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Re:Ask HN: We just had an actual UUID v4 collision... by tommoneytools on Monday May 11, 2026 @05:42AM (#48092912) 

   Wild edge case. Curious if they ever found the root cause.
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Re:Ask HN: We just had an actual UUID v4 collision... by erikerikson on Monday May 11, 2026 @09:49AM (#48094987)
Welcome to Hacker News.

I suspect you meant to reply to a different comment. Regardless the most plausible speculation I've read here is that the RNG used to generate the UUID is low quality.

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