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doc: clarify process.title inconsistencies #34557

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Expand Up @@ -2423,8 +2423,8 @@ allowed for longer process title strings by also overwriting the `environ`
memory but that was potentially insecure and confusing in some (rather obscure)
cases.

Note that assigning a value to `process.title` _may_ not reflect an accurate
(or any) label within the process manager application of the underlying
Assigning a value to `process.title` _may_ not reflect an accurate
(or any) label within the process manager application of the underlying
operating system (i.e. macOS Activity Monitor, Windows Services Manager, etc).
Inconsistencies and breaking changes within the _operating systems process
interface_ make synchronization with these applications unreliable.
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