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              "content": "This function is mostly fine, but here are the actual blocking issues:\n\n## Blocking issues\n\n**1. Return type inconsistency**\n```python\nif not times:\n    return 0          # returns int\nreturn sum(times) / len(times)  # returns float\n```\nCallers doing `result >= some_float` are fine, but anything doing type checks, JSON serialization assumptions, or comparisons like `result is None` fallback patterns can break. The empty case should `return 0.0` (or better, `None` — see below).\n\n**2. Silent failure on empty input is probably wrong**\nReturning `0` for \"no data\" makes it look like the average response time is 0ms — which will skew dashboards, SLO checks, or alerting that consume this. An empty input usually means \"unknown,\" so `return None` (and forcing callers to handle it) or raising `ValueError` is safer. Averaging 0 over zero samples is a lie that will eventually page someone.\n\n## Non-blocking (worth mentioning)\n\n**3. No input validation** — negative times or non-numeric values will silently produce a garbage result instead of failing fast. Depending on the data source, this may matter.\n\n**4. Consider statistics.mean** — `statistics.mean(times)` raises `StatisticsError` on empty input, which forces the caller to handle the empty case explicitly rather than silently getting `0`. That's often the better contract.\n\n## Suggested fix\n\n```python\ndef avg_response_time(times):\n    \"\"\"Return mean of times, or None if no data.\"\"\"\n    if not times:\n        return None\n    return sum(times) / len(times)\n```\n\nBottom line: it won't crash, but the `0`-on-empty behavior is a data-quality bug masquerading as a convenience.",
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