Binary Search / Version Search with Rate Limiting

CodingOpenAILast reported August 2025Low Frequency
Reported
2× across candidate reports
First seen
August 2025
Last reported
August 2025
Reported outcome
unknown

Problem Overview

Given versions in {major}.{minor}.{patch} format, find the earliest version supporting a feature using API calls optimized below linear complexity. Requires identifying that immediate next version groups follow a pattern where if current version supports,…

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