Background task error unobserved
Review this JavaScript request handler doing background work.
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1app.post("/import", (req, res) => {
2 res.status(202).json({ status: "accepted" });
3 processImport(req.body).then((r) => {
4 log.info("import done", r);
5 });
6});
7
8async function processImport(body) {
9 const rows = await parse(body);
10 await db.bulkInsert(rows);
11 return rows.length;
12}
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