# Can't quote reply to post
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-quote-reply-to-post/34782
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [October 22, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-quote-reply-to-post/34782 "2015-10-22T01:14:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-quote-reply-to-post/34782/1 "2015-10-22T01:14:05Z")
1. Go to [https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-most-awesome-plugin-for-discourse-that-does-not-yet-exist/31/24?u=dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-most-awesome-plugin-for-discourse-that-does-not-yet-exist/31/24)
2. Expand the “2 replies” under that post
3. Select the entirety of the first reply
4. Click quote reply
Nothing happens for a while, then the console shows a few repeating error messages (copying and pasting from Chrome results in this messy output due to [this Chrome bug](https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=427194), sorry about that):
```plaintext
GET https://meta.discourse.org/posts/61510?_=1445475575556 net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE
Y.cors.e.crossDomain.send @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:5
J.extend.ajax @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:4
o @ _application-5143c01d5a70073a6640168c5a91db74.js:105
_ @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:23
h @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:24
Discourse.Ajax.Em.Mixin.create.ajax @ _application-5143c01d5a70073a6640168c5a91db74.js:121
i.extend.loadPost @ _application-5143c01d5a70073a6640168c5a91db74.js:6602
a.default.Ember.Controller.extend.n.value @ _application-5143c01d5a70073a6640168c5a91db74.js:22879
(anonymous function) @ _application-5143c01d5a70073a6640168c5a91db74.js:22880
b @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:23
y @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:23
g @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:23
(anonymous function) @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:1
8r.invoke @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:11
r.flush @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:11
n.flush @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:11
s.end @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:11
s.run @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:11
l @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:15
a.success @ _application-5143c01d5a70073a6640168c5a91db74.js:68
c @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:3
h.fireWith @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:3
r @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:4
(anonymous function) @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:5
vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:18
undefineda @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:18
e.default.trigger @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:23
h._onerror @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:24
p @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:23
(anonymous function) @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:18
r.invoke @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:11
r.flush @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:11
n.flush @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:11
s.end @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:11
s.run @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:11
l @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:15
a.error @ _application-5143c01d5a70073a6640168c5a91db74.js:85c @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:3
h.fireWith @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:3
r @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:4
(anonymous function) @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:5
vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:5
GET https://meta.discourse.org/posts/61510?_=1445475575557 net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE
Y.cors.e.crossDomain.send @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:5J.extend.ajax @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:4o @ _application-5143c01d5a70073a6640168c5a91db74.js:105
_ @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:23
h @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:24
Discourse.Ajax.Em.Mixin.create.ajax @ _application-5143c01d5a70073a6640168c5a91db74.js:121
i.extend.loadPost @ _application-5143c01d5a70073a6640168c5a91db74.js:6602
a.default.Ember.Controller.extend.n.value @ _application-5143c01d5a70073a6640168c5a91db74.js:22879
(anonymous function) @ _application-5143c01d5a70073a6640168c5a91db74.js:22880
b @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:23
y @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:23
g @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:23
(anonymous function) @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:18
r.invoke @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:11
r.flush @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:11
n.flush @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:11
s.end @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:11
s.run @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:11
l @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:15
a.success @ _application-5143c01d5a70073a6640168c5a91db74.js:68
c @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:3
h.fireWith @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:3
r @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:4
(anonymous function) @ vendor-d726f166eae32585d948cc4b83590d33.js?v=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org:5
```
The empty response comes from [https://meta.discourse.org/posts/61510](https://meta.discourse.org/posts/61510), which says “The page you requested doesn’t exist or is private.” but is perfectly accessible via the API: [https://meta.discourse.org/posts/61510.json](https://meta.discourse.org/posts/61510.json).
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-quote-reply-to-post/34782/2 "2015-10-22T01:55:01Z")
Hmm that is weird, may be a deeper bug, @eviltrout you should have a peek.
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-quote-reply-to-post/34782/3 "2015-10-23T17:27:41Z")
Thanks for reporting it. Here’s a fix:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/09195768be4f05d49e8c9b3b24ee2afd23e777df](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/09195768be4f05d49e8c9b3b24ee2afd23e777df)
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-quote-reply-to-post/34782/4 "2015-10-23T17:27:45Z")