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~~"mention-box" turns red after editing comment although a reload fixes this.~~

Why do user mentions incorrectly change color after editing comments?

~~So the other day I commented on a thread, mentioning another user:~~
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All the details of all the screenshots in this post have been replaced with dummy text to simplify/generalize the question.
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![Screenshot](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/k21iwils9gzlhfw437xe6llcoybe)
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As you can see, everything works as expected. The "mention-name-box" is blue too.
~~But then I edited my comment to add something.~~
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![Screenshot](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/zponzu7qx60l52e8ohuy9rg0rx6u)
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~~As you can see, the "mention-name-box" incorrectly turned **red**.~~
~~Hovering on it shows:~~
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![Screenshot](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/d04b0kb8goa4kben8nqk2n16nn7i)
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~~But "Another user" has clearly participated in the thread.~~
A reload **fixes** this, but I guess it would be better if the user didn't have to manually reload a page to make the "mention-name-box" update.

This is an example of a comment thread featuring a user mention.
![Screenshot](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/k21iwils9gzlhfw437xe6llcoybe)
When the comment is edited, the user mention element incorrectly turns red.
![Screenshot](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/zponzu7qx60l52e8ohuy9rg0rx6u)
A reload fixes this. Hovering on it shows
![Screenshot](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/d04b0kb8goa4kben8nqk2n16nn7i)
which is false.

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