Time Bomb Radar

Finds code that works today but crashes after the data gets old enough.

Time bombs are deferred operations that pass every test, every code review, every pattern matcher, then crash your app weeks or months after release. The trigger is data age + environment state, not code paths. They produce 1-star reviews from your most loyal users -- the ones who kept the app long enough for the timer to fire.

Origin: A production-class crash where SafeDeletionManager archived items for 30 days, then cascade-deleted them, triggering a SwiftData _FullFutureBackingData fatal error on unresolved iCloud .externalStorage faults. The bug was invisible during development because no test data was 30 days old. If shipped, every user would have crashed on day 31.

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