I started to get redirection loop issue whenever a page with Kanji in its url. For example when I tried to open https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E7%8C%AB-cat-appreciation-thread-AKA-crazy-cat-people-unite/13057/343 (%E7%8C%AB is 猫) I get this error page [image] Sometimes I can enter the page,…

This is a known bug with Discourse that they’re supposedly working to fix. [image] Kanji/Kana in topic permalinks breaks navigation directly to a topic Bugs & Errors Okay I believe a solution for this is still being worked on. You can track progress for this over on the D…

Ah I searched the forum with “Redirect” as the search term, sorry for asking redundant topic

[image] Zexzen: Sometimes I can enter the page, sometimes I cant. I used two types of browser Chrome and Firefox, and different internet service providers too. I have yet to exactly know how this happen, all I know is that this sometimes happen when a kanji is included in the URL Any unicode…

Yup, it only happens if you try to open threads in new tabs / windows, or if you try to refresh existing ones. If you just follow URLs by left-clicking it works fine.

I sometimes have it happen when you open a thread in the same tab. It usually loads fine though.

I just noticed they fixed the redirection issue with Kanji in the URL. The fix is quite simple (as far as I noticed up to now)… They simply remove the kanji from the URL itself. Though I wonder what effect this will present if two URL somehow have the same title with only a different kanji like 花…

Every thread has its own identifying number alongside its title, so that shouldn’t be a problem. :slight_smile:

Not really a fix… More like we had to disable unicode slugging for the time being until a fix is in place. We’ll reimplement unicode in slugs once a fix is in place. [image] Zexzen: Though I wonder what effect this will present if two URL somehow have the same title with only a different kanji …

For those who are interested on the progress of the fix, see below: [image] Removing the concept of "slugs" for some languages OK, I’ve researched into Rails router, Rack and Webrick. According to previous dev discussion, I am sure Rails conforms to Rack behaviour. This might not be ide…

How can i miss something like that… Looks like im too focused on the title

At least it can be used now. Good luck on your fix and thanks.

Redirection Issue with Kanji in page URL

WaniKani Bugs & Errors

Borx August 17, 2017, 3:39am 2

This is a known bug with Discourse that they’re supposedly working to fix.

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Redirection Issue with Kanji in page URL

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