Such engineer probably made sure to note it was for testing purposes, like what was stated the last 47392 times this exact same problem was found in mass-produc

Such engineer probably made sure to note it was for testing purposes, like what was stated the last 47392 times this exact same problem was found in mass-produced network hardware. Now, the question is whether the subsequent failure to remove it was willing or not... That will be hard to ascertain, probably enough to keep them from firing the involved code monkey.