Problem with Liking posts: I don’t want to be redirected to a separate “Are you sure?” page

[AmaroqKitsune]

The problem is exactly as the thread title says. QQ didn't used to do this, SpaceBattles doesn't do this, I'm pretty sure Sufficient Velocity doesn't do this, and they all run on the same forum software. There's also no way to turn this off in the options. It's bad enough on desktop, it's even worse on my phone.

 

[LurkingInTheDeceit]

That sometimes happens to me when I have connection issues. Think it's just a bug that happens when your internet is slow. Not sure whether @alethiophile or @ultima333 can do anything about that.

Edit: Also happens, as SnarkLord says, when you leave a page open too long.

 

[SnarkLord]

The problem is exactly as the thread title says. QQ didn't used to do this, SpaceBattles doesn't do this, I'm pretty sure Sufficient Velocity doesn't do this, and they all run on the same forum software. There's also no way to turn this off in the options. It's bad enough on desktop, it's even worse on my phone.

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Are you Immediately liking stuff when you open a page, or do you open, leave it for hours/days amd then like it.
If it's the latter, its nothing unusual. Iirc it's even odds of either getting that page opened, or being told to refresh the page
Edit: or apparently its slow internet.
Been so long i had either pop up genuinely forgot

Its the same thing you see if you tight click and open the like button on a new page

 

[tacobowl8]

The last time it was discussed: https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/likes-now-require-confirmation-page.37609/
it was determined that the CSRF protection was getting triggered, which others chimed in and basically said that the issue was typically with spotty connections, where you were trying to give a like before the page fully loaded.

 

[AmaroqKitsune]

where you were trying to give a like before the page fully loaded.

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Negative, the page was fully loaded. I've even tried multiple different network settings on my devices.

 

[tacobowl8]

Well, if it is CSRF protection acting up, the bog standard way everybody does that is that the web server defines a form token which is tied to a client session. That form token then gets passed to the client as a hidden value in the page content. When a form is submitted by the client back to the server, it passes that form token along with the session id, which then if it matches what is on the server, all is good.

If there is a mismatch, that triggers the anti-csrf protections.

One such form submission on the page is liking a post.

So, if that form token hasn't fully loaded on the page when you hit the like button, it won't be passed back to the server, and thus the popup.