Copied reference is malformed - page cannot be saved or switched to source editing
Closed, ResolvedPublic1 Estimated Story Points
Actions

Assigned To

Authored By

	Greenrd
	May 24 2015, 5:52 PM

Description

I tried to split out a section from an article by copying and pasting from one Visual Editor tab to another. The text contained one raw reference (which, incidentally, Visual Editor was unable to render in the reference list while editing the new article). When I tried to save the new article or switch it to source editing, I just got 500 errors from the server.

My workaround was to Escape (using the Esc key) from the "crashed" save/switch features and copy-paste the content into a new browser tab, and then to change the content of the reference (which showed up as empty in the dialog box) to "TBC". See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Son_Also_Rises_(book)&oldid=663823722

Related Objects

Duplicates Merged Here: T100208: Copying references with name returns error

Event Timeline

Greenrd created this task.May 24 2015, 5:52 PM

Greenrd raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.

Greenrd updated the task description. (Show Details)

Greenrd added a project: VisualEditor.

Greenrd subscribed.

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptMay 24 2015, 5:52 PM

This also happened in the Catalan Wikipedia, there's a transcript of the error at https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topic:Shssmsofmcgkqhmv .

Translation:
Testing on Ubuntu, Firefox and VE:

In section https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntariat#Voluntariat_ambiental, the last reference about the June 10th order, I copy it (ctrl+c) as it is.
In https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntariat_ambiental I paste it (ctrl+v), and when I save there's an error pop-up window:

Something hasn't worked
parsoidserver-http: HTTP 500
Discard

I tried to reproduce and when looking at the changes from the save dialog the reference had been copied as a link, but that didn't crash Parsoid. I didn't save, though.

Gerardduenas merged a task: T100208: Copying references with name returns error.May 27 2015, 1:59 PM

Gerardduenas subscribed.

• Elitre subscribed.Jun 2 2015, 5:45 PM

Jdforrester-WMF triaged this task as High priority.Jun 9 2015, 6:01 PM

Jdforrester-WMF added projects: VisualEditor-CopyPaste, VisualEditor-MediaWiki-References.

Jdforrester-WMF set Security to None.

Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from To Triage to Freezer on the VisualEditor board.Jun 18 2015, 12:57 AM

Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from Freezer to To Triage on the VisualEditor board.Jul 21 2015, 6:47 PM