Twitch Accepts Invalid Keys and Silently Discards Them — The Hidden Pitfalls of Integration and a 41-Second Recovery

A comprehensive article organizing the pitfalls encountered while running an AI avatar live stream on Twitch into three layers: OAuth authentication, RTMP streaming, and fault tolerance design. It covers issues like authorization code expiration within minutes, refresh token replacement, silent rejection of invalid keys, silent failures that persist without alerts, and measured recovery times.