[Epic] Avoid unintended content loss due the usage of synthetic ldr's
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	WMDE-Fisch
	Dec 5 2025, 9:40 AM

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This is an umbrella for the know issues related to synthetic list defined refs independent of the known incompatibilities with {{reflist}}. See the sub-ticket T402900 for a list of specific user-facing issues.

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T402900: Avoid orphaning subrefs when a reference list is deleted
T402903: Custom groups are broken VE when no <references> tag is present with main+details
T404297: Adding main+details references to an empty article leads to content loss

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Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
Duplicate		None	T411856 [Epic] Avoid unintended content loss due the usage of synthetic ldr's
Invalid		None	T403009 Investigation: can Parsoid wire both main+details into the rendered ref tag data-mw?
Invalid		None	T403010 Investigation: can VE wire main+details back together into a single <sup> element to send to Parsoid?
In Progress		None	T397501 [Epic] Fix issues with {{reflist}} or missing references lists and main+details sub-references
Duplicate		None	T397211 [draft] VE should create a list-defined main ref when a regular main ref is deleted but still needed by a subref
Declined		None	T397950 Store ref metadata in InternalItem so that we can recreate main refs when needed
Resolved		awight	T401313 Investigate whether InternalItemNodes can be used to recreate content of deleted nodes
Invalid		None	T401314 Investigate if the list of InternalItemNodes is reliable when the document changes
Invalid		None	T401329 Discuss whats missing in InteralList/InternalItemNode to retrieve delete ReferenceNode's content
Resolved		awight	T401333 Investigate: How to create a list defined ref from an InternalItemNode
Duplicate		None	T406861 [refactor] Reference group can look up internal item node by key
Declined		None	T406862 [refactor] Reference group can look up internal item node by key
Open		None	T406866 [refactor] Stop creating new synthetic refs in Visual Editor
Resolved		awight	T406871 [refactor] Stop emitting synthetic list-defined refs from Parsoid
Open		None	T406858 [refactor] Find a way to create a unique reference list item id in VE
Declined	Spike	None	T414340 Spike: Look into reflist template compatibility for the Parsoid "round-trip"
Open		None	T417612 [Refactor] VE: Load main body content for sub-refs from DOM
Open		None	T417878 [Refactor] VE: Let VE generate id's to match content with nodes
Open		None	T421055 Disable synthetic list-defined ref logic on the beta cluster
Open	BUG REPORT	None	T402900 Avoid orphaning subrefs when a reference list is deleted
Open	BUG REPORT	None	T404297 Adding main+details references to an empty article leads to content loss
Duplicate		None	T406869 [Epic] VisualEditor must stop relying on synthetic LDRs to access main content
Declined		None	T406588 [refactor] Don't remove internal item nodes from InternalList's indexes
Invalid		None	T406570 [refactor] Parsoid must always emit data-mw for reference list items
Resolved		None	T408535 Look into the failing tests when rebuilding keyIndexes
Resolved		None	T411396 Paste regressions when rebuilding keyIndexes
Resolved		None	T415521 Display InternalList keyIndex mapping and InternalItem indexes in VE debug mode
Resolved		None	T415526 [Refactoring] Create a dev only feature flag that disables synthetic refs in Visual Editor
Open	BUG REPORT	None	T402903 Custom groups are broken VE when no <references> tag is present with main+details
Open	BUG REPORT	None	T403573 Synthetic list defined refs can be orphaned
Open		WMDE-Fisch	T406022 [Refactor] Allow editing main content in the ReferenceDialog of a sub-ref node without relying on a main node
Open		None	T421992 [Refactor] Write a new container for the reference edit target
Open		None	T415884 [Refactor] Replace MWReferenceNode.mainRefKey with an index to the main ref InternalItemNode
Resolved		MareikeHeuerWMDE	T415523 [Refactor] Add helper method to retrieve InternalItems for content and use it in the ContextItem
Stalled		None	T415525 [Refactor] Show main content in the ReferencesList of a sub-ref node without relying on a main node
Open		None	T419849 [Refactor] Reimplement group references structure without relying on synthetic ref nodes or list key
Open		None	T421987 [Refactor] Consolidate numbering logic so that footnote markers and reference list use the same algorithm
Open		thiemowmde	T415524 [Refactor] Show main content in the ReferenceSearchWidget of a sub-ref node without relying on a main node
Open		None	T416577 [Refactor] Rebuild methods in ve.dm.MWGroupReferences to work with `listIndex` instead of `listKey`
Open		WMDE-Fisch	T420971 [Refactor] Allow editing main content in the CitationDialog of a sub-ref node without relying on a main node
Open		None	T421248 [Refactor] Implement a method to find Citation commands from InternalItems
Open		None	T422932 [Refactor] Changed main content should be saved back to Wikitext sub-ref node without relying on a main node