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# [Fan-Out With a Seatbelt: Six Ways flatMapMerge Bites Android Apps in Production](https://android-expert.hashnode.dev/fan-out-with-a-seatbelt-six-ways-flatmapmerge-bites-android-apps-in-production?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

How Kotlin’s flatMapMerge quietly breaks ordering, errors, and lifecycle in Android apps, and the fixes and tests that keep it safe.

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