Questions tagged [bug]
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Why can I not answer my own question - is this a bug?
Back in July of last year I asked this question. I have an answer I would like to give, but I am not allowed to.
At the base of the page, it says:
Highly active question. Earn 10 reputation in ...
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Unable to edit the body of a particular answer
I make a large number of edits across Super User every week, but I've not seen this issue before.
If I try to make any edits to this answer, the text available for me to edit is trimmed short - only ...
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SuperUser tag image truncated
I just got done posting an answer (to this question) in SuperUser and noticed that one of the tags seems to have lost its edge in the image:
missing image removed
I'm not sure if that is related to ...
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SuperUser bug: badge border is cut off in Chrome and Opera, fine in Firefox
I just noticed this at the bottom of this question on SU:
Chrome 2.0.172.33
Firefox 3.5
EDIT Can anyone with Chrome 3 take a look and tell us if it's wrong there too?
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Reputation bug? (101+15+10=111?)
I just registered on SE superuser and noticed, that when my first answer got accepted+upvoted, my reputation was increased to 111. Where does that number come from?
Forgive me if I am overlooking ...
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Why does SU allow me to change my display name without confirmation and limits further changes?
Recently, I was editing my profile, typing something, and an advertisement frame popped up, for lack of better name, since y'all are sparing on the ads. The 'frame' somehow caused my cursor focus to ...
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Chat flag indicator may be getting shown to unqualified users
I'm pretty sure I don't have enough SU rep to be seeing chat flags. However, I saw the "flagged post" indicator when I logged in to chat just now. Clicking on it produced this screen:
I'm guessing ...
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Displayed answer not consistent with edit mode
The post looks different when in edit mode with respect to how it looks once it is saved. See for example this answer, and specifically the last two lines at the bottom.
In edit mode, I managed to ...
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Question moved to chat, where I cannot contribute
I asked a question at superuser, and a bunch of comments ensued trying to help me. Then a suggestion popped up to move the discussion to chat. That sounds fine, so I clicked it. But now I have to log ...
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Why are different colours used for the homepage tab borders?
The main tabs on the Super User homepage use two different colours for the borders:
On Stack Overflow, a single border colour is used:
Similarly, on Meta Super User it looks like:
Is the different ...
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How do I cast my 31st vote?
I just cast 30 votes, all on answers. I then tried to vote on some questions, and was denied, with the message “Daily vote limit reached”. I thought I was allowed an additional 10 votes on questions ...
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Post editors are not suggested recipients for @-addressing
There is no username popup suggesting completion when typing an editor's user name prefix.
Steps to reproduce:
Find a post by AUser that was edited by UserB
Write a comment addressing @UserB
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SuperUser shows far too many badges (I wish!)
My SuperUser Account is now showing that I have 30 badges, but I only have 7 or so. I've tried logging in and out .. not helping.
While I don't mind having 30 badges listed .. are there even 30 ...
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"Something bad has happened" trying to list my Famous Questions
I just tried clicking on the "famous question" badge bar to list my famous questions (on superuser.com, not the meta). I got this:
https://superuser.com/error?aspxerrorpath=/help/badges/28/famous-...
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Community ads are not displayed, but normal Stack Exchange ads are
It took me a while for me to notice this, but it has come to my attention that community ads are not being displayed anywhere on the main site. This issue occurs regardless of whether or not I am ...
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Webapps link missing in SU
I can't see webapps link in super user screen bottom section.
Same link is present SO, API/Apps. Even serverfault doesn't have this link?
I'm not sure about bug tag, still i'm making this question ...
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10K Tools Page Broken on SuperUser
Currently when using any of the links on the 10K+ users page the links are generating wrong.
When clicking on Close/Delete the url is generated as tag=Close instead of tab=Close
Just tested Rev: ...
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No "privileges" link on meta site user profile card
There's no privileges link on the user dropdown card on meta sites:
Main site:
Meta site:
/privileges on meta redirects to the main site's /privileges, so one could assume the site change is the ...
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Stop asking me about cookies / multiple, nonstop popups
When I visit Super User, it asks if I want cookies. I am using macOS 11 / Safari. This is using the default setting Privacy > Prevent cross-site tracking. Not Private Window.
Then I go through the ...
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Alignment issue in the CAPTCHA window
There is an alignment issue in the CAPTCHA window.
Some time the I'm not a robot checkbox went out of the modal window.
Some time the modal window occupying the full width of the page, it expected ...
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Button header in reopen queue does not scroll horizontally
This was my initial view in the reopen queue. The Skip button was out of view:
When I scrolled all the way to the right, the top bar stayed in place and the button still was not visible:
FireFox 63....
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Log in required when moving to SuperUser on iPad?
When moving around the sites on StackExchange using Safari on my iPad (not the StackExchange App), I am fine when moving to any site other than SuperUser. When logged in I can switch sites and stay ...
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Question review test - duplicate question flagging
I was reviewing questions from new users.
So, I got well known, one time Stack Exchange network hot question about broken RJ-45 plug presented to me as question from new user. My instant though was - ...
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Reputation Leagues ignore daily reputation cap and reputation loss due to deletion
The reputation leagues seem to ignore reputation loss due to post deletion. The reputation earned for the same post is counted though, in fact, it seems to ignore reputation capping.
