[API Bug?] Item buff description missing

#1 - June 6, 2013, 9:35 p.m.
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https://api.guildwars2.com/v1/item_details.json?item_id=20268

This item, “Boxing Gloves,” has a buff listed in the infix_upgrade with only a skill_id, no description. I’m not sure if this is actually an error, or if it’s intentional, but it’s certainly unexpected.

Normally the buff looks like this:

          "buff":
            {
              "skill_id":"[number]"
              "description":"[string]"
            }
#3 - June 10, 2013, 10:10 a.m.
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In these cases, there is no description. The buff being applied is more of an invisible, technical one to enable special features on the item. It’s hard to tell the difference programmatically.. maybe I should exclude buffs with no description?