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Old issue: Posting sometimes doesn't clear the saved post Moshi's comment points out that this old issue (closed in 2021) describes the same problem, so this may be a regression. Other comments su...
#2: Post edited
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trichoplax
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2025-01-02T18:55:52Z (4 days ago)
Link to old issue
- During writing an answer, a draft is automatically saved, which can be very useful, particularly when continuing work on an answer on a different device. Usually, when the answer is posted the draft is automatically discarded.
- Today I posted an answer which did not discard the draft, so I was left with a posted answer and a draft answer with identical wording:
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- When there is only 1 answer this is unlikely to be more than a brief distraction, as it is clear that the draft has already been posted. However, where there are many answers to a question I can imagine this leading to accidentally posting an answer twice, particularly if there is a long delay before the author returns to the question after initially posting.
- Old issue: [Posting sometimes doesn't clear the saved post](https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/issues/538)
- [Moshi's comment](https://meta.codidact.com/comments/thread/10474#comment-26250) points out that this old issue (closed in 2021) describes the same problem, so this may be a regression. Other comments suggest at least 3 people have seen this over the last year.
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- During writing an answer, a draft is automatically saved, which can be very useful, particularly when continuing work on an answer on a different device. Usually, when the answer is posted the draft is automatically discarded.
- Today I posted an answer which did not discard the draft, so I was left with a posted answer and a draft answer with identical wording:
- > 
- When there is only 1 answer this is unlikely to be more than a brief distraction, as it is clear that the draft has already been posted. However, where there are many answers to a question I can imagine this leading to accidentally posting an answer twice, particularly if there is a long delay before the author returns to the question after initially posting.
#1: Initial revision
by
trichoplax
·
2025-01-01T12:59:55Z (5 days ago)
Draft not discarded after posting an answer
During writing an answer, a draft is automatically saved, which can be very useful, particularly when continuing work on an answer on a different device. Usually, when the answer is posted the draft is automatically discarded. Today I posted an answer which did not discard the draft, so I was left with a posted answer and a draft answer with identical wording: >  When there is only 1 answer this is unlikely to be more than a brief distraction, as it is clear that the draft has already been posted. However, where there are many answers to a question I can imagine this leading to accidentally posting an answer twice, particularly if there is a long delay before the author returns to the question after initially posting.