected.*[Rr]eceived",
        "assert.*failed",
        "\\d+ failed",
        "FAIL\\b",
        "test.*FAILED",
        "FAILURES"
      ],
      "description": "Born from test infrastructure, not application code. The hardest kind to pin down.",
      "flavor": "It passed on CI. It always passes on CI."
    },
    "PhantomPass": {
      "id": "PhantomPass",
      "display": "\u2705 PhantomPass",
      "type": "event_encounter",
      "rarity": "rare",
      "base_strength": 10,
      "xp_reward": 150,
      "catchable": true,
      "defeatable": false,
      "trigger_type": "test_victory",
      "success_patterns": [
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        "PASSED",
        "All tests passed",
        "tests passed",
        "\u2713",
        "\\d+ passed",
        "OK$",
        "SUCCESS"
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      "description": "Appears only when tests go green after going red. Rare. Fleeting. Cannot be fought \u2014 only caught.",
      "flavor": "It was hiding in the red all along."
    },
    "TestSpecter": {
      "id": "TestSpecter",
      "display": "\ud83e\uddea TestSpecter",
      "type": "event_encounter",
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      "catchable": true,
      "defeatable": true,
      "trigger_type": "test_file",
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        "_test\\.",
        "test_",
        "_spec\\.",
        "\\.spec\\."
      ],
      "description": "Haunts test suites. Drawn to assertions. Debuglin gets excited.",
      "flavor": "It wanted to make sure the test was named correctly."
    },
    "ReviewHawk": {
      "id": "ReviewHawk",
      "display": "\ud83e\udd85 ReviewHawk",
      "type": "event_encounter",
      "rarity": "uncommon",
      "base_strength": 40,
      "xp_reward": 85,
      "catchable": true,
      "defeatable": false,
      "trigger_type": "command",
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        "gh pr comment",
        "gh issue create",
        "gh issue comment",
        "git push.*--set-upstream",
        "git push -u"
      ],
      "description": "Appears the moment a PR is opened. Always finds the one thing you forgot to mention in the description.",
      "flavor": "It left a comment. Several, actually."
    },
    "TicketGremlin": {
      "id": "TicketGremlin",
      "display": "\ud83c\udfab TicketGremlin",
      "type": "event_encounter",
      "rarity": "common",
      "base_strength": 30,
      "xp_reward": 55,
      "catchable": true,
      "defeatable": true,
      "trigger_type": "command",
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        "jira ",
        "linear ",
        "curl.*atlassian",
        "curl.*jira",
        "curl.*linear.app",
        "gh issue",
        "curl.*api/v3/issues",
        "curl.*rest/api"
      ],
      "description": "Spawned from ticket systems. Moves issues to 'In Review' before you're done.",
      "flavor": "It already updated the status. The estimate too."
    },
    "PermWraith": {
      "id": "PermWraith",
      "display": "\ud83d\udeab PermWraith",
      "type": "event_encounter",
      "rarity": "common",
      "base_strength": 35,
      "xp_reward": 60,
      "catchable": true,
      "defeatable": true,
      "trigger_type": "output",
      "error_patterns": [
        "Permission denied",
        "EACCES",
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