Questions tagged [bug]
Use this tag to indicate you've found erroneous or unexpected behaviour on this or other sites that needs to be fixed.
208 questions
2 votes
1 answer
180 views
Delay in account deletion
My account was scheduled for deletion on July 1 but is still active as of July 19. Is there something else that I need to do?
user334569
11 votes
1 answer
319 views
Disappearing answer
Earlier today, I posted an answer to this question (then on PSE), which, in case it's relevant, quickly received (I think) 5 upvotes. I then got a message that my answer had been migrated to ...
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4 votes
1 answer
169 views
Bug: Latex text overflows into HNQ
This answer seems to overflow into the HNQ. The bold text is written in latex. Why would anyone do that, I have no idea. But is this a known bug? OS: Windows 10 Browser: MS Edge 136.0.3240.64
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1 vote
0 answers
119 views
Unexpected error after the website's maintenance
I am not sure if this problem occurs to more people but after the website's maintenance a few days ago I run quite often into the following error when I try to go to the main page of the Physics Stack:...
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0 votes
1 answer
94 views
Why does the MathJax in this answer render only in edit mode?
In this answer the MathJax isn’t rendering, but it does render if you go into Edit mode.
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0 votes
0 answers
79 views
Apparent bug in community leaderboards?
I was idly clicking around earlier and got to the community leaderboard. I saw a couple users I was familiar with and that was all well and good but then I noticed that at the top of the page, where I’...
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4 votes
0 answers
95 views
Some LaTeX symbols are not rendering in Chrome [duplicate]
For example, some symbols in this Physics SE answer are rendered as empty glyphs on my macOS machine when viewed in Chrome: Firefox renders the page correctly. Is there a font pack that I should ...
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1 vote
0 answers
155 views
Weird Browser Problem
The following is new behavior. It happens in Chrome (under Windows) but not in Firefox: At the top of my screen, there are various buttons for accessing my inbox, my reputation, the various tools, a ...
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5 votes
0 answers
94 views
Incorrect message when you try to Vote to Close a question that was closed and then re-opened
I noticed this a little bit ago on an older question. I clicked "vote to close", but the box that came up said, "You cannot vote to close again after retracting your vote." I ...
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6 votes
1 answer
148 views
Inconsistent dates
I noticed an account whose profile says “Member for 6 days” but whose question list includes a question from 7 weeks ago. How is this possible? I can provide a link to the account if requested. There ...
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3 votes
1 answer
174 views
It seems some image links in the posts are not working any more
I have noticed that previously-working images in some posts now flickers for a second before eyes and are hidden immediately. While inspecting such problematic image links in the posts, I have ...
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2 votes
1 answer
69 views
How to view MathJax markup while an edit is pending
I will often blockquote from OP's question, especially when I want to steal OP's MathJax markup rather than re-write it myself. However, when an edit is pending I know of no way to view OP's MathJax. ...
- 29.5k
10 votes
1 answer
948 views
Why does this question generate so much traffic?
A couple of days ago this question has been asked (IMHO a good question and it also received two good answers). Now I noticed that this question has extremely many views, especially compared to other ...
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3 votes
1 answer
84 views
Eligible for bounty in X hours glitch
I posted a question here (Possible mistake in Lancaster’s QFT pg 351?) 2 days ago, but the site still thinks it was asked “yesterday”. I remember checking yesterday and it saying “bounty is eligible ...
user310742
8 votes
1 answer
212 views
Users > Voters on Meta Page: I cannot be the only one voting this month!
I just noticed something extremely strange: on my end, I appear to be the only person that has voted on any Physices.SE Meta Posts this entire month. I'll post a screenshot since this is unbelievable ...
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