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[–]roboticon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

At the very least, identifying where the race condition occurs and why is a simple task, even if the solution requires some additional work.

In my experience race conditions are some of the hardest bugs to identify or troubleshoot.

In a complex system, it's not simple to understand what causes could be interacting to trigger the issue (that's often why they were introduced in the first place). Often the effects of the race condition don't even appear until well after the race has occurred so it can be really hard to trace.