# Long links break the click tracker

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-links-break-the-click-tracker/33702
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [24. September 2015 um 13:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-links-break-the-click-tracker/33702 "2015-09-24T13:14:09Z")
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### Author: ![jesus2099](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jesus2099/32/119720_2.png) [@jesus2099](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesus2099)
#### Post date: [30. Oktober 2018 um 08:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-links-break-the-click-tracker/33702/11 "2018-10-30T08:34:23Z")

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> [@yousef](#):
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> [Client Challenge](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?j_top=OR&f1=short_desc&order=Importance&o1=substring&resolution=---&resolution=FIXED&resolution=INVALID&resolution=WONTFIX&resolution=DUPLICATE&resolution=WORKSFORME&resolution=INCOMPLETE&resolution=SUPPORT&resolution=EXPIRED&resolution=MOVED&o2=substring&query_format=advanced&f2=longdesc&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_status=CLOSED&v1=IT%20Discourse%20Request&component=Community%20IT&component=Community%20IT%20Requests&component=Community%20IT%3A%20Discourse&component=Community%20IT%3A%20Hosting&component=Community%20IT%3A%20Infrastructure&component=Community%20IT%3A%20Others&component=Community%20IT%3A%20Wordpress&v2=%3A%3A%20Discourse%20Category&product=Infrastructure%20%26%20Operations&product=Mozilla%20Reps)

Hi @yousef, please notice that it does not work now: your URL is cut off at 500th character and may not display the intended result — [a wontfix bug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-s-href-is-cut-off-after-500-characters/44658).

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~~Actually, are we lucky?  
My new post here has your link working with all its 853 characters!  
Only older posts are still broken, maybe.  
That’s super great if _my_ bug is fixed now! I will try at once.~~

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Sorry I test here as it is not fixed [on our forums](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/discourse-url-length-limit-500/328017/4?u=jesus2099) → [Search for edits - MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/search/edits?negation=0&combinator=or&conditions.3.field=id&conditions.3.operator=%3D&conditions.3.args.0=38846344&conditions.4.field=id&conditions.4.operator=%3D&conditions.4.args.0=38846371&conditions.5.field=id&conditions.5.operator=%3D&conditions.5.args.0=38846374&conditions.6.field=id&conditions.6.operator=%3D&conditions.6.args.0=38846554&conditions.7.field=id&conditions.7.operator=%3D&conditions.7.args.0=38843739&conditions.8.field=id&conditions.8.operator=%3D&conditions.8.args.0=38846557&conditions.9.field=id&conditions.9.operator=%3D&conditions.9.args.0=38846753&conditions.10.field=id&conditions.10.operator=%3D&conditions.10.args.0=38846877&conditions.11.field=id&conditions.11.operator=%3D&conditions.11.args.0=38846956&conditions.12.field=id&conditions.12.operator=%3D&conditions.12.args.0=38847027&conditions.13.field=id&conditions.13.operator=%3D&conditions.13.args.0=38847058&conditions.14.field=id&conditions.14.operator=%3D&conditions.14.args.0=38847098&conditions.15.field=id&conditions.15.operator=%3D&conditions.15.args.0=38847118&conditions.16.field=id&conditions.16.operator=%3D&conditions.16.args.0=38847136&conditions.17.field=id&conditions.17.operator=%3D&conditions.17.args.0=38847141&conditions.18.field=id&conditions.18.operator=%3D&conditions.18.args.0=38847192&conditions.19.field=id&conditions.19.operator=%3D&conditions.19.args.0=38847259) ( **1400** characters).

Actually it is not fixed in my case. I wonder why it now works with 853 characters (which is more than 500) but not 1400.

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Work‐around (with Opera presto and Vivaldi, at least): Mouse‐wheel‐click all the links to bypass any javascript (like click tracker).

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