Public Timelines are inaccessible when not logged in
Public Timelines are inaccessible when not logged in
Public timelines on public Worlds should be accessible to everyone regardless of their logged in, follower, or subscriber status. However, these timelines are currently inaccessible to anyone who is logged out of World Anvil. When trying to browse to the timeline while logged out, you're instead taken to a generic "Welcome" page, with no indication of what you tried to visit or why it's not showing. I've tried with three different timelines from three different Worlds, all from people who also noticed this issue. I'm using Vivaldi as my browser, though I suspect this isn't browser-specific.
Steps to Reproduce
- Copy the share link of a public timeline that's on a public world
- Browse to it while logged in and you'll see the full timeline as expected
- Log out and try again, and you'll be taken to a generic "Welcome" screen instead
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All timelines are affected. Here'a few links:- This is one of mine
- This one is from Solaris
- This one was shared on Discord by someone else reporting this issue in the Help channel
History
Yeah there has been a regression of some sorts while the project was being made, we are working on it
Okay, there has been an intermediate solution put in place. its not perfect and if you have a private world/private timeline you wont be able to access the normal fallback privacy page but if you use it as intended -> public world and public timeline and logged off you will be able to access it / user that is not an owner
Confirming I can now access public timelines on public worlds while logged out. Thank you so much!
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