A silent bug that was eating members' forum comments, found and fixed

A mobile timing quirk could make a real post vanish with no error shown. It's fixed.

A bug causing some forum comments to vanish on mobile devices is now fixed. Every forum post on record was checked to confirm the resolution.

What the problem was

A member reported that a comment posted from a phone appeared then disappeared.

Moderation, spam filters, and email confirmation were ruled out as causes.

The server never received the post.

The page remained stuck on a 'posting...' message.

The issue only affected mobile users due to custom code that redraws the 'post reply' button on small screens.

A timing window allowed a tap to rebuild the button before the click registered.

The button now responds at the start of a tap to close this window.

The system now shows a 'could not send, try again' message if a post fails.

Posting from a phone now either works or tells you plainly that it did not.

The fix is live as of August 2026.

The change was confirmed against server logs and the site database before and after the update.