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Search results hidden when client is offline #3828

Open crottypeter opened 7 years ago

crottypeter commented 7 years ago

Search results are obscured from view when the computer displaying the results is offline

Expected Behavior

Having run a search (while connected to a/the network) and with the results on screen I am expecting to be able to see them regardless of whether my computer remains connected.

Current Behavior

A few seconds after my computers' connection to the server is broken the entire web page is replaced by a message that the server is unavailable. The back button does not restore the results to the screen.

Possible Solutions

  1. Don't provide any warning that the server is unavailable unless the user makes a new search request.
  2. Provide a visible warning without removing useful access from data that has already been fetched and rendered.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Use search screen to find some log entries.
  2. Note that "Not Updating" is selected at the right-hand side of the search bar.
  3. Unplug ethernet cable (from your PC)
  4. watch

Context

It seemed to me that I could take a laptop across the office to show an error message in our logs to a coworker. For security reasons our graylog server is not available via the wireless network.

Your Environment

jalogisch commented 7 years ago

@crottypeter we do understand your use case but we will (realistically) do not add this in the near future.