Provide a way in a pending VE save dialog to escape back to the editor e.g. to rescue content for later if the Internet connection is down
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	jeblad
	Apr 13 2016, 12:52 PM

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Given that I have edited content i VisualEditor
When I click save
Then the content should be saved and I am returned to the article

This does not happen if the server does not respond as it should, or if the response does not reach the browser due to connectivity problems. VisualEditor is then stuck in the save dialog.

Either a timer should be set and interrupt the get or the "resume" button" should stay active, ie. save by an API-call and wait to do a get until the save has completed.

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Mentioned Here: T247394: VisualEditor: add an option to cancel loading the preview of the page in new wikitext editor

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jeblad created this task.Apr 13 2016, 12:52 PM

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Jdforrester-WMF renamed this task from Crashed save dialog in VE makes it difficult to rescue content to Provide a way in a pending VE save dialog to escape back to the editor e.g. to rescue content for later if the Internet connection is down.Apr 26 2016, 7:27 PM

Jdforrester-WMF triaged this task as Low priority.

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• Elitre subscribed.May 12 2016, 12:11 PM

This still happen.

Anyone knows if this still happen?

There is a timer these days, but it's 30 seconds, which is probably longer than people would want to wait in this case.

While the dialog is pending, it is possible to close the save dialog by pressing Escape on your keyboard, but not by clicking the close button. This seems incorrect, and a similar issue was noted in T247394 with previewing rather than saving.

ppelberg added a project: Editing-team.Mar 10 2022, 5:01 PM

ppelberg moved this task from Untriaged to This Fiscal Year on the Editing-team board.

ppelberg moved this task from To Triage to Triaged on the VisualEditor board.

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Provide a way in a pending VE save dialog to escape back to the editor e.g. to rescue content for later if the Internet connection is down
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