Talk pages on mobile with Parsoid are unusable after empty section headers
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Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

What happens?:
After a section with empty section headers, section content cannot be seen and sections cannot be edited.

What should have happened instead?:
Sections content after the empty section should be visible and editable.

Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.): Opera mobile version 93.4.4906

Event Timeline

Jdlrobson-WMF subscribed.

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The issue is the article for some reason has

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not sure if this is a case of GIGO or a legitimate use case.

I wouldn’t call it GIGO – the empty heading itself may be regarded garbage input, and cause garbage output, but the sections following it shouldn’t be affected.

I believe all the subsequent sections ARE editable. Am I missing something? The screenshot doesn't match with what I currently see in production...

I believe all the subsequent sections ARE editable. Am I missing something? The screenshot doesn't match with what I currently see in production...

It seems to be fixed for me as well.

Jdlrobson-WMF claimed this task.

Okay I'm marking this as a resolved. Let's reopen if we see similar issues.

I believe all the subsequent sections ARE editable. Am I missing something? The screenshot doesn't match with what I currently see in production...

I was referring to the screencast. If I remember correctly, I tried and also failed to reproduce it, but I assumed it’s something on my end that silently fixes it. That one particular section being GIGO is okay. If the author cannot reproduce it anymore either, I agree that we can assume it has been fixed somehow.