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Possible infinite loop
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Description
Describe the bug
The bug consists in a possible infinite loop trought a post that got CN and was deleted by the poster.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
I dont know if its possible to reproduce.
Expected behavior
You get CN points one time for a useful/unuseful rating, but it keeps repeating infedinetly.
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Environment
This happens regardless of OS. Web/IOS/Android, whatever.
Additional context
The post was deleted by OP before or after the CN was pushed as useful and due to shown on the post. Since the post was deleted, I get this notification from time to time that I rated that note as useful, rendering it in an infinite loop-like.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by tracing the rating and notification flow for a Community Note that was deleted by its poster, then verify that a useful or unuseful rating awards CN points once and does not generate repeated notifications.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100