What is the problem?
JavaScript appears to hang when accessing articles in a language different to the wiki's default language.
I have seen it happen on all 5 wikis we support, in different languages.
It does not happen every time.
Steps to reproduce problem
Seen with articles such as:
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Lamme?uselang=he
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethel_Township_(Clark_County,_Ohio)?uselang=ar
- https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorichthys_ellioti?uselang=fr
Expected behavior: Article loads
Observed behavior: Article continues to load; Browser eventually warns you of a long running/unresponsive script.
Environment
Browser: Chromium 73 and Firefox 60