Questions tagged [bug]
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Error in the survey sheet
I have 0 years of work experience as a student myself. It says leave it blank but it's an asterisk field (compulsory). The error is in the survey form here. Please fix the issue.
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User listed as moderator on two site metas but not the main
A user by the name of "elo" is showing up as a moderator on Code Review Meta and Beer, Wine & Spirits (Alcohol) Meta, but not on the main site or elsewhere.
Here are some other unusual ...
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Edit summary and tags aren’t required in review queue post editing
I’m not sure if this is a fluke just for AU, or if it is for every site, so I posted it here.
When I go to edit something through the review queues, tags and edit summary don’t show as required (a ...
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Can't ask a question containing specific SQL code with EXEC and RECONFIGURE
I tried to ask this question on dba.stackexchange.com. Each time I pressed "Review your question", a 403 error appeared in the browser's debug console.
I managed to pin it down to this piece ...
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Hard scrolling SE page in Mobile browser is breaking the header
When scrolling up the SE page hard enough, the header of the SE page breaks creating an awkward space between the title bar and the profile bar for few milliseconds before joining back.
Here is the ...
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Account creation failed due to issues with your IP address [closed]
There’s nothing wrong with the account I used to post this question, but it’s tied to an email address I’m planning to delete. Because of that, I want to get rid of this account — however, I don’t ...
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Wrong error message when failing to upload a picture to chat
The standard message for failing to upload a picture to chat:
"Failed to upload image, please try again!"
And I try... OMG do I try! I try all the time.
But as it turns out, if the image ...
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Geographic links not formatted in posts or comments [duplicate]
I tried adding a geographic link to a comment thus:
[the most southerly part of the USA](geo:18.937,-155.665?z=7)
But instead of being converted to HTML A element, it's just rendered as-is.
I tried ...
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Supported browser versions: are the numbers important?
The Browser support page says that Stack Exchange supports “the last two stable versions of each major browser” and it also lists the browsers and version numbers.
But by design,* the version numbers ...
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The flow chart on the "Is That Allowed?" blog post is practically unreadable
Here's a diagram of the flow:
Dan Moore, Is that allowed? Authentication and authorization in Model Context Protocol, Stack Overflow Blog, 21 Jan 2026.
The flow chart appears on the Stack Overflow ...
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The button to reorder “your communities” is missing on the Stack Exchange homepage
On https://stackexchange.com/, the “edit” button for rearranging the communities list is hidden:
On any other SE site, it looks like this:
I don’t see any reason to hide the “edit” button on SE. A ...
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Stack Snippets console cannot log bigints or symbols
This example:
console.log(42n);
console.log(Symbol('lol'));
console.log('{%o}', 42n);
console.log('{%o}', Symbol('lol'));
emits two blank messages, then two messages consisting of “{undefined}”.
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Submitting question stuck on "Review your question" button
Using Firefox 146.0.1 on MacOs 15.3.1
I'm trying to submit a question on the rpg stackexchange. I have over 2,000 points, so that is not the problem, and all fields are filled in. Clicking the Review ...
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Clicking on an expander in the Reputation tab expands the wrong item
I have just opened my Reputation tab on the central Meta and was greeted by this:
When I click the upper item’s expander arrow, the upper item is expanded as expected… although the reputation points ...
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Can't set custom kick times on mobile chat
It's now possible to set custom kick-mute times network-wide. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work on mobile; when testing, it skipped the custom time pop-up and automatically kicks the user for the ...
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