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Why Does My Waitress Server Hang With threads=0?

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  1. A Flask app running on Waitress can start with threads=0 and end up listening on a port without ever processing requests.

  2. Because Waitress does not reject this invalid setting at startup, the result is a silent hang that is hard to debug.

  3. StayPresent addresses this by validating configuration immediately and raising a ValueError early instead of letting the server fail quietly.

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