"Latest Post" Column Randomly Showing Posts From An Earlier Date 28 November 2021 at 1:56PM edited 3 December 2022 at 1:46PM in Site feedback 171 replies 3.7K views

molerat

Anyone else getting this ?  In View All Boards mode the right hand column of latest posts for each board is randomly showing some as posts from early October when there are later posts.  Refresh the forum and it usually fixes the one I have noticed but often changes another one (or more).  Very strange.

Another odd thing is it sometimes gives the correct latest post time and date but lists the poster as the op rather than the latest poster.

Dazed_and_C0nfused

Yep, noticed posts from October as well

KeithP

molerat said:

Another odd thing is it sometimes gives the correct latest post time and date but lists the poster as the op rather than the latest poster.

I reported this back in July...

forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6283367/most-recent-isnt-always-correct

 ...but that thread appeared to receive no interest from the Forum Team.

Misslayed

The forum team are aware of this 

MSE_James

Hello - I can confirm we are aware of this - the eagle-eyed Board Guides alerted us last week - and we're still trying to identify what's causing the glitch.

@KeithP - just to confirm we did see your thread and the issue you raised is on our list of bugs. Thank you for your thorough recording of the problem - it is appreciated
 

TELLIT01

Relieved it's not just me.

Grumpy_chap

And I thought this was just me, so now I am happy to be in good company.

molerat

I have noticed a few of those threads are now becoming "current" as people are starting to post comments on them.

molerat

I thought it had been fixed as things have looked OK for a while then today October is back !

MSE_James

Hi @molerat  - which board are you seeing this on, as the dates look OK for me on the main index?

molerat

That is what I see at the moment but it is random, they come and go.  I have refreshed and those 2 are now showing current posts.