Query validation error when switching from retention to lifecycle tab on a saved paths insight
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Description
Bug description
People have been running into a query validation error when switching from retention to lifecycle tab on a saved paths insight:
https://posthog.sentry.io/issues/4918406256/events/7a46da6c5fe34eab885cd7c3d0b6a0cf/
How to reproduce
- Go to the new insights page
- Save a path insight
- Go into edit mode again
- Switch to retention and then to lifecycle
- Observe the query validation error
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start on the new insights page and reproduce the flow with a saved paths insight: enter edit mode, switch from retention to lifecycle, and observe the query validation error. Trace the retention and lifecycle tab transition, then verify that switching tabs no longer produces a validation error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- react, typescript
- Domain
- analytics, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100