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Ark: Can't navigate to help pages containing a `%` in the path
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area: help
area: kernels
bug
lang: r
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
- Navigate to
?vctrs::vec_match()(NOT dev version) - Scroll down to
Detailsand click the link to%in% - It will fail with "No help found for topic"
This should work, i.e. if you click on match() a little further down, it works.
I think we need to be decoding the %25in%25 that comes through as %in% at some point before passing it on to the R server, or something like that?
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Research direction
Reproduce the failure from ?vctrs::vec_match() by opening the %in% link, then compare its encoded path with the working match() link. Trace where %25in%25 is passed toward the R server; done means the %in% help page opens successfully while match() continues to work.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r, typescript
- Domain
- backend, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100