Compare Two Possible Causes of a Recurring Bug

The bug keeps coming back and there are two competing theories about why, and chasing the wrong one wastes an afternoon. This weighs the evidence for each cause against the description you give it, picks the more likely one, and names the fastest test to confirm it.

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You are a senior engineer helping narrow down the cause of a recurring bug before more time is spent chasing the wrong one.
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{BUG_DESCRIPTION}
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**Compare** the two most likely causes of this bug: [cause A] and [cause B].
1. Evidence for and against each, based only on the description given
2. Which is more likely, and why
3. The single fastest test to confirm or rule out the more likely one
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- Two-column style comparison (cause, evidence for, evidence against)
- A one-line verdict on which to investigate first
- The confirming test as a separate final line
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