Unable to post

We can see the last auto0save was at 10:23, but we cannot tell when you tried to submit the post. You may have been logged out. The logged in status at the top of the page would not have refreshed.

tt2

Howdy tt2... the 'auto-save' indication brings up a good point - shouldn't that action refresh the expiration timestamp like an open reply pane does? We know it does not (or at least DID not) - maybe that is why so many of these lately, they are trying to fix that aspect(?) - it wouldn't be the first attempt at fixing something that broke something else. I never knew to be thankful for not having to release code to a bazillion users - my "public" was always a semi-controlled group with "system requirements" and such.

Weirdly I think the open reply pane trick only works when it is a background tab, one of many quirks regarding the forum software. 😕

tt2

👿 sounds like an 'overnight' proving of your theory is in order 😎

Our assumption, then, is that the open Reply only works while in a background TAB? To prove otherwise, I will leave one open in the foreground at bedtime tonight. I guess this thread will be as good as any, huh?

Probably. 😉

tt2

TESTing - Open Reply pane FRONTmost TAB (only TAB) = TenFourFox 31.7.0

2015-Jun-29 - 22:43 CDT-US .:|:. stop all browser activity

for variety

⌘ Command + S

another theory bites the dust. If I had some burning Question to ask, I would give New > Discussion a whirl without timeout defeating measures employed.

I guess that makes more sense since the new discussion page could have a different template.

tt2

Indeed = different template

• The message/thread is not and cannot have a place in the database until it is saved at the end of the process
• where is the Auto-Save GOING? (displayed clearly at the bottom right of the above screenshot)
  • some TEMPfile?
  • if so, why the login TimeOUT or other failings?

curiouser and curiouser... said Alice (we know the answer, methinks... "coding oversight"? <[to be kind])

alas, may be that the recent spate may be the result of "work in progress" - or just coincidence...