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Gondola 8.11
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When I open a chat string that that I have bee to before I used to have the option to go directly where I left off. I love this feature but it seems to have disappeared. Is there a setting someplace that I'm missing? I'd really like it back because it makes the forum here much more usable compared to places like CloudyNights.
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frankz 4.07
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Is there a chat on Astrobin???
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andreatax 9.89
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Francesco Meschia:
Is there a chat on Astrobin???

A post in a forum.
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andreatax 9.89
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And the "feature" did not disappear. Still there…
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Gondola 8.11
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Then the question is: How do I get it back?
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HegAstro 14.24
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For me, it is inconsistent. It comes and goes.
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siovene
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Hi @Tony Gondola,

looks like you're talking about this:

Screenshot 2025-02-21 at 19.55.50.jpg

The feature was not removed, but that notification only appears if you click on the topic from the list of topics:

Screenshot 2025-02-21 at 20.10.49.jpg

If you click on a notification that leads you to a direct post _within_  that topic, of you click on the right caret arrow that leads you to the latest post (also visible in the screenshot above, at the far right of each row), then that message will not appear.

Hope this helps!
Salvatore
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Gondola 8.11
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That's just it, no matter how I get there I don't see it. It used to be that if I went to say, subscribed topics and clicked on a title I've been to before, I would get the prompt, now I don't.
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siovene
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Tony Gondola:
That's just it, no matter how I get there I don't see it. It used to be that if I went to say, subscribed topics and clicked on a title I've been to before, I would get the prompt, now I don't.

And do these topics that you are clicking actually have new posts since your last visit?
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Gondola 8.11
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Yes
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Gondola 8.11
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Five days have gone by and I still have the same problem, no ability to jump to the point in a thread where I left it even though I have participated in many discussions in the last 5 days. Any ideas Salvatore?
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siovene
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Hi @Tony Gondola,

I'll put this on my list to investigate with high priority, tho at first inspection I can't see how this would happen because storing the information about the last post you've seen happens server side.

I'll do a thorough code review and I'll come back to you to ask some questions or to test something!

Thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation!
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Gondola 8.11
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Great, hope you can figure it out because it's a feature I really miss.
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skybob727 6.67
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Salvatore Iovene:
Hi @Tony Gondola,

looks like you're talking about this:


Screenshot 2025-02-26 152001.jpg

I also no longer get this message when returning to a post I've been following. Been about two weeks now.
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Gondola 8.11
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Yup, same.
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skybob727 6.67
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Any updates, as this function is still not working anymore.

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siovene
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Hi guys, I'm trying, but I can't reproduce this, it looks like it should work correctly to me.

Can one of you come up with an exact reproduction path, so I know exactly what you clicked?

I can invite you to a test group so we can mess in a test topic there, if you like.
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Gondola 8.11
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I'm happy to help test. Step by step is this. I click on the notification bell when it shows new messages or updates. I click "mark all as read", click the X to close the window. Click on forum, click on subscribed topics, click on a topic. That's when it brings up the thread and where I used to get the message to skip down to unread messages. Hope that helps.
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darkmattersastro 11.95
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I get these notifications just fine. Maybe it’s a browser thing? Have you guys tried multiple browsers to see if one is blocking these notifications somehow?
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skybob727 6.67
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I'm not sure, but I think it started right after I opened someone's newly posted image that had the new format, and I think a notification came up asking if I wanted to 
switch to it, or keep using the classic version, I chose to keep using the classic. After that is when I think I stopped getting the notice posted above.

I'll try using a different browser and see what happens.
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siovene
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Hey guys, I could finally reproduce the issue locally, which means a fix should be coming soon! I will work on it now and update you soon.
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siovene
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Alright folks, I fixed it (give it about an hour from now to be deployed to the servers).

BUT, given what the fix was, this should not have been working reliably literally EVER!

I know that sometimes there's a ghost in the machine and bugs are weird, but this must be one of the oddest cases I ever encountered!
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skybob727 6.67
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Salvatore Iovene:
Hey guys, I could finally reproduce the issue locally, which means a fix should be coming soon! I will work on it now and update you soon.

It's back, thanks Salvatore, greatly appreciate your finding what happened.
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darkmattersastro 11.95
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Salvatore Iovene:
Alright folks, I fixed it (give it about an hour from now to be deployed to the servers).

BUT, given what the fix was, this should not have been working reliably literally EVER!

I know that sometimes there's a ghost in the machine and bugs are weird, but this must be one of the oddest cases I ever encountered!




Those are always the fun ones!
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Gondola 8.11
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It's fixed! Thank you so much Salvatore.
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