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CSV delimiter proxy versus origin split response

A CSV proxy versus origin split note for delimiter: parsing or encoding failure caused by charset mismatch, delimiter drift, locale, timezone, row shape, or date format ambiguity. It includes evidence, output examples, branches, and the smallest reliable fix.

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First command
grep -R "delimiter" ./logs
First evidence

Treat delimiter as a proxy versus origin split case. First collect evidence for whether the edge/proxy or the origin server creates the failure.

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When this happens

Use this when a cdn, load balancer, reverse proxy, or waf sits in front of the service. Do not stop at the screen message; validate whether the edge/proxy or the origin server creates the failure first.

Symptom checklist

  • delimiter appears repeatedly in the CSV UI or logs.
  • BOM, Shift_JIS, delimiter, quote, line break differs between successful and failed requests.
  • The issue appears only after separating file format error from data value error.
  • It often follows deploys, permission changes, configuration edits, or data refreshes.

Likely causes

  • delimiter specifically changes the investigation surface for CSV: verify the exact failing object, route, user, and timestamp before applying the broader pattern.
  • The file encoding differs from the importer expectation.
  • A delimiter, quote, or line break appears inside data.
  • Locale-specific dates or timezones are parsed as another region's format.
  • Excel rewrites the file with BOM or Shift_JIS behavior.
  • One bad row shifts the remaining column count.
  • For the proxy versus origin split case, the first useful clue is whether the edge/proxy or the origin server creates the failure.

First 1-minute checks

  1. Write down the first failure time, latest change, affected user, path, and object ID.
  2. Compare BOM, Shift_JIS, delimiter, quote, line break for success and failure in the same window.
  3. Test the hypothesis: parsing or encoding failure caused by charset mismatch, delimiter drift, locale, timezone, row shape, or date format ambiguity.
  4. Classify this as proxy versus origin split: whether the edge/proxy or the origin server creates the failure.
  5. Capture current values before changing configuration.

First evidence

Treat delimiter as a proxy versus origin split case. First collect evidence for whether the edge/proxy or the origin server creates the failure.

Output examples

Normal output

Direct origin and routed proxy return equivalent status and headers.

Failing output

Origin succeeds but proxy fails, or proxy succeeds while direct origin exposes the real backend error.

Output-to-action branches

  • A CDN, load balancer, reverse proxy, or WAF sits in front of the service.
    Test direct origin and routed traffic separately, then change only the layer that differs.
  • The working and failing outputs differ.
    Act on the differing layer first: For delimiter, apply the fix only after reproducing the same condition and saving the before/after evidence for this exact code.
  • Command output is normal but users still fail.
    Separate browser cache, cookies, permissions, and network location before declaring it fixed.

Do not do this

  • Do not assume the CDN error code is the application root cause.
  • Do not change multiple layers before identifying the failing layer.
  • Do not delete production data, grant broad permissions, or disable security controls as a first response.

Evidence quality

Auto-generated operator draft: includes issue-specific causes, commands, output branches, and unsafe-action warnings. Official-source links and real incident validation are queued for enrichment.

Commands to run first

grep -R "delimiter" ./logs
file input.csv
nkf -g input.csv
python - <<'PY'\nimport csv; print(next(csv.reader(open('input.csv', encoding='utf-8'))))\nPY
wc -l input.csv
file input.csv
nkf -g input.csv
python - <<'PY'
import csv
print(next(csv.reader(open('input.csv', encoding='utf-8'))))
PY
curl -Iv https://example.com --resolve example.com:443:ORIGIN_IP

Fix order

  1. Record the full delimiter message, failing URL, user, object ID, and latest change.
  2. Collect issue-specific evidence for parsing or encoding failure caused by charset mismatch, delimiter drift, locale, timezone, row shape, or date format ambiguity.
  3. Compare the failing case with a successful case before editing settings.
  4. If this is the proxy versus origin split branch, Test direct origin and routed traffic separately, then change only the layer that differs.
  5. Re-check with the same command and URL, then record the normal output.

Actions by cause

  • For delimiter, apply the fix only after reproducing the same condition and saving the before/after evidence for this exact code.
  • Detect encoding before import and convert once at the boundary.
  • Validate delimiter, quote escaping, and column count before processing.
  • Parse dates and timezones with an explicit locale and format.
  • Reject bad rows with row numbers instead of silently shifting columns.
  • Keep a small fixture file for regression tests.
  • For the proxy versus origin split branch, Test direct origin and routed traffic separately, then change only the layer that differs.

Verification metadata

  • operator-draft
  • official-reference-linked
  • 2026-07-23

Update queue

  • Review cadence
    weekly-source-review
  • Next enrichment
    Add one official-source check and one real output example for CSV delimiter.

Environment-specific checks

  • Shared hosting, proxies, VPNs, or CDN layers can change file format error from data value error results.
  • Do not trust only the CSV UI; compare command output.
  • Japanese hosting panels may show completion before DNS or SSL fully propagates.
  • Test from both office and external networks.

Prevent it next time

  • Store normal examples for BOM, Shift_JIS, delimiter, quote, line break.
  • Add encoding conversion, delimiter pinning, quote escaping, column count checks to the release checklist.
  • Keep recurring errors in the same note format.
  • Split alerts by error rate, latency, certificates, disk, and permission changes.