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Flight Alloy
Nope, 787 uses O2 bottles both for flight deck and cabin oxygen systems. Each 3 seat group shares one oxygen bottle in the bulkhead overhead, fired by a pyrotechnic valve when operated. These valves, by definition single use, can not be tested, and are the source of failures.
O2 bottles triggered by faulty pyrotechnic devices. What could possibly go wrong?