Status: IN
`BitcaskStore.get()` in `log-structured-hash-table/bitcask.py` returns raw payload bytes without checking for the `TOMBSTONE` sentinel, so an index entry pointing to a tombstone record surfaces `b"__BITCASK_TOMBSTONE__"` as a value
Source: entries/2026/05/29/topic-tombstone-handling-in-hint-files.md