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@ 2024-05-07 2:56 PM (#32682 - in reply to #31709) (#32682) Top

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symbolic23 posted @ 2024-05-07 2:56 PM

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@ 2024-10-07 7:28 AM (#33115 - in reply to #31709) (#33115) Top

PHI.Ori

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PHI.Ori posted @ 2024-10-07 7:28 AM

Where do you guys learn certain techniques for a variation? Like certain youtube channels (CrackingTheCryptic) Haven't solved competitively in years and I want to get back. All suggestions are welcome thank you!

@ 2024-10-31 2:34 PM (#33167 - in reply to #31749) (#33167) Top

markhenry

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markhenry posted @ 2024-10-31 2:34 PM

Good work

@ 2025-01-29 5:36 AM (#33429 - in reply to #31709) (#33429) Top

auroux

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auroux posted @ 2025-01-29 5:36 AM

I was once more victim today of the annoying LMI Expo bug where, sometimes, if your internet connection is unstable right when you finish a puzzle, Expo acts as if you've finished and solved the puzzle, but when you get to the timings & replays screen it doesn't show your name, and when you return to the Penpa page it gives you a blank grid but the timer is still running from the first attempt. Unfortunately the bug is completely silent until you see your time missing from the scoreboard, and at that point you just have to redo a second solve from scratch. I would love it if the code that submits a solve time would check for a database response confirming that the solve time has indeed been recorded successfully before offering to navigate away from Penpa and take you to the score page, and display an error message otherwise.

@ 2025-01-31 8:48 AM (#33442 - in reply to #33429) (#33442) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2025-01-31 8:48 AM

auroux - 2025-01-29 5:36 AM

I was once more victim today of the annoying LMI Expo bug where, sometimes, if your internet connection is unstable right when you finish a puzzle, Expo acts as if you've finished and solved the puzzle, but when you get to the timings & replays screen it doesn't show your name, and when you return to the Penpa page it gives you a blank grid but the timer is still running from the first attempt. Unfortunately the bug is completely silent until you see your time missing from the scoreboard, and at that point you just have to redo a second solve from scratch. I would love it if the code that submits a solve time would check for a database response confirming that the solve time has indeed been recorded successfully before offering to navigate away from Penpa and take you to the score page, and display an error message otherwise.

Denis, We will have a look at it, hopefully soon. We had tried to replicate this in the past, but couldn't proceed much.

@ 2025-02-19 8:00 AM (#33496 - in reply to #31709) (#33496) Top

auroux

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auroux posted @ 2025-02-19 8:00 AM

It just happened to me again tonight. Hmph. (I understand it's hard to replicate -- also, Internet presumably just works in India, unlike the United States where we pay first-world prices for third-world quality internet service...) Independently of reproducing the bug, my suggestion was, if someone has time and energy to do this, see if there's a way to await an effective confirmation from the backend before considering that the solve has been successfully recorded and taking the user to the score page. Anyway I understand this is not super urgent.


	@ 2024-05-07 2:56 PM (#32682 - in reply to #31709) (#32682) Top
symbolic23 Posts: 2 Country : United States	symbolic23 posted @ 2024-05-07 2:56 PM Hello%2C%0D%0A%0D%0AI+somehow+managed+to+obtain+a+%3E100%25+puzzle+completion+rate+just+now%2C+so+there+may+be+a+bug+in+how+that%27s+being+tracked+somewhere%2E+I+believe+at+one+point+I+solved+a+puzzle+which+was+later+taken+down%2C+which+may+be+the+cause%2C+but+I%27m+unsure%2E+Probably+not+the+worst+bug+ever%2C+but+possibly+still+worth+looking+into+%F0%9F%98%85
	@ 2024-10-07 7:28 AM (#33115 - in reply to #31709) (#33115) Top
PHI.Ori Posts: 1 Country : Philippines	PHI.Ori posted @ 2024-10-07 7:28 AM Where do you guys learn certain techniques for a variation? Like certain youtube channels (CrackingTheCryptic) Haven't solved competitively in years and I want to get back. All suggestions are welcome thank you!
	@ 2024-10-31 2:34 PM (#33167 - in reply to #31749) (#33167) Top
markhenry Posts: 1 Country : United States	markhenry posted @ 2024-10-31 2:34 PM Good work
	@ 2025-01-29 5:36 AM (#33429 - in reply to #31709) (#33429) Top
auroux Posts: 147 Country : France	auroux posted @ 2025-01-29 5:36 AM I was once more victim today of the annoying LMI Expo bug where, sometimes, if your internet connection is unstable right when you finish a puzzle, Expo acts as if you've finished and solved the puzzle, but when you get to the timings & replays screen it doesn't show your name, and when you return to the Penpa page it gives you a blank grid but the timer is still running from the first attempt. Unfortunately the bug is completely silent until you see your time missing from the scoreboard, and at that point you just have to redo a second solve from scratch. I would love it if the code that submits a solve time would check for a database response confirming that the solve time has indeed been recorded successfully before offering to navigate away from Penpa and take you to the score page, and display an error message otherwise.
	@ 2025-01-31 8:48 AM (#33442 - in reply to #33429) (#33442) Top
Administrator Posts: 3567 Country : India	Administrator posted @ 2025-01-31 8:48 AM auroux - 2025-01-29 5:36 AM I was once more victim today of the annoying LMI Expo bug where, sometimes, if your internet connection is unstable right when you finish a puzzle, Expo acts as if you've finished and solved the puzzle, but when you get to the timings & replays screen it doesn't show your name, and when you return to the Penpa page it gives you a blank grid but the timer is still running from the first attempt. Unfortunately the bug is completely silent until you see your time missing from the scoreboard, and at that point you just have to redo a second solve from scratch. I would love it if the code that submits a solve time would check for a database response confirming that the solve time has indeed been recorded successfully before offering to navigate away from Penpa and take you to the score page, and display an error message otherwise. Denis, We will have a look at it, hopefully soon. We had tried to replicate this in the past, but couldn't proceed much.
	@ 2025-02-19 8:00 AM (#33496 - in reply to #31709) (#33496) Top
auroux Posts: 147 Country : France	auroux posted @ 2025-02-19 8:00 AM It just happened to me again tonight. Hmph. (I understand it's hard to replicate -- also, Internet presumably just works in India, unlike the United States where we pay first-world prices for third-world quality internet service...) Independently of reproducing the bug, my suggestion was, if someone has time and energy to do this, see if there's a way to await an effective confirmation from the backend before considering that the solve has been successfully recorded and taking the user to the score page. Anyway I understand this is not super urgent.