> That feature is simply insane. It really feels like someone's thought experiment that was cargo-culted into production. Timestamps are truthy to begin with,

> That feature is simply insane. It really feels like someone's thought experiment that was cargo-culted into production. Timestamps are truthy to begin with, and mission-critical systems are designed to die and be reborn anew like the common Phoenix. Physical issues that might come up are addressed in the spec and logical issues stop everything they touch. At no point have I ever hoped that a third party would start pumping garbage into the problem.