Judy_Hawkins reported a bug where after editing and saving a reply (following a moderation flag from jammie-dodger), a persistent “You have an unfinished draft” notification appears when attempting to reply to other posts—even after clicking “Save Edit” or “Close”. The draft reappears unexpectedly, including when trying to create a new topic in the #praise category, where the only available button was “Open Draft”—revealing the previously saved reply instead. Judy_Hawkins humorously compared the bug to a stray cat that keeps returning. After some attempts, Judy_Hawkins believed the draft was resolved and tested posting in #praise, which appeared to work normally—though the issue remains unreproducible and intermittent. The bug seems to involve draft state persistence after edits, potentially affecting reply and topic creation workflows.
I created a reply which had some language that jammie-dodger flagged for me by reopening my edit window (I agree, I expressed annoyance too strongly) and showing me in yellow what was not good.
I immediately accepted the edit by clicking the Save Edit button, and the edit post appeared to post fine.
However, now when I try to reply to anything, I get a “You have an unfinished draft” with the edited version. When I click either “Save Edit” or “Close”, it appears that it has closed fine, but
Well! this is interesting!!!
I went to create a topic on the Community Building > Praise category, but the only button to create something said “Open Draft” so I clicked it, half expecting what in fact I got:
a post that I’d finished and clicked the “Reply” button for.
I have no idea how to reproduce this, but I’m honored to have this most interesting bug following me around! A bit like a stray cat showing up and disappearing, but coming back for a bit of mackerel now and then.
Ok, so I think I’ve put that draft to rest, but I’m going to go try to post on the Community Building > Praise category because I have some praise to jump up and down about.
Editing to see if anything interesting happens… nope, looking all normal at the moment.