Week 4 Capstone - The Hostname That Lies
The registry answers on 127.0.0.1, but the hostname the app uses refuses connections. Something is lying about that name.
Puzzle Overview
TaskFlow's local package registry is supposed to be reachable at registry.taskflow.internal. Hitting the loopback address directly returns a healthy page, but every health check that uses the hostname gets connection refused.
Public DNS still works — this is not a resolver outage. Someone "helpfully" adjusted how that internal hostname maps on this box. Find the lie and make the hostname reach the service that is already running.
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