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‘Report Update’ notification that gives an error when clicked (piefed.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 week ago by Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/piefed_help@piefed.social
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These don’t have a sender, just a notification that says Report Update. When I click on it I’m taken to a completely blank page that just says ‘not found’.

Am I supposed to be getting these? I’ve never got a notification like this before so I’m not sure what it’s supposed to look like if it loads.

Not sure if this is a Piefed issue generally or a Blahaj server issue.

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[-] wjs018@piefed.wjs018.xyz 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Are these new notifications you have gotten? Or are they old notifications that now have broken links? It's possible that older notifications that are hanging around in your inbox are lacking all the information that we now include with notifications, so there could be broken links from that.

It looks like blahaj is running a very recent build of the code, so if these are new notifications, it must be something else. It doesn't look like you are a moderator or admin, so you shouldn't be getting reports as notifications. It could be that somewhere in the code it is sending the wrong notification type. There isn't too much else I can help with without getting some lower level information.

@rimu@piefed.social - It would be really helpful tracking this down to figure out what type of notification these are saved in the db as and any other targets saved along with them. A quick search in the code and I don't see any type 20 or 40 notifications where they shouldn't be.

[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

I got like 6 of them last night, so unless they’re old ones that were delayed for some reason I think they’re all new. And correct, I’m not a mod or admin of anything.

[-] wjs018@piefed.wjs018.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

I'll have a go and see if I can replicate this. Would you be able to share a screenshot of what the notification looks like for you?

[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Sure, here’s a screenshot of what I see in the notifications window:

Recounted and I actually got 8 of them, they aren’t all on screen, maybe all at the same time?

The page it takes me to is totally empty of everything, looks like no HTML even, I can upload on of it too if you need it but it literally just says ‘not found’

[-] wjs018@piefed.wjs018.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Out of curiosity, what is one of the urls it is trying to link you to that ends up 404'ing?

Final question, have you reported any posts/communities/users recently?

I am wondering if you are getting a notification that your report was reviewed, but because the content was removed, the link is just 404'ing. I honestly don't know if those kinds of notifications are a thing, but notifications linking to deleted content only to 404 is a known issue that we are working on.

[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

URL for the first one: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/notification/15179/goto

The numbers for the subsequent notifications are mostly sequential (/15180/, /15181/, etc) with a few skipped numbers.

I have reported stuff recently, but I’ve never got a notification like this for any content I’ve reported before yesterday, whether it was removed or not.

[-] wjs018@piefed.wjs018.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Alright...I don't have a solution for you, but I am going to try some stuff and see if I can replicate this. After talking with some of the involved admins, I don't really know the problem, but I have some leads to follow up on. I was able to confirm it is related to reports, but why you are the one getting a notification, I am not sure yet.

If this happens again, feel free to reach out.

[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Thank you! I’ll make another post or just reply to you again here if it happens again, whichever you think would be most useful.

[-] wjs018@piefed.wjs018.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Either in this thread or simply by pm works. The blahaj admins have been helpful in trying to debug this, so the most useful thing for me would be the number that is in that url that goes nowhere, 15179 in your example. That is the id of the notification that lets me get more info about it from them.

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