rubyforgood / rubyforgood/Flaredown

Adding own reaction to an existing reaction on a discussion post does not immediately reflect in the UI

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type:bug
Dominant language
Ruby
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Description

Reproduction:

  1. Find or create a post under Discussion that has an existing reaction from another user:
Screen Shot 2021-10-14 at 2 07 28 PM
  1. Click the reaction to add your own
  2. Notice that the counter does not increment and the field does not turn blue
  3. Refresh and note that the count has incremented and the field is now blue

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Research direction

Reproduce the reaction flow on a Discussion post that already has another user's reaction, then trace the UI update path for the reaction control. Confirm the fix by checking that the counter increments and the reaction turns blue immediately, without a refresh.

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Assessment

Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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