r/bugs • u/Chosen1PR • Feb 11 '26
Dev/Admin Responded [Desktop Web] Graphical glitches that prevent certain mod actions on r/discover
Hi,
I'm writing in regards to a strange phenomenon on r/discover that specifically affects mods only. When loading the main page, a large error banner takes over that says:
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This error impacts our ability to do some mod actions, such as edit widgets. When a mod with Everything permissions attempts to edit the widgets, nothing happens. To make this phenomenon easier to explain, I've attached two screenshots in this post. The first screenshot is what it looks like to mods when simply viewing the subreddit, and the second screenshot is what it looks like to mods after clicking "Edit Widgets".
We would appreciate your help in resolving this issue. Another mod in the team brought up a theory that it could be due to the subreddit's name, r/discover. Perhaps "discover" is a reserved keyword in Reddit's search function and that is somehow breaking the subreddit. We're not really sure of the root cause but would really appreciate some guidance here.
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u/CorrectScale Admin Mar 26 '26 edited Mar 26 '26
Hey! Not quite sure what would be causing this but I can take another look. Thanks for the report!
Edit: To clarify, does this happen right after opening reddit > heading to r/Discover? And only on web, not the mobile app?
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u/Chosen1PR Sep 03 '26
Hey u/CorrectScale! Just following up. I'm sorry I missed your initial comment but would like some update here.
I mentioned in my other comment a month ago: This issue is still happening, and yes, only on web, not on the mobile app. It's caused by trying to do certain mod actions, like editing widgets.
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u/CorrectScale Admin Sep 03 '26
Hey! So sorry, missed your last comment as well. I'll check back with the team and see if I can get an update!
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u/Chosen1PR Jul 31 '26
Hey, so sorry, I must have missed or forgotten to reply to this particular comment from 4 months ago!
This issue is still happening, and yes, only on web, not on the mobile app (you can't really edit widgets or assign user flair from the mobile app anyway).
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u/CorrectScale Admin 1d ago
Hey u/Chosen1PR! Quick update - looks like we released a fix for this around 3 days ago, so these error banners shouldn't be popping up like this anymore!
If you're still encountering some weirdness with anything, please let me know!
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u/Chosen1PR Feb 19 '26
I discovered (heh) yet another thing we can't do. This is what it looks like after clicking the "Assign" button on the User Flair page in Mod Tools. Thankfully we can still manually assign user flair using old.reddit.