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flytaly / reddit-post-notifier

Firefox/Chrome extension that watches for posts in given subreddits or reddit searches
Mozilla Public License 2.0
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Not Receiving Notifications Until 2+ Hours Later #46

Open Resqs48l opened 11 months ago

Resqs48l commented 11 months ago

I've just received a notification for a post that was over two hours old at the time. That said, it might be an issue on Reddit's side, as I attempted to search for the post on-site and it wasn't even there despite having not been deleted. However, it does seem to just be that specific subreddit out of the ones I'm using this extension for, though there may be others.

flytaly commented 11 months ago

Reddit search (reddit.com/search)? If so, unfortunately it's normal for Reddit search to sometimes delay posts.

Basically, when you create a post in a subreddit, it doesn't immediately go into the database that Reddit's search works on. This may have something to do with the caches Reddit uses.

That's why the extension has post filters, though they are very limited.

Resqs48l commented 11 months ago

Reddit search (reddit.com/search)? If so, unfortunately it's normal for Reddit search to sometimes delay posts.

Basically, when you create a post in a subreddit, it doesn't immediately go into the database that Reddit's search works on. This may have something to do with the caches Reddit uses.

That's why the extension has post filters, though they are very limited.

It didn't show up in reddit search, but ALSO the notification from THIS didn't come until two hours after the post went up.