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[Horace]

@george-k I’ve noticed that too. A workaround that works for me is to hit the back button on the browser.

[jon-nyc]

George - it seems odd but try this.

AFTER you hit the X and nothing happens, hit the little minus sign next to it. You’ll then get the dialog box to close.

It’s weird but I noticed the difference when Klaus fucked everything up did the last upgrade.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Forum Issues:

AFTER you hit the X and nothing happens, hit the little minus sign next to it. You’ll then get the dialog box to close.
It’s weird but I noticed the difference when Klaus fucked everything up did the last upgrade.

Interesting.

Thanks. I'll try the next time I change my mind.

[Klaus]

Hmm. I’ll look into it. It’s possible, though, that all I can do is wait for the devs to fix the bug or maybe downgrade to an old version.

[Klaus]

@george-k said in Forum Issues:

Perhaps it's just me, but if I try to post something - a new topic, and then decide not to, by clicking the "X" in the upper left hand corner, nothing happens, and the only way to not post something is to delete the topic.

You mean the "Discard" button on the upper right corner?

I tried to reproduce the error. I pressed on "New Topic", entered some text, then pressed "Discard" and then confirmed the "Are you sure?" dialog. It worked fine. I tried this with three different browsers (Edge, Chrome, Safari), each time with the same result.

I also don't understand the "delete the topic" part. You cannot delete a topic that wasn't posted first (?).

Could you tell me exactly how you get to the problem? Maybe a screenshot would help, too.

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc said in Forum Issues:

AFTER you hit the X and nothing happens, hit the little minus sign next to it.

Minus sign next to?

Now I'm really confused.

Could you post a screenshot?

The only buttons I have are these:

[Klaus]

Wait, do you mean the Mac OS window buttons?

It would have never in 200 years occured to me that anyone would use these buttons to discard a post.

But what do you mean by "nothing happens"? The window doesn't close or what? Or do you merely mean that the window to post shows up again when you load the forum page again? In the latter case, I believe this is intended to be a feature and not a bug.

[jon-nyc]

iOS devices. My default use of the forum.

[jon-nyc]

Whether I’m doing a new post or new reply I get that same X and - in the header.

It used to be X gave you a close confirmation dialog box after which it would close the reply or new thread. The minus would minimize it for later retrieval.

The minus by itself still works. But the X just grays out after you use it and does nothing. However because of my fat fingers I serendipitously discovered that the minus after the X brings up the close confirmation dialog box

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc said in Forum Issues:

iOS devices.

Ah, thanks. I tried this on my (Android) phone and was able to reproduce the error you describe. Somehow I didn't think about mobile devices.

[Klaus]

I've filed a bug report about this behavior. I'll let you know what the devs say. In the meantime, Jon's workaround seems to work well enough.

[Klaus]

@larry said in Forum Issues:

I use a tablet to get here. For the last several days I can open the forum like always, but if I try to post something it says "error" and won't post. I have to reboot the tablet first. Then when I come back and go to the thread I was trying to post in, click "reply", it pulls up what I wrote and I just simply hit the send icon and it records my post.

Why?

That certainly sounds wrong, but your description is not accurate enough for me to reproduce the problem. Does anyone else have this problem, too?

What exactly is the error message? Just "Error"?

[George K]

@klaus I just got it on my desktop.

Nothing but "error".

I tried to post in the "I love my daughter" thread and that's what I got.

[Klaus]

Can you please post a screenshot if that happens again?

Is the error reproducible?

[jon-nyc]

I've gotten the naked 'error' message too since the upgrade.

I don't remember what sequence led to it. In each case (maybe there were two) I refreshed the page and tried again and it worked.

[Klaus]

If it happens, it would also be helpful if you could tell me the exact time when it happened. Then I can scan the log files.

[Klaus]

@klaus said in Forum Issues:

I've filed a bug report about this behavior. I'll let you know what the devs say. In the meantime, Jon's workaround seems to work well enough.

Sweet! The devs have already added my bug report as a milestone for their next NodeBB release. It turns out to be a "Z coordinate" issue, which means that the confirmation dialog is hidden behind the editor (which explains why Jon's workaround with the "-" button works).

[jon-nyc]

Cool.

[Klaus]

@george-k said in Forum Issues:

@klaus I just got it on my desktop.

Nothing but "error".

I tried to post in the "I love my daughter" thread and that's what I got.

I noticed a few unusual things in the server log that look like they may be related to the issue.

