Cannot remove assignment note

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andresfromsonar reports a bug where users cannot remove an assignment note from a topic. While topics can be assigned with or without notes, editing an existing note opens a whisper editor that prevents saving empty content. This makes it impossible to revert an assignment to the valid “empty note” state via the UI. The user argues that deleting the assignment entry is not a suitable workaround, as it removes the action history while leaving the topic assigned.

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You can assign a topic without writing a note:

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Or you can assign it with a note:

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You can edit the note later, and it pops up as if you’re editing a whisper. It doesn’t let you save an empty whisper, therefore, effectively, you cannot remove the note:

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I understand that for a normal whisper this makes sense: if you want to empty a whisper, just delete it! But in this case it does make sense to want to empty the assignment note. After all, “empty assignment note” is a valid state for an assignment entry (as seen in the 1st screenshot). But it’s not a state that you can return to via editing.

Deleting the assignment entry is not a good workaround. You’re losing track of the assignment action. The topic remains assigned even if this entry is deleted.

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