Fix: Remove intentional error injection causing NullPointerException in appointment service #245
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Problem
The appointment-service-get Lambda function was experiencing critical availability issues with 475 NullPointerException errors in the last 4+ hours, causing:
Root Cause
Intentional error injection in
lambda-petclinic/sample-apps/function3-different-version/lambda_function.pyat line 27:This was triggered by the HttpRequesterFunction (function4) running every minute via EventBridge, which generates malicious requests by replacing
petid=dogwithpetid=111111111111.Solution
Impact
This fix will:
Testing
The fix removes only the problematic error injection while preserving:
ownersandpet_idrecordIdResolves the critical availability issues identified in the Application Signals investigation.