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SECommentLinkHelper removes author tracking information from the link

Open basilevs opened this issue 4 months ago • 0 comments

Test steps

  • Navigate to https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/459108/is-there-anything-that-rest-apis-can-do-that-graphql-still-cannot-do
  • Click Share under question body
  • Click Copy Link link
  • Click Add Comment link
  • Paste
  • Click Add Comment button

Expected result

A comment with a link https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/q/459108/106122 is posted

Actual result

A comment with a link https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/q/459108 is posted. Notice the lack of last path segment with tracking information.

Context

Link author tracking is used by StackExchange for badge awards and probably other things.

basilevs avatar Sep 03 '25 09:09 basilevs