OLD EDITOR - @ no longer pulls in articles

closed
· Editor: visual (modern editor) ·
By T. Mystery on 05/13/2026
· Assigned to Dimitris

When using the old editor and using @ to get a list of articles to link, the @ no longer pulls the list. The new editor does not replicate the issue, but the new editor has too much lag for me to use it reliably and I'd like this basic functionality in the old editor restored.

I tested with clear cache on Chrome and Firefox, issue replicates in both.

Issue was first observed at around 11:20ish this morning.

Only relevant text from console query seems to be

Source map error: Error: request failed with status 404 Stack in the worker:networkRequest@resource://devtools/client/shared/source-map-loader/utils/network-request:43:9 Resource URL: https://www.worldanvil.com/css/compiled/global-prodromos?v=0915049 Source Map URL: bootstrap.min.map

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Go to old edit on any article.
  2. Place an @ and type in 2-3 letters of another article name. There will be a brief lag.
  3. No list will appear allowing you to link the article to another.

Operating System

Windows

Browser

Firefox

Related Entity

Using @ to link to articles in the old editor.

History

T. Mystery @ 14 May, 2026 04:59:55

Note for clarity - when I say "old editor", I mean the "Old Version Edit" option we get in the meatball menu for articles. That specifically is where the issue appears.

mikolaszko @ 14 May, 2026 10:45:06 Developer

It looks like a temporary error, could you retest? I tried both on a chromium based browser as well as firefox and it looks perfectly normal. If the issue persists, could you let me know in which article of your you are experiencing this issue?

T. Mystery @ 14 May, 2026 12:12:42

Sadly, still reproduces here :( Thank you for not brushing me off, though. It's happened in every article I spot-tested so far, here's some easy links: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/the-equinox-codex-t-mystery/a/toadvine-item | https://www.worldanvil.com/w/the-equinox-codex-t-mystery/a/mushroom-mushroom-article | https://www.worldanvil.com/w/the-equinox-codex-t-mystery/a/agarim-species

T. Mystery @ 18 May, 2026 09:58:19

I ended up doing an extra spot check - most of my articles use templates I made, but just to be safe I tested on one of the standard templates as well. https://www.worldanvil.com/w/the-equinox-codex-t-mystery/a/agarim-species <- The issue persists on the standard ones too. It'll work in the Articles and Folders etc view but in the Old Version Edit View @ still doesn't work for me.

katerinach @ 19 May, 2026 03:00:12 Developer
Assigned ttblaze
T. Mystery @ 27 May, 2026 03:21:37

Decided to retest since it's been a few days and there was a CSS Editor update, still reproduces here. :(

T. Mystery @ 28 May, 2026 01:20:54

I found a similar report of the bug here: https://www.worldanvil.com/udan-tracker/228d6218-a18e-473c-bd2b-faff4d13dc81/view

T. Mystery @ 04 Jun, 2026 04:32:13

Just doing a quick followup on this, it's still ongoing, have you had a chance to look at it yet?

T. Mystery @ 08 Jun, 2026 03:12:44

Retested again - it's still occurring, cleared cache and validated again just to be safe. This is impacting my ability to use WA to the point of making it unusable for me, do we have a timeline for when this will be looked at?

T. Mystery @ 15 Jun, 2026 09:51:55

Did an extra retest and confirmed it's still happening. This was reported over a month ago and I've had no response. I'm really starting to get frustrated with the lack of communication.

0nnia @ 17 Jun, 2026 11:45:58 Moderator
set this bug to closed
Dimitris @ 17 Jun, 2026 11:51:09 Assignee
Assigned Dimitris
Dimitris @ 17 Jun, 2026 11:51:56 Assignee

I can see that is works just fine in your own account - I'm sorry but we cannot reproduce the issue. Additionally I would strongly suggest using one of the new editors. The old WYSIWYG editor is deprecated.

T. Mystery @ 20 Jun, 2026 01:48:02

Except it /isn't/ working fine in my account at all, dude! You aren't even looking at the right article. I'm using an article that has the Visual Editor turned on in the Old Edit View! THAT is what is specifically broken. I have a bunch of articles I haven't converted because the system breaks some of them!

Please reopen and revisit this? And assign to someone else? I don't mean to be rude but every time you've been assigned to one of my bugs, Dimitris, you've basically written me off and disregarded me entirely - I'd really rather work with someone else.

Dimitris @ 15 Jul, 2026 07:03:06 Assignee

So to clarify the issue is with the new Visual editor on the OLD interface only? Does it work correctly on the new interface ?

T. Mystery @ 15 Jul, 2026 10:51:10

Sorry for the empty comment here, I needed to reclear my cache.

Yes. I am in Visual Editor, using the Old Edit View (the square with a pencil lookin' thing). I don't use the new interface because it lags too often, but it does not replicate there.