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You need to clear your service workers for twitter Edit: - on chrom(e|ium) based browsers: chrome://serviceworker-internals/ - on firefox: about:debugging an

by k_ 6y ago

You need to clear your service workers for twitter Edit: - on chrom(e|ium) based browsers: chrome://serviceworker-internals/ - on firefox: about:debugging and scroll to service workers section

shakow 6y ago
1. Why do I have to do that; what is the underlying bug? 2. How comes such a bug is still in production for months?
- k_ 6y ago
  They deployed a bugged service worker long ago (beginning of 2020 or something), but service workers can be hard to replace because they tamper with requests and cache. "Technically" it's been fixed in production for a while, but it doesn't propagate so many still have the bug.. Still seems very strange to me that they allowed this situation to happen for such a huge (in traffic) website. Not sure how exactly the service worker was broken (I didn't have the curiosity to check in devtools, and now it's gone), but I had this exact same issue and saw other people having it right here on HN, and this was the way to solve it too.
  - shakow 6y ago
    I see. Thanks!
- deleted 6y ago
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- panarky 6y ago
  Or use incognito for Twitter, and you'll you'll get fresh service workers every time.
vimy 6y ago
Not possible in Safari I guess?
- k_ 6y ago
  Should be possible, I just don't know how
- matrixagent 6y ago
  https://www.danielhill.com.au/removing-service-workers-from-mac-safari/ https://www.danielhill.com.au/removing-service-workers-from-... Now I'm trying to figure out how to do it on Mobile Safari, where this bug always hits me.
  - ballenf 6y ago
    Go to settings/safari/advanced/website data. At least clearing there worked for me.
    - matrixagent 6y ago
      Thanks, if that works that would be amazing. I'm most often getting it inside in-app browsers, e.g. when opening a Twitter link in Tweetbot, Apollo or similar apps. Not sure if they share the same central settings/service workers.
      - matrixagent 6y ago
        I'm afraid that does not solve this particular problem, just happened again on the very first try. I still think this is intentional or at least happily accepted on part of Twitter, with the happy side effect to make it as shitty an experience as possible when you're not using their app.
M2Ys4U 6y ago
about:serviceworkers is also a way to view them on firefox

by k_ 6y ago

You need to clear your service workers for twitter Edit: - on chrom(e|ium) based browsers: chrome://serviceworker-internals/ - on firefox: about:debugging and scroll to service workers section

shakow 6y ago

1. Why do I have to do that; what is the underlying bug? 2. How comes such a bug is still in production for months?

k_ 6y ago
They deployed a bugged service worker long ago (beginning of 2020 or something), but service workers can be hard to replace because they tamper with requests and cache. "Technically" it's been fixed in production for a while, but it doesn't propagate so many still have the bug.. Still seems very strange to me that they allowed this situation to happen for such a huge (in traffic) website. Not sure how exactly the service worker was broken (I didn't have the curiosity to check in devtools, and now it's gone), but I had this exact same issue and saw other people having it right here on HN, and this was the way to solve it too.
- shakow 6y ago
  I see. Thanks!
deleted 6y ago
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panarky 6y ago
Or use incognito for Twitter, and you'll you'll get fresh service workers every time.

vimy 6y ago

Not possible in Safari I guess?

k_ 6y ago
Should be possible, I just don't know how
matrixagent 6y ago
https://www.danielhill.com.au/removing-service-workers-from-mac-safari/ https://www.danielhill.com.au/removing-service-workers-from-... Now I'm trying to figure out how to do it on Mobile Safari, where this bug always hits me.
- ballenf 6y ago
  Go to settings/safari/advanced/website data. At least clearing there worked for me.
  - matrixagent 6y ago
    Thanks, if that works that would be amazing. I'm most often getting it inside in-app browsers, e.g. when opening a Twitter link in Tweetbot, Apollo or similar apps. Not sure if they share the same central settings/service workers.
    - matrixagent 6y ago
      I'm afraid that does not solve this particular problem, just happened again on the very first try. I still think this is intentional or at least happily accepted on part of Twitter, with the happy side effect to make it as shitty an experience as possible when you're not using their app.

M2Ys4U 6y ago

about:serviceworkers is also a way to view them on firefox