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Solder Short
As boards become more heavily populated shorting becomes more of a problem. A hot air knife after the solder wave is a great way of eliminating problems but most can only be fixed by good design. Increasing the flux solids will improve the drainage on all joints. In the example the pin length is correct at 1-1.5mm but the surface pads could be reduced in size. With smaller pads less solder is retained on the board to short between pins. If this is the only defect area on the board then a nice fixit is a glue dot placed between the two pins by your placement department.