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The post history of a particular question has edit number 4 showing as empty. Should this be possible?

The top 2 edits in the revision history with the top one empty

Notice that the arrow to the left of "#4: Post edited by..." is pointing down, showing that the entry has been expanded, but has nothing inside it.

Should there be something showing here, or should an empty edit have been prevented? If an empty edit is ever accidentally allowed, should this result in no entry in the history, or an entry that is labelled as being empty so it is definite rather than looking possibly broken?

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As an admin, I don't see anything more in the history, so it's not some super-secret thing that most ... (2 comments)
As an admin, I don't see anything more in the history, so it's not some super-secret thing that most ...
Monica Cellio‭ wrote about 1 year ago

As an admin, I don't see anything more in the history, so it's not some super-secret thing that most people can't see. And the timestamp is not close to the previous edit, so it doesn't seem like a double submission like sometimes happens with posts. Very odd!

trichoplax‭ wrote about 1 year ago

How strange. I've never seen this before, despite looking through plenty of post histories.