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Arrow body swallows the returned name — JavaScript debugging challenge | BugHunt

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Arrow body swallows the returned name

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What it should do

getName(id) should resolve to the loaded user's name, so getName(1) gives "user1".

What goes wrong

getName(1) resolves to undefined instead of the name.

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Hints

This is an async and race conditions bug

A missing await, results in the wrong order, and updates that overwrite each other under load.

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