Dec 20 18:13:30 invalid csrf token
Dec 20 18:16:59 2020-12-20T17:16:59.479Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6145
Dec 20 18:16:59 invalid csrf token
Dec 20 18:17:44 2020-12-20T17:17:44.066Z [4567/289] - error: /api/post/upload
Dec 20 18:17:44 invalid csrf token
Dec 20 18:59:22 2020-12-20T17:59:22.577Z [4567/289] - error: /api/admin/plugins/emoji/upload
Dec 20 18:59:22 invalid csrf token
Dec 20 18:59:43 2020-12-20T17:59:43.815Z [4567/289] - error: /api/admin/plugins/emoji/upload
Dec 20 18:59:43 invalid csrf token
Dec 20 19:05:31 2020-12-20T18:05:31.578Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/5992
Dec 20 19:05:31 invalid csrf token
Dec 20 19:05:38 2020-12-20T18:05:38.217Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/5992
Dec 20 19:05:38 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 03:04:36 2020-12-21T02:04:36.516Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6158
Dec 21 03:04:36 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 03:04:42 2020-12-21T02:04:42.412Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6158
Dec 21 03:04:42 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 05:49:03 2020-12-21T04:49:03.076Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6156
Dec 21 05:49:03 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 05:49:10 2020-12-21T04:49:10.121Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6156
Dec 21 05:49:10 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 05:49:20 2020-12-21T04:49:20.394Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6156
Dec 21 05:49:20 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 05:49:27 2020-12-21T04:49:27.311Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6156
Dec 21 05:49:27 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 05:49:48 2020-12-21T04:49:48.165Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6156
Dec 21 05:49:48 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 05:50:25 2020-12-21T04:50:25.112Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6156
Dec 21 05:50:25 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 05:50:37 2020-12-21T04:50:37.199Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6156
Dec 21 05:50:37 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 05:51:02 2020-12-21T04:51:02.465Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6156
Dec 21 05:51:02 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 05:51:45 2020-12-21T04:51:45.248Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6156
Dec 21 05:51:45 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 05:52:08 2020-12-21T04:52:08.632Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6156
Dec 21 05:52:08 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 05:53:13 2020-12-21T04:53:13.762Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6156
Dec 21 05:53:13 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 05:54:04 2020-12-21T04:54:04.425Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6156
Dec 21 05:54:04 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 05:56:03 2020-12-21T04:56:03.381Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6156
Dec 21 05:56:03 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 13:44:14 2020-12-21T12:44:14.554Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6156
Dec 21 13:44:14 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 15:33:57 2020-12-21T14:33:57.246Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/5992
Dec 21 15:33:57 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 16:55:51 2020-12-21T15:55:51.266Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6161
Dec 21 16:55:51 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 16:55:53 2020-12-21T15:55:53.769Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6161
Dec 21 16:55:53 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 18:47:45 2020-12-21T17:47:45.229Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6162
Dec 21 18:47:45 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 19:34:08 2020-12-21T18:34:08.176Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6169
Dec 21 19:34:08 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 19:34:29 2020-12-21T18:34:29.810Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6169
Dec 21 19:34:29 invalid csrf token
Dec 21 23:15:13 2020-12-21T22:15:13.118Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6181
Dec 21 23:15:13 invalid csrf token
Dec 22 03:10:16 2020-12-22T02:10:16.072Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6168
Dec 22 03:10:16 invalid csrf token
Dec 22 03:52:01 2020-12-22T02:52:01.077Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6162
Dec 22 03:52:01 invalid csrf token
Dec 22 16:30:44 2020-12-22T15:30:44.580Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6194
Dec 22 16:30:44 invalid csrf token
Dec 22 16:30:49 2020-12-22T15:30:49.395Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6194
Dec 22 16:30:49 invalid csrf token
Dec 22 18:07:09 2020-12-22T17:07:09.790Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6185
Dec 22 18:07:09 invalid csrf token
Dec 22 19:42:18 2020-12-22T18:42:18.963Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6185
Dec 22 19:42:18 invalid csrf token
Dec 22 20:46:02 2020-12-22T19:46:02.965Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6162
Dec 22 20:46:02 invalid csrf token
Dec 22 20:49:32 2020-12-22T19:49:32.407Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics
Dec 22 20:49:32 invalid csrf token
Dec 22 20:49:45 2020-12-22T19:49:45.332Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics
Dec 22 20:49:45 invalid csrf token
Dec 22 20:50:31 2020-12-22T19:50:31.619Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics
Dec 22 20:50:31 invalid csrf token
Dec 22 22:17:15 2020-12-22T21:17:15.366Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6203
Dec 22 22:17:15 invalid csrf token
Dec 23 03:01:36 2020-12-23T02:01:36.565Z [4567/289] - error: /api/compose
Dec 23 13:40:06 2020-12-23T12:40:06.399Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6202
Dec 23 13:40:06 invalid csrf token
Dec 23 13:40:12 2020-12-23T12:40:12.948Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6202
Dec 23 13:40:12 invalid csrf token
Dec 23 13:40:33 2020-12-23T12:40:33.736Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6202
Dec 23 13:40:33 invalid csrf token
Dec 23 15:40:14 2020-12-23T14:40:14.852Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6186
Dec 23 15:40:14 invalid csrf token
Dec 23 15:41:58 2020-12-23T14:41:58.990Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6186
Dec 23 15:41:58 invalid csrf token
Dec 23 15:42:03 2020-12-23T14:42:03.144Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6186
Dec 23 15:42:03 invalid csrf token
Dec 23 15:42:25 2020-12-23T14:42:25.363Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6186
Dec 23 15:42:25 invalid csrf token
Dec 23 15:42:44 2020-12-23T14:42:44.810Z [4567/289] - error: /api/v3/topics/6186
Dec 23 15:42:44 invalid csrf token

CSRF tokens are a mechanism to prevent certain types of "cross-site request forgery" attacks, but my preliminary search for a fix did not yield anything useful. I'll investigate this more. Maybe @mark or @Axtremus have any experience with this kind of web tec?

[George K]

@klaus having fun, are we?