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Previewing translatable nodes can lead to data loss

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Created on 6 September 2017, over 7 years ago
Updated 9 September 2024, 3 months ago

Problem/Motivation

When a node is translatable, it's possible you have two edit screens open from the same node, but in a different language.
The tempstore has no clue about the language, so hitting preview might overwrite the node stored in tempstore.

Steps to reproduce

- Open two languages for the same node in two tabs
- http://localhost/en/node/1/edit
- http://localhost/fr/node/1/edit
- press preview on the french one, then preview in the english one
- Press back to editing in the french one, you are now editing in English

Borderline critical as there is data loss involved here.

Proposed resolution

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Status

Needs work

Version

11.0 🔥

Component
Node system  →

Last updated 4 days ago

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Created by

🇧🇪Belgium swentel

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