Guild Feature Required error is firing for every 3rd thing I do on any article

Guild Feature Required error is firing for every 3rd thing I do on any article

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Editor: Euclid (Advanced)
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Jarissa
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Xuroth
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Description

Every 3rd thing I try to edit on a (location) or (landmark) or (person) article, whether new or long-existing, pops up the "Guild Feature Required" error.   I own this world. I am a Venerable Grandmaster. I expect to be allowed by the system to, for example, fill in the "Credits" box.   When I click the link in the fine print to "click here to fix this", the article reloads with my most recent changes reverted to at least 90 seconds ago.

Steps to Reproduce

Already double-checked:   I have not got an adblocker running on any World Anvil website.   My VPN is not causing connection issues anywhere else I go on the internet, such as Bluesky or Gmail. I deliberately checked on sites that also use Cloudflare and did not see any detrimental effects.  
Side note: The below list was made with "ol" tags to make an Ordered List. I am running out of ability to do things today, but I will try to file a separate bug about that in about 20 minutes after this posts.
 
  1. Log into World Anvil. Have a rank of "Grandmaster" or above, account in good standing.
    2.  
  2. Navigate to a World where one is Owner.
    3.  
  3. Search to make sure that no previous article exists called "Tobias System" with any template.
    4.  
  4. Create a (location) article for Tobias System. Move it to appropriate folder. Begin filling out information.
    5.  
  5. In the article right sidebar area, find "Type" and click to access the dropdown menu. Find "Star System" and left-click that with mouse.
    6.  
  6. Error message pops up.
    7.  
  7. In separate browser window, double-check that account is paid up.
    8.  
  8. Return to working window. Click where the error message says "click here to fix this."
    9.  
  9. Entire browser window refreshes. Scroll down to "Type" again. Access dropdown menu again. Find "Star System" and left-click that.
    10.  
  10. Move on to add information to any other area. Probably no error message. Or maybe, if content is more than 2 paragraphs, error message pops up again.
    11.  
  11. Make a note of what has not yet been accomplished in offsite notes. Close working window.
    12.  
  12. Bring up Public Presentation Mode view of an article that was first created before 2020. Click to edit it.
    13.  
  13. Wait for all the pulls from other websites to finish -- between 15 to 150 seconds, typically.
    14.  
  14. Attempt to write in the "Credits" box.
    15.  
    16.  
  16. Boggle.

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Comments and updates to this report

Jarissa
Hey good news!   The bonus bug about the Ordered List tags vanished.   Never mind that little bit, please, and carry on!   (And my profuse thanks to whoever fixed that.)
katerinach Developer
Assigned xuroth
Xuroth Assignee
Added tag Under Investigation
Xuroth Assignee

Can you re-check if this is still occurring? We have released several small fixes to the system that checks for permissions, so it may possibly be resolved as a byproduct.

Xuroth Assignee
Added tag Waiting for Response
Jarissa
Checking now; I expect to be back here to report in 15 minutes from sending this comment. Thanks, Xuroth.
Jarissa
I'm able to do edits without the pop up interruption in a (document). I'm also able to do all the things in a (location) or (landmark) article. I can do all the individual things that originally caused the Guild Feature Required pop-up.   Thank you for checking, and my thanks also to all of you who did the several small fixes! I will now go back to creating Star System articles.
Xuroth Assignee
Removed tag Waiting for Response
Xuroth Assignee

Glad to hear it's working for you!

Xuroth Assignee
Removed tag Under Investigation
Xuroth Assignee
set this bug to Closed
Jarissa
Hey Xuroth? This literally just happened to me again, less than 2 minutes before this posting.   I looked away into an incognito window to check my spelling on something, came back to start typing that word, and blammo.
Jarissa
Following up with screengrab and narrow specifics:
  I'm logged in.   I am working on a Location article, currently in Draft mode at the time of this recurrence, soon to be Published but Private to my world's users.   I'm still using a fully up to date Firefox browser on a nearly up to date Windows 11 machine. I have not installed this week's bonkers Windows 11 update as I don't have the patience for whatever it is doing to components such as the Recycle Bin.
Xuroth Assignee
set this bug to open
Xuroth Assignee
We have deployed several additional fixes - can you please re-check and see if this has been resolved?
Jarissa
I'll be happy to! But it's going to be 36 to 48 hours from this posting before I can do so. Sorry for the delay!
Dimitris Developer

hey there, can you please let us know if this is fixed? It has passed its expiration time

Jarissa
Sorry about that! My father-in-law's post-operation care needs wound up eating all of last week. I am now off-duty and can devote some time to testing for you.   Let's see what I can discover over the next hour or two!
Jarissa

Test report one:

 
I have spent an hour and a half doing all above describe actions on a pre-existing location stub. No pop ups. My auto-save speed is simultaneously happening more frequently (as in, after fewer characters typed) now than it was when I started, and taking longer to finish saving; I imagine that's a separate issue. Our interest today is in No Guild Feature Required Pop-Up.
Bug test part 1: Passed!  
Next test: create a brand new article and do similar.
Jarissa

Test report two:

  I don't have an article finished to the point that I could link it here, but I did try making a new article and going through a bunch of the above.   I continue to have no appearances of the Guild Feature Required thing.   Bug test part 2: Passed!   I think you've solved it, Xuroth, at least for now. Thank you!   And hopefully in the future, real life needs away from keyboard will not upset the bug tracking process with such a delay on the user's end.
Jarissa
I am so weary.   I imagine that you, too, are spectacularly weary.   I'm trying to fill in a Year of Death.  
  When I close that browser tab, then open a new browser window, then confirm that I've not been logged out, then try again to edit this (person) article and fill in the NPC's Year of Death, it works.   Fully updated Windows, fully updated Firefox, can access other places using Cloudflare, same chorus as the past few iterations.
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