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Stage 4.5: console.log() everything.
And then the logging fixes the subtle timing issue causing the problem.
Race conditions are the worst
Good ol’ Heisenbugs.
Especially if logging ends up spreading a global mutex around the log file.
We have logging software built in, but I can never remember how to turn it on, so I just console.log
Step 4.6: Get another drive for the logs.