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Bug: data disappeared from the application draft
We got two support requests:
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"I am facing some trouble locating the saved draft of my application form for RGSoC 2017. I began to fill the application form this evening and saved the draft after completing the first section by clicking the 'Save Draft' option at the end of the page. However, when I opened 'My Application' on the website again, the answers previously entered were not visible. Kindly let me know where I can view my saved application as I did not copy my answers elsewhere." AND "The issue was resolved after saving it the next day, although I had to fill the answers again."
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"I'm currently trying to save a draft of my application but it deletes everything every time I press the "Save as draft" button. Is there a bug or is it possibly because me and my pair are both writing our applications at the same time?"
We had the same issue once or twice last year, too.
Can this be the result of simultaneous editing by two students? Can someone investigate this?
The third case:
- "We're still facing a lot of issues in our application. Somehow, in spite of saving our application draft, our response are not being recorded in the application. Even if they're being displayed for some time (a few minutes at most), the draft is repeatedly being restored to a previous revision. [...] Fields like our team information (the answer to the question of how we plan to work together), my pair's personal information, the information about our second project choice are repeatedly being restored to a previous revision."
A relevant thought: maybe we should let users export/import their application draft data. It won't solve the problem of simultaneous editing, but will help in other cases of data loss (if they exist) and will make users feel more secure.
@mkalininait do you have Team IDs where that happens? Can you send them to me via Slack?
