I have only a screenshot. It’s one showing the opposite of what I described above. This time it suddenly seemed as if I was logged in while I was not. This is way more spooky.
app.js:367 ℹ️ Discourse v2026.7.0-latest — https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commits/8b552f97d2 — Ember v6.10.1
chat/api/me/channels:1 Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 ()
u/Moin/private-message-topic-tracking-state:1 Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 ()
ajax-error.js:15 TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'forEach')
at pm-topic-tracking-state.js:257:34
Wc @ ajax-error.js:15
chat.js:231 Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'meta')
at Ff.setupWithPreloadedChannels (chat.js:231:22)
at chat.js:212:18
I know you might think logged out in another tab. But I did not. This device was not logged in on Meta today before I logged in to write this report (earlier posts today were written on a different device). Also when I have two tabs and log out in the other one I usually see
So this is unexpected, and it makes me wonder whether something similar could happen on a shared or public computer. I’m not worried about someone gaining access to my account - but even showing the previous user’s avatar could be a privacy issue. On Meta that’s not particularly sensitive, but on forums discussing health, politics, or other personal topics, someone might reasonably not want the next person using the computer to be able to associate them with their account.