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This is the only place in the whole print where this happens.

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[–] thantik@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

It's called "Unretract underextrusion". It can be caused by problems in the hot end, or a problem with your settings (not extruding enough overall, retracting too much and molten material making its way into the cold-zone of the printhead), and other such things.