"Latest Post" Column Randomly Showing Posts From An Earlier Date

MovingForwards

It's starting again with 28 March 

soolin

As above, started happening again and is very annoying. 

Former_MSE_Laura

Hi all,

Thanks for making us aware of this again and for sending screenshots. We've made a note of this for the tech team to review and we'll keep you updated.

All the best,
MSE Laura

One-Eye

From the Competitions Time forum:



In all 4 sub-forums shown, the most recent post is a different discussion entirely, and in at least 3 of the cases, the discussion shown has had replies since the one being shown.



I don't know if it is coincidence, but this old problem seems to have reappeared at the same time as the board guides have hit problems with accessing their normal tools - https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6348097 posted by a board guide:

Hi guys

There is a technical issue which isn’t allowing us Ambassadors to use our tools to help the boards run smoothly. 

Bare with us and as soon as normal service is resumed, we will catch up. 

MovingForwards

The blank spaces thing has started to happen again today:

@MSE_Laura

Former_MSE_Laura

Hey @MovingForwards,

Thanks for sharing this. Can I check if this is something you're still seeing now? 

MovingForwards

@MSE_Laura not right now, seems like someone has pressed a button to stop that happening. Could you ask them to fix the old date issue as that's getting a little irksome 🤭

MovingForwards

@MSE_Laura it's just started doing it again within the last 30 minutes:

Dust_Bunny

Yes...I'm seeing 31st March. 🙄

KeithP

Here's another example...

That claims that the most recent post on the Parking Board was made on 31st March at 12:53pm.
That image was snapped a few minutes ago.

In fact, it was the first reply on that thread that was made on 31 March at 12:53PM.

The opening post on that thread was made on 31 March at 12:42PM.

The latest, or 'most recent', reply on that thread was made on 31 March at 2:04PM.

So there are at least two issues here...
Not only is it reporting the wrong thread as most recently updated, it is also reporting a post that clearly isn't the newest post, as the most recent post on that thread.

It might be worth noting that that thread is now on page 10 of the thread index list.
How can it possibly be reported as the 'most recent'?