I just lost a long code review comment (and this happens frequently, this one just particularly long to make it frustrating).
This is about the patchset level comments when you hit the "Reply..." button at the top. This opens a text box where you can write stuff. I wanted to check some diffs again and clicked one without thinking further. There was no warning, and when I went back I realised everything I had written was gone.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | None | T174551 Data loss: Click "Reply...", enter text, open a diff, have your text lost | |||
| Resolved | demon | T156120 Update gerrit to 2.14.6 | |||
| Open | None | T184086 Add prometheus exporter to Gerrit | |||
| Resolved | demon | T184116 Setup gitiles for use with gerrit as a repo viewer |
This is fixed in PolyGerrit (gerrit 2.14) it saves comments to your local storage (they call it local storage for the browser).
Sorry I don't see how this would be a duplicate. I am speaking about a data loss that happens when you have already commented, not the inability to write a comment.
These two bugs might or might not have the same fix though.
PolyGerrit has just recently added a way to know if a draft comment was saved or did not save.
It has a little fly out box in the bottom left corner.
This will be fully fix when we upgrade to 2.15. Partially fixed in 2.14.