Problems with posting and post editing

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Problems with posting and post editing

Docs 16,851

In this thread there were many problems posting and editing.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1457450/windows-10-11-taking-a-long-time-to-restart-shut-d

During one edit the post disappeared.

Attempts to reedit were not possible as it displayed error 404.

All of the time replying to the post and editing were wasted.

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Some noted problems:

Building a thread in notepad followed by copy and paste regularly fails to maintain the layout.

Copy and paste into the post adds different text color to various text portions instead of maintaining black text.

Typing sentence or paragraph instruction numbers and are not maintained. Indentation is forced after clicking space.

Spacing between paragraphs is not maintained after clicking post your question.

Richard Hay 1,381 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-12-12T16:44:06.79+00:00

This was likely related to ongoing performance issues the dev team is working to resolve. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Docs 16,851 Reputation points

2023-12-15T08:59:58.9733333+00:00

A post was just made into this thread and it did not appear:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1462488/frustrating-restarts-freeze-ups-help-needed?page=1&orderby=helpful#answers

A second post with .............. was made to make the post appear.

Please fix the Microsoft Q&A website so that a second post is no longer required to make first post appear in a timely fashion.
Richard Hay 1,381 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-12-15T19:46:03.6566667+00:00

@Docs Do you try and refresh the page to see the posted content? If you do not encounter any errors when posting then the content is there - just usually needs a refresh to show up - that has been my consistent experience.
Docs 16,851 Reputation points

2024-01-08T10:08:35.2766667+00:00

A post was just made into this thread:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1481092/pc-bsod-randomly-windows-10?page=1&orderby=helpful#answers

Five refreshes were performed > the post never appeared

A second post with ............... was made and the earlier post appeared.

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A post had been made into this thread and it did not appear:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1473973/constant-blue-screen-on-ssd-use?page=1&orderby=helpful#answers

A second post with .............. was made to make the post appear.

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Please fix the Microsoft Q&A website so that a second post is no longer required to make first post appear in a timely fashion.
Docs 16,851 Reputation points

2024-01-08T10:11:43.8466667+00:00

The post that was just made into this thread did not appear immediately after clicking Post your answer and after five refreshes.

This post may make the prior post appear.
Docs 16,851 Reputation points

2024-01-08T10:13:15.8433333+00:00

The same thing just happened. The second post did not appear but the first post just appeared.
Docs 16,851 Reputation points

2024-01-08T10:14:24.9566667+00:00

The second and third posts just appeared simultaneously.
Richard Hay 1,381 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2024-01-08T13:21:07.5866667+00:00

For most users, it is not necessary to post a second piece of content to make other content show up. So to help the devs troubleshoot this issue you are seeing, can you please send me F12 Dev Tool .har files for the next few times this occurs (when you post and the content does not show up - before hitting refresh or posting a second piece of content) - that will help them with troubleshooting. Thanks in advance. You can send them to me at richardhay at microsoft dot com.
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Docs 16,851 Reputation points

2024-01-08T14:33:47.8733333+00:00

The comment did not appear.

............... was pasted in the next comment.

It appeared but the first comment was absent.

Edit did not work.

It displayed error 404.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/edit/1458787/comment/1474149?page=1&orderby=helpful&comment=answer-1409256#comment-1474149

What are the steps for: send me F12 Dev Tool .har files

(Everything software did not find any .har files)
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Richard Hay 1,381 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2024-01-09T16:42:09.4866667+00:00

Here are instructions for getting the .har file from Edge - then just attach it to an email (I posted that in an earlier comment) and send it to me.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-web-pubsub/howto-troubleshoot-network-trace

Plese be sure to get this file immediately after the content fails to show up. Thanks.

Send a few of them to help with the troubleshooting different instances of the content not showing up - that will help the devs troubleshoot.
Docs 16,851 Reputation points

2024-01-13T04:32:40.5066667+00:00

A post was just made into this thread and it failed to display the post: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1489227/windows-10-updates?page=1&orderby=Helpful#answers Now I'll enter ............... to see if the post appears. The new post with ............... and the prior post just appeared.
Docs 16,851 Reputation points

2024-01-14T08:27:08.6066667+00:00

This link:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1492665/how-to-change-my-system-language-fully-to-english?page=1&orderby=helpful#answers

did not display the post after multiple refreshes. (browser Chrome)

Making a second post with ............... made the first post appear.

As of this moment in time the second post containing .............. still has not appeared.
Docs 16,851 Reputation points

2024-01-14T08:29:00.45+00:00

The post just made into this thread did not immediately appear. This time a refresh made the post appear.
Docs 16,851 Reputation points

2024-01-16T09:26:42.51+00:00

Repeat problem in this thread:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1481092/pc-bsod-randomly-windows-10? page=1&orderby=helpful

And problems with:

a) spacing with or without markdown

b) print color after copy and paste

From post:

Routine use without unexpected shutdowns and restarts will be confirmation. . . . --please don't forget to upvote and Accept as answer if the reply is helpful-- . . .

should have been dots to maintain spacing:

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--please don't forget to upvote and Accept as answer if the reply is helpful--

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F G 271 Reputation points

2025-03-25T19:16:51.0566667+00:00

In March 2025, Microsoft did some changes in the Widows 11 Forums, that makes it almost impossible to edit a post. Also, they removed the capability of resizing the Screenshots to better fit the page.

Why did they mess this up? It was working fine earlier this year. It also still works correctly with Windows 10 Forum posts. They only messed up the editing of the windows 11 posts.

Why did they make these useless changes that just added new bugs?

Where are these problems reported? I could not find a link for the 2025 posting problems. They used to have a list of the problems updated every 3 months, where did that go?