Oliver has an ...
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/privileges/trusted-user does not explain the additional privileges [closed]
/privileges/trusted-user does not explain how to best apply the delete answers privilege.
Here's a little comparison. First, I quote access to moderator tools privileges explanation for deleting ...
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"Migrated from" or "Closed" message appears twice after inline editing [closed]
Steps to reproduce
Find a migrated or closed question
Edit it (or just save, without editing anything)
Result: "migrated from", or "closed" message appears twice
Refresh the page and the duplicate ...
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Migrated question missing its "source"
This question is being shown as migrated, but it doesn't display from where it was migrated.
KronoS and Me spotted this, and Diago♦ confirmed that it come from Server Fault.
Screenshot
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How did a user with no actions and only 101 rep get the Mortarboard badge?
According to this page, on Jul 19 '12 at 23:44 Tim Stone was awarded the Mortarboard badge which is defined as:
Earn at least 200 reputation (the daily maximum) in a single day.
How did he earn ...
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If I have 580 REP, shouldn't I be 58% on my way to viewing vote counts?
Just look at this:
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I did the math, 580 = .58 of 1000. I also refreshed the page, clicked on "view vote counts...." I haven't received any rep for a while...
Is it an update issue?
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Comments are not wrapped, continued on other side of page
How do I delete a folder which is nested quite deep and avoid "File name too long"?
The comments for the first answer aren't wrapping, and seem to be hiding behind the side bar, and ...
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Why is this accepted answer not at the top?
I found this question from a Google search. I noticed the accepted answer is second, even though it is accepted and has significantly more votes than the "top" answer.
This question on meta says that ...
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Strange, garbled formatting on question #154133 'Boot from ISO'
I just encountered the answer to this question and curiously enough my browser, for the first time, shows comments entangled with the bottom of the response paragraphs, like this:
I even can't access ...
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Minimal edit distance can be circumvented with comments
I've just seen this trick in the review queue and I have to admit it's pretty clever:
Users below 2000 rep have to change at least some number of characters for the edit to be allowed by system. ...
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Where is the Windows 8 Challenge Achievements bar?
There used to be a sort of "Achievements Bar" for the Windows 8 Challenge on your User page. But as of a few hours ago, it is gone. What happened?
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I can post questions, but they don't show up on the front page or anywhere else [closed]
The front page and other question listings don't show any new activity. I just posted this question and it doesn't show up on the front page or recent questions page. I understand this may be due to ...
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New activity notification inserts new questions into currently focused tab
I don't know if this is by design, but when there is new activity in a question and this new notification appears:
The new questions will be inserted in the currently focused tab. Even if it isn't ...
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Why can't I login to superuser
I have a stack exchange account and there's a nondescript error when I try to log into Superuser.com using my Stack Exchange Open ID. At least I think that's what's happening.
This is the error that ...
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I Get "Vote too old to be changed" message but I have not voted on it
Possible Duplicate:
“Vote too old to be changed”… but I haven’t voted!
I can't vote on this question I get the "Vote to old to be changed" message even though I never ...
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Bottom border of tags is cut off when editing or creating posts
I first noticed this in the review queue on the main site, but it also occurs on both the main site and the meta site when asking a question.
Main site, review queue
Meta site, asking a new question
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Click handling on post preview inconsistent and confusing
How Super User (and probably all Stack Exchange sites) handle clicks to preview areas for posts currently being written is confusing and horribly inconsistent:
If I click the preview pane for a new ...
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Superuser Bug: "teacher" badge assigned with downvote
I gave 5 answers on superuser. One has been downvoted, and apparently no other answer has been upvoted, so I currently have only one downvote. Despite this, I've been awarded the "teacher" badge, ...
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Login with Facebook sends to Google login
I've tried to login with Facebook, just after trying to upvote a question without being logged in. When I clicked Login with Facebook (triple checked, tried again and again), I was redirected to login ...
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Review Test error
When going through the Review queue, I activated a "test review" (and passed, BTW). I thought it could have been improved with a comment, so I type out an explanation, hoping to help the user, click ...
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Win8challenge.com showing a Yellow Screen of Death
Win8challenge.com seems to be showing ASP.net's YSOD.
Can a dev please take a look?
Seems like the site's down again.
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Why was my tag suggestion rejected?
Today I suggested two tag wikis, one of them was this: https://superuser.com/suggested-edits/9748, that was rejected by user Community.
Does someone knows the reason? Comunity rejected without any ...
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My own answer was double-posted while inline editing
In this question, I already had an answer, but decided to edit it and add some clarification.
While I was editing, the "1 new answer has been posted" message appeared on top of the page, but I just ...
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Horizontal tabs in code blocks are a little broken
As the title says. Tabs are not 8 spaces from the beginning of the code block, but rather 8 spaces from the beginning of the line, making them 4 spaces short.
Current display:
$ lsb_release -a
LSB ...
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Super User does not detect links which use internationalized domain names
In my answer here, I was explaining about Internationalized country code top-level domains. Unfortunately, standard links for some reason do not allow users to click on such links.
Such addresses are ...
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