1937425 - Entering the GitHub and GitLab source markup editors displays cached content.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Session Restore, defect)

Description

[Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart]

Steps to reproduce

1. I saved (posted) a comment on GitHub (or GitLab).
2. I modified that comment.
3. I saved (posted) that (modified) comment.
4. I entered the edit mode again.

Actual results

Instead of displaying the updated comment content, the previous content is displayed. Refreshing the page once usually remediates this, and refreshing it 2 to 3 times always does.

I presume that this is due to caching, considering that input form content is usually cached, except upon manual refresh.

I would have considered this to be a fault with either GitHub or GitLab, had it not occurred on both. It occurs on GitHub incredibly frequently, in comparison to GitLab.

Expected results

The new content should be displayed.

Comment 1

[Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart]

#c0

I have not verified whether this is exhibited on Firefox on Windows 11, nor whether it's exhibited on Chrome, because I rarely utilize either platform (although both are available to me if necessary) so the sporadic nature of the bug makes it difficult to reproduce on those platforms without extensive use of them.

Comment 2

[Henri Sivonen (:hsivonen)]

Works for me on GitHub. Reporter, are the steps to reproduce from comment 0 sufficient for you to reproduce this on GitHub?

Comment 3

[Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart]

Reporter, are the steps to reproduce from comment 0 sufficient for you to reproduce this on GitHub?

[e-mail], yes. Additionally:

1. The reproduction steps are identical on GitHub and GitLab.
2. This occurs approximately 90% more frequently on GitHub in my usage, although my usage is skewed significantly toward GitHub.

I'll attempt to capture a screencast when this next occurs.

Comment 4

[Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart]

#a574469_691781

It's been strangely reliable recently. I'll reopen when I have captured a screencast as proof.

Comment 5

[Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart]

#c4

I have had this recur at gitlab.com/-/snippets/4823517/edit at least 2 times today, on a new installation of firefox-136.0-2.fc41.x86_64 on a new OS installation, but with my previous profile (albeit with [e-mail] disabled). I verified by refreshing the page.