Subscribing to threads is unreliable when multiple tabs are open

[motbob]

Firefox, 1.5

Over the last week, I tried to subscribe to a bunch of comment threads like so:

• Open a bunch of tabs
• Subscribe, move to the next tab, subscribe, etc.
• Close all the tabs at the end

This never resulted in logging the subscriptions that I was trying to do. I think this method only subscribes to the last tab in the series, but I could be wrong.

Today, I tried navigating to the thread I wanted to subscribe to, subscribing, and hitting the back button, without opening a new tab. That worked consistently.

[ArjixWasTaken]

~~Hmm, did you close the tabs too fast? It's made to refresh the page when it actually saves correctly.~~ Oh, I get why it happened. Will fix.

[ArjixWasTaken]

Ok, uhh, can you load the extension from github?

1. Clone the repository to a folder.
2. Follow the steps in the guide here

[motbob]

Ok, uhh, can you load the extension from github?

1. Clone the repository to a folder.

2. Follow the steps in the guide [here](https://riptutorial.com/firefox-addon/example/26613/installing-a-temporary-add-on)

I disabled the old add-on and then followed the instructions. It said it was version 1.6 on the help page, so I think I loaded the add-on correctly. However, the issue was not fixed. I tried the "multiple tabs" method and only ended up subscribed to the thread in the last tab.

[ArjixWasTaken]

Ok, uhh, can you load the extension from github?

1. Clone the repository to a folder.

2. Follow the steps in the guide [here](https://riptutorial.com/firefox-addon/example/26613/installing-a-temporary-add-on)

I disabled the old add-on and then followed the instructions. It said it was version 1.6 on the help page, so I think I loaded the add-on correctly. However, the issue was not fixed. I tried the "multiple tabs" method and only ended up subscribed to the thread in the last tab.

Hmm... Did the page refresh on its own before you closed the tab?

[motbob]

Ok, uhh, can you load the extension from github?

1. Clone the repository to a folder.

2. Follow the steps in the guide [here](https://riptutorial.com/firefox-addon/example/26613/installing-a-temporary-add-on)

I disabled the old add-on and then followed the instructions. It said it was version 1.6 on the help page, so I think I loaded the add-on correctly. However, the issue was not fixed. I tried the "multiple tabs" method and only ended up subscribed to the thread in the last tab.

Hmm... Did the page refresh on its own before you closed the tab?

Yes, the page always refreshes quickly.

[ArjixWasTaken]

Ok, uhh, can you load the extension from github?

1. Clone the repository to a folder.

2. Follow the steps in the guide [here](https://riptutorial.com/firefox-addon/example/26613/installing-a-temporary-add-on)

I disabled the old add-on and then followed the instructions. It said it was version 1.6 on the help page, so I think I loaded the add-on correctly. However, the issue was not fixed. I tried the "multiple tabs" method and only ended up subscribed to the thread in the last tab.

Hmm... Did the page refresh on its own before you closed the tab?

Yes, the page always refreshes quickly.

Welp, I guess I can't do anything about it then. Currently I use the browser api to store settings. And that is not so reliable if you modify settings too fast it seems. (it is asynchronous)

Just slow down, wait for like 2 seconds before following another torrent.

If you open the developer tools you will see that I print the current settings to the config subscribedThreads contains the followed torrents in the above image I follow 1 torrent

[ArjixWasTaken]

Oh, since you use "threads" in the issue's title I guess you knew about the console message?

[motbob]

I did more tests, and this doesn't have anything to do with subscribing too fast.

• Open two tabs with two threads you want to subscribe to.
• Subscribe to the first tab. Wait a bit, refresh, whatever. You'll stay subscribed.
• Subscribe to the second one. Tab back to the first thread, refresh. Bam, you're unsubscribed.

The issue is that subscribing to subsequent tabs erases the previous subscriptions for whatever reason.

[ArjixWasTaken]

Oh, I get why. It's because the data get's overwritten. If you refresh the 2nd tab before subscribing it should work fine. I can fix that.

[ArjixWasTaken]

Retry now with the latest data.

[ArjixWasTaken]

Ok I promise this is the last time, finally fixed it

[ArjixWasTaken]

Uhh...it semi works i guess

[ArjixWasTaken]

;-;

[motbob]

Appears to work now. I'm having no problems in Firefox.

[ArjixWasTaken]

welp its not entirely fixed (if you try hard enough it will do the same thing as before), but I really can't improve it more than this. (unsubscribing on a previous tab removes any new subscription)

[ArjixWasTaken]

Let's leave it at that.

[ArjixWasTaken]

(This is completely fixed in the rewrite)

But the rewrite is still a W.I.P. so don't use it.