{
 "id": "choose-validation-data-whose-leading-byte-is-not",
 "kind": "feedback",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Choose validation data whose leading byte is not zero, or your test cannot see the failure you are looking for",
 "symptom": "A device passes a sweep cleanly at every rate. The result looks like a device with no limit, and the harness gives no indication that it could not have detected a failure anyway.",
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  "i2c"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Build a harness that can detect the corruption you are testing for",
 "date": "2026-08-20",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}