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Bug Report: Late PMs

Postby Shieba » 03/06/2016 5:00 AM

Hey guys,

Is something wrong with the PM system right now?

This page is my homepage, so it loads every day. Today I suddenly had two PMs (unusual to get two at the same time since I'm basically on hiatus) and to my own surprise only one is recent and one is an outdated one from 12/24/2015. This had NOT been in my inbox yesterday. Maybe it arrived with the most recent PM/wasn't displayed before/whatever? I haven't checked my PMs in months because it kept saying "0 new messages" and I had no need to write any, so I don't know if the PM really was late or if just the amount of unread/new PMs displayed was wrong but it's a fact that something didn't work like it was supposed to do (and now I'm 3 months late with answering a PM...).

Maybe just a hiccup or something, but I felt I should report it nontheless in case others have problems here as well. Literally no clue what happened.



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Re: Bug Report: Late PMs

Postby Jaykobell » 03/06/2016 4:29 PM

Does your browser refresh the page automatically? I'm asking because that might be it. I know there are some phone browsers, for example, that will load up your page from the last time you visited it. So if you never refresh the page, it won't update the information.

For example, on my laptop, I put it to sleep rather than shutting down and restarting. So when I turn on my laptop, it wakes up on the Evelon status from the day before. But, if I never refresh that tab, it'll just stay that way indefinitely. Until I close Chrome and open it again, or until something urges the tab to load again.

That's what comes to my mind, and otherwise, I have no idea. It might've been a hiccup in the background.
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Re: Bug Report: Late PMs

Postby ToxicShadow » 03/06/2016 5:16 PM

It may be possible that you received the PM while already in your inbox or that you navigated to your inbox and just didn't read the message for some reason. Even if a PM has not actually been opened, if you visit your inbox, the notification at the top of the forums will go back down to, "0 New Messages."

I have missed PMs in the past for similar reasons.
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Re: Bug Report: Late PMs

Postby Shieba » 03/07/2016 1:07 AM

Thanks for the replies, guys!

The browser tab gets refreshed every day by me since my OCD doesn't like it if a forum clock doesn't show the actual current time, so I refresh the site every day when I get up.

As for missing the PM in that I checked the inbox but didn't read it... hm, maybe if I tried loading it but it timed out and I forgot all about it. The PM was from Kodai about my customs, so really important and I would have read it right away when I had seen it. Also I got one new PM yesterday which made me check my inbox in the first place and it said "2 new PMs". Dunno if the "old" unread PM would have been counted again in that case; if it would be, then I guess that might have actually happened for whatever reason. o3o

I also got PMs again today and these all displayed correctly. Maybe I really just was stupid?



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Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: Bug Report: Late PMs

Postby Jaykobell » 03/07/2016 2:36 AM

If it actually read '2 new messages' at the top there next to 'View new posts', then no, that would mean you hadn't accidentally opened your inbox and then forget, like Toxic had suggested. I have many unread messages in my own inbox (I keep trades unopened until I'm ready to add the pets to my Pen, so I don't forget I own them), but my counter never resets to say something like '5 new messages'.

So... it was probably a weird bug in the background, since both my and Toxic's suggestions seem to not have been your case.
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