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While fixing this bug we discovered that line endings were being expanded on the server from \n to \r\n, which in a long post could add hundreds of characters and cause this reporting mismatch. We...
#1: Initial revision
by
Monica Cellio
·
2026-08-07T19:36:20Z (about 1 month ago)
While fixing this bug we discovered that line endings were being expanded on the server from `\n` to `\r\n`, which in a long post could add hundreds of characters and cause this reporting mismatch. We fixed that, but missed some cases involving diffs in suggested edits and histories, which made the diff look more expansive than it should be. (I mean worse than the already-sometimes-too-expansive baseline, which we still hope to fix.) Today we pushed a fix for that, so with luck that completes the fix for the character-count-mismatch bug. Please let us know if you see anything unexpected. (Is it strange to answer a question from the person who actually fixed the bug? Eh, Q&A is for everyone, and this way if I've mis-stated anything, the person who best knows the details will see a ping from this answer and can correct it. :-) )