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Q&A Deleted answers are being shown to logged-out users, but not to logged-in users without the Curate privilege

The title pretty much sums it up. It looks to me as though deleted answers are visible to anyone who isn't logged in, but they aren't visible once you're logged in (at least as a user without the ...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Canina‭  ·  edited 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

#2: Post edited by user avatar ArtOfCode‭ · 2021-11-22T15:46:40Z (almost 3 years ago)
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Canina‭ · 2021-11-21T19:03:09Z (about 3 years ago)
Deleted answers are being shown to logged-out users, but not to logged-in users without the Curate privilege
The title pretty much sums it up.

It looks to me as though deleted answers are visible to anyone who isn't logged in, but they *aren't* visible once you're logged in (at least as a user without the Curate privilege).

For example, compare [How long does it take for energy to propagate in a circuit?](https://electrical.codidact.com/posts/284933) on Electrical Engineering when logged in as a normal user (that is, one without Curate) and when not logged in at all. Beware: *not safe for work.*

It looks to me as though this *might* have been introduced by [19ed348a](https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/commit/19ed348a4e6b4aed6ea7afb52ae9256b892966bc), as that commit appears to have moved where deletion status is checked, but I don't know enough context to say for certain whether or not that's the case or if this was introduced by some entirely unrelated change.

In either case, I would call this a pretty serious bug as the whole purpose of deleting posts is to keep low-quality content out of sight.