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		lytedev on Aug 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New UUID Formats – IETF Draft This sounds like a mistake? When/why should the application validate the format of a UUID?

therealdrag0 on Aug 7, 2021 | [–]

When our services get Strings in requests that are UUIDs we convert them to typed java.util.Uuid objects, if they're not valid they get rejected.

cratermoon on Aug 6, 2021 | [–]

Why shouldn't they?

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