1178559 - Mobile twitter site does not show animated gifs when logged in

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Web Compatibility :: Site Reports, defect)

Description

[Brian Birtles (:birtles, Feb 26~ parental leave)]

STR:
1. Log out of twitter (or open a Private Browsing window)
2. Open the URL (https://mobile.twitter.com/HoldMyBeerGif/status/615271986303008770)
3. Click the thumbnail with play-button overlay (goes to: https://mobile.twitter.com/HoldMyBeerGif/status/615271986303008770/video/1)
4. Enjoy video
5. Log in to twitter
6. Open the same URL
7. Click the thumbnail (goes to: https://mobile.twitter.com/HoldMyBeerGif/status/615271986303008770/photos)

Expected result:
Enjoy the video

Actual result:
Only a static thumbnail is served.

Note that even navigating directly to the 'video' URL (https://mobile.twitter.com/HoldMyBeerGif/status/615271986303008770/video/1) produces the same result.

I see a similar result in Chrome. It appears twitter is serving the wrong content when logged in.

Comment 1

[Brian Birtles (:birtles, Feb 26~ parental leave)]

Attachment: Logged-in flow

Comment 2

[Brian Birtles (:birtles, Feb 26~ parental leave)]

Attachment: Logged-out flow

Comment 3

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

Yeah, weird. Here's a gist comparing the markup of the media card for logged in/logged out users.

Hi Jeremy, could you bring this to the attention of some m.twitter.com devs? It's also affecting mobile Chrome.

Comment 4

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

*cough* Actual link to gist: https://gist.github.com/miketaylr/85bc7696015464e1e96f

Comment 5

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

Another friend at Twitter brought this to the attention of the Twitter mobile team.

Comment 6

[Michael Ellis]

Thanks for keeping this updated. Will we hear word back once a fix is implemented, or should we just test periodically?

Comment 7

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

Is it still happening?

Comment 8

[Brian Birtles (:birtles, Feb 26~ parental leave)]

(In reply to Karl Dubost :karlcow from comment #7)
> Is it still happening?

Yes.

Comment 9

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

This is fixed now, likely when they redesigned.

(tested with https://mobile.twitter.com/HoldMyBeerGif/status/745937073572552705)