Fixed View new posts issue

[Chris D]

I was writing a reply to a post in a thread. While that happened, some posts were deleted and a new post was created.

I was notified that there were new posts, but clicking "View them" didn't load the new posts.

Presumably, the fact that some posts were removed and another was added confused it.

 

[DBA]

I just had a similar issue while replying to a thread. The "Messages have been posted since you loaded this page. View them?" alert appeared but I couldn't click it. I see the following error in the console.

 

[Paul B]

That error is unrelated, it's related to YouTube.

 

[DBA]

That error is unrelated, it's related to YouTube.

Ok so disregard the image with the error, however like Chris I still wasn't able to get the posts to show.

 

[DBA]

This just happened to me again. Replying to a thread on here and got the New Posts alert but clicking the link doesn't do anything.

Using Chrome.

 

[Chris D]

I can replicate this with some accuracy locally now.

1) Open two different browser windows (or one normal, one incognito)
2) Login as a different user on each.
3) Start typing a message as User 1 in a thread.
4) As User 2, post one message in the same thread.
5) Wait for the Draft to save as User 1. You will get a new posts notification. This will work if you click on it. Don't click on it.
6) As User 2, post a second message in the same thread.
7) As User 1, carry on typing and wait for the second draft save.

Now, the new posts notification will not open.

 

[DBA]

I can replicate this with some accuracy locally now.

1) Open two different browser windows (or one normal, one incognito)
2) Login as a different user on each.
3) Start typing a message as User 1 in a thread.
4) As User 2, post one message in the same thread.
5) Wait for the Draft to save as User 1. You will get a new posts notification. This will work if you click on it. Don't click on it.
6) As User 2, post a second message in the same thread.
7) As User 1, carry on typing and wait for the second draft save.

Now, the new posts notification will not open.

So it doesn't work if there are two or more replies?

Now that I think about it, both times this happened to me there was more than one new reply.

 

[Chris D]

Yep. Basically.

 

[DBA]

@Brogan can you confirm this?

 

[Mike]

Good catch and helpful reproduce case - it made the issue obvious.

Fixed now.