1188559 - Web API guide page sees a subpage that doesn't exist

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(developer.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Wiki pages, defect)

Description

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

This page: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/API

Uses a macro to produce a menu of its subpages.

Included in the list of reported subpages is a "File System API Guide". That page does not exist. That is, it was moved to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/File_System_API ages ago. For some reason, the macro is still seeing it as a subpage but the data it collects about the page isn't quite right so the link it produces doesn't work.

In particular, in the $children output, you see this:

{"locale": "en-US", "url": "/en-US/docs/WebGuide/API/File_System", "subpages": [{"locale": "en-US", "url": "/en-US/docs/WebGuide/API/File_System/Introduction", "subpages": [], "slug": "WebGuide/API/File_System/Introduction", "title": "Introduction to the File System API"}], "slug": "WebGuide/API/File_System", "title": "File System API guide"}

All the other pages have correct links. (to Web/Guide/ instead of WebGuide/

This might be redirect-related, as the file system API page has moved a couple of times. Redirects shouldn't be included in subpage list requests like this; this should be fixed in the implementation of the '$children' operation on a wiki page.

Comment 1

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

OK, looks like a page move gone awry at some point in time, where the parent page is at one URL and the children have a different one. Is this something you guys can fix in the database?

Comment 2

[Luke Crouch [:groovecoder]]

:sheppy - can you check to see if there's other pages with the same bug? Could help us diagnose the cause.

needinfo myself to check the database too.

Comment 3

[Luke Crouch [:groovecoder]]

I can't reproduce this now? Did the macro just need a force-refresh or something? The file system page show the correct topic parent doc in the admin interface: https://developer.mozilla.org/admin/wiki/document/73983/

Comment 4

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

(In reply to Luke Crouch [:groovecoder] from comment #3)
> I can't reproduce this now? Did the macro just need a force-refresh or
> something? The file system page show the correct topic parent doc in the
> admin interface: https://developer.mozilla.org/admin/wiki/document/73983/

What the hell? You're right, it's fine now. I force-refreshed a ton of times... no idea why it's suddenly okay. This is crazy weird.

Comment 5

[Luke Crouch [:groovecoder]]

REOPEN as/if/when needed ...