Issue
User: Dev User (dev@example.com)
Student message: Error creating question variant
Instructor message: CourseIssueError: Invalid state before calling server generate(): data.variant_seed is not an integer: NaN
ID: 1103
Date: 2024-09-19 00:59:52-05 (CDT)

Associated data:

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        "path": "/PrairieLearn/testCourse",
        "title": "Test Course",
        "branch": "master",
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        "created_at": "2024-07-23T18:37:21.289614+00:00",
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        "short_name": "QA 101",
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    "variant": {
        "id": "11792",
        "date": {},
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        "broken": true,
        "number": 1,
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        "user_id": "1",
        "duration": 0,
        "group_id": null,
        "broken_at": {},
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        "num_tries": 0,
        "question_id": "177",
        "true_answer": {},
        "variant_seed": "'nvOpzp",
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        "authn_user_id": "1",
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        "formatted_date": "2024-09-19 00:59:52 (CDT)",
        "course_instance_id": null,
        "instance_question_id": null
    },
    "question": {
        "id": "177",
        "qid": "brokenGeneration",
        "type": "Freeform",
        "uuid": "a2f12dbe-e030-4782-87aa-713d61728539",
        "title": "Broken generation function",
        "number": 350,
        "options": null,
        "topic_id": "23",
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        "directory": "brokenGeneration",
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        "workspace_home": null,
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        "shared_publicly": false,
        "workspace_image": null,
        "template_directory": null,
        "show_correct_answer": true,
        "sync_job_sequence_id": null,
        "workspace_environment": {},
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        "external_grading_files": null,
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        "workspace_graded_files": null,
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        "external_grading_timeout": null,
        "external_grading_entrypoint": null,
        "shared_publicly_with_source": false,
        "workspace_enable_networking": null,
        "external_grading_environment": {},
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    }
}

System data:

{
    "stack": "CourseIssueError: Invalid state before calling server generate(): data.variant_seed is not an integer: NaN\n    at processQuestionServer (file:///PrairieLearn/apps/prairielearn/dist/question-servers/freeform.js:770:27)\n    at file:///PrairieLearn/apps/prairielearn/dist/question-servers/freeform.js:840:20\n    at instrumentedWithMetrics (file:///PrairieLearn/packages/opentelemetry/dist/metrics.js:47:22)\n    at processQuestion (file:///PrairieLearn/apps/prairielearn/dist/question-servers/freeform.js:838:12)\n    at file:///PrairieLearn/apps/prairielearn/dist/question-servers/freeform.js:891:62\n    at withCodeCaller (file:///PrairieLearn/apps/prairielearn/dist/lib/code-caller/index.js:195:26)\n    at async file:///PrairieLearn/apps/prairielearn/dist/question-servers/freeform.js:890:16\n    at async file:///PrairieLearn/packages/opentelemetry/dist/tracing.js:7:28\n    at async makeVariant (file:///PrairieLearn/apps/prairielearn/dist/lib/question-variant.js:44:36)\n    at async makeAndInsertVariant (file:///PrairieLearn/apps/prairielearn/dist/lib/question-variant.js:140:52)\n    at async ensureVariant (file:///PrairieLearn/apps/prairielearn/dist/lib/question-variant.js:235:12)\n    at async getAndRenderVariant (file:///PrairieLearn/apps/prairielearn/dist/lib/question-render.js:289:26)\n    at async file:///PrairieLearn/apps/prairielearn/dist/pages/instructorQuestionPreview/instructorQuestionPreview.js:45:5"
}
Broken generation function
Broken question due to error in question code
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Title:
Broken generation function
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2024-09-19 00:59:52 (CDT)
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