"An error occurred: The requested URL or resource could not be found." when trying to delete user in moderation queue

When I tried to delete a new user who’d posted a load of foreign-language spam I got this message. I’m on 2.9.0beta14. It was the same whichever of the two “delete” options I chose.

Edit: Just noticed that the user did get deleted (“Deleted via review queue”) so maybe I just clicked the button too many times.

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I’m also getting this repeatedly with 3.1.0.beta2. The user is deleted despite the error message (and I’ve only clicked once).

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Sorry for the delay, I meant to reply to this one at the time, but for some reason did not get round to posting the draft…

I also see this a fair bit when deleting spam users. Everything works as expected, but you do get the “An error occurred…” modal pop up, which can be misleading.

To replicate:

  • Sign up test user
  • Paste a chunk of Lorem Ipsum in for their first post to trigger 'New user typed their first post suspiciously fast, suspected bot or spammer behavior.`
  • When reviewing, select ‘delete user’
  • Receive error modal (though everything has worked and the user has been deleted)
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