Button texts, words and labels not displaying

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NateDhaliwal is experiencing several issues with button texts, words, and labels not displaying correctly on the Discourse platform, specifically on Android A14 using Chrome. The issues include:

  • Button labels for Message and Chat not displaying in user cards and profiles
  • User card text not displaying correctly
  • Button text disappearing temporarily when clicking + Create Topic
  • Search functionality being wonky
  • Highlighted text appearing blank in the composer, particularly when highlighting large chunks of text in posts with many characters.

However, as noted by CocoQuark, these issues could not be reproduced on default and meta branded theme on both mobile and desktop using Chrome. NateDhaliwal later reported that the issues, except for the highlighting problem, are no longer reproducible, but the highlighting issue persists when highlighting large text chunks.

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In user cards and in user profiles, buttons for Message and Chat have no label, only the icon.

The image is a screenshot of a social media platform called "Discourse," featuring a glowing speech bubble as the logo, with various user interactions such as "Leader," "Admired," and "Great Topic," and a total Cheers count of 7,311. (Captioned by AI)
The image is a screenshot of a social media platform called "Discourse," featuring a glowing speech bubble as the logo, with various user interactions such as "Leader," "Admired," and "Great Topic," and a total Cheers count of 7,311. (Captioned by AI)1075×937 85.6 KB

As you can see, the user card text is also not displaying correctly.

The image shows a user interface with a dark background and two blue buttons labeled "NateDhaliwal" and "Expand". (Captioned by AI)
The image shows a user interface with a dark background and two blue buttons labeled "NateDhaliwal" and "Expand". (Captioned by AI)1080×547 40.8 KB

Apparently, when I click the + Create Topic, the button text disappears for a second or two.

That’s not all! Search is also wonky.

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Highlighting text in the composer also causes the highlighted text to be blank. I have been experiencing this for a while already.

An appointment calendar with options for copying, pasting, and creating a topic. (Captioned by AI)
An appointment calendar with options for copying, pasting, and creating a topic. (Captioned by AI)1080×655 79.8 KB

Everything except the last issue started happening today. I’m on mobile, specifically, an Android A14, using Chrome.

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I can’t repro (tested default and meta branded theme), neither on mobile (android chrome) or desktop (chrome).

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Interesting. I’m on the Meta Branded theme.
Even more interestingly, I can’t repro any of them now.
However, the highlighting issue can still be reproduced. If you highlight a large chunk of text, it happens. Then, if I highlight a word, that word is also “invisible”. This happens when posts have a lot of characters and text. Can repro in the topic post.

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