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Side bar covering all of screen in safari

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FaintlyMacabre · 22/09/2022 16:00

Hi,
I’m getting a side bar covering almost all of the screen in safari, it won’t go when cross is clicked. I’ve tried quitting browser and refreshing etc. Looks like this picture. Any ideas?

Side bar covering all of screen in safari
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MinkyTunes · 23/09/2022 19:30

Sorry that's what I did - cleared cookies for a single site (as I didn't want to lose any other cookies, including my Wordle score!)

NiteNight · 23/09/2022 19:44

Still not working for me even in incognito mode.
I'm not able to clear a single cookie so have cleared all cookies but no joy.

faustina · 23/09/2022 20:02

So on Safari if I use private browsing it finally works, but of course because it's private browsing I have to log in each time, and my bookmarking doesn't work etc etc - it's very annoying. it works on chrome but I don't use chrome as my browser and I'd rather not. I have cleared the cache, the history, everything (which is also quite annoying)

Saisong · 23/09/2022 20:47

I was getting this on Android/Edge. I tried the clearing cache/cookies and at first it didn't work, but then I found a setting that says clear for last week/month etc or all time. Using the all time setting did finally work.

LilyMumsnet · 23/09/2022 21:05

Can everyone try 'all time' cookies as a pp has mentioned above, and let us know if this fixes it?

ChiefFinderOuter · 23/09/2022 21:26

Sorry if I’m being thick, but I was having the issue on safari in an iPhone. How do you clear cookies there?

I fixed the problem by upgrading, which will have cleared the cache, but isn’t really an option for everyone!

TravellingSpoon · 23/09/2022 22:35

Glad it isnt just me who is having this issue, and who isnt able to get the side bar to close. Cant use the site at all on my android phone.

Nameless3 · 23/09/2022 23:05

The site is unusable on the desktop. Big white banner at the top which can't be clicked off. No message box either.

It's barely usable on the android app. Keeps timing out and there are double posts all over the place.

DrMadelineMaxwell · 24/09/2022 19:20

I've cleared my cache and still getting the same problem. On an android phone on chrome.

Side bar covering all of screen in safari
Eightiesgirl · 07/10/2022 22:10

This is happening again on my phone.

HebeMumsnet · 10/10/2022 11:51

Hi there @Eightiesgirl . Sorry to hear this is back. Is this on the app or just the mobile site?

Eightiesgirl · 10/10/2022 12:07

It's on the app on my phone. I've even deleted the app and reinstalled, which worked last time but unfortunately doesn't this time.

YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet · 10/10/2022 16:08

Turtleoo · 23/09/2022 18:43

Actually, I've fixed it (Chrome). I tried deleting cookies in the same place as I cleared the cache, which didn't work. But then I tried the steps on this site:

support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid

for 'Clear cookies from a single site' and now it seems to be working

Thanks, Turtleoo! If anyone else is having no luck, please also give this a try. If the issue isn't happening in incognito/private mode, then it's a cache issue. Matt from our Tech team explained it in detail on this thread - and we are working on finding the root cause of this, but I'll paste his post below:

I just wanted to jump on the thread to explain exactly what is happening here and why clearing your cache is the only option at the moment for this menu appearing.

Whenever we release an update to the site to change functionality there are some CSS and Javascript files that get updated. These files are responsible for how the site looks, and for any interactions that can happen on the site without needing a page refresh (for example, toggling the menu on mobile).

In order to increase performance, we send these files through with an expiration date far into the future so that your browser is able to cache them indefinitely. That means that when you come to the site you don't have to re-download the files after the first time they have been downloaded. This presents a problem when the files have actually changed, because the browser doesn't re-download the files to check.

In order to work around this, when something has actually changed in these files we tell the browser by adding a version identifier to the address that the file is requested from. This is an industry-standard practice that most sites use and the version identifier gets automatically updated every time the files have changed.

On two occasions in the last few weeks we've seen some browsers completely ignore the version identifier and not download the newest versions of the files. This causes a mismatch in the on-site functionality and those files. In this specific case, the result of this mismatch is that the menu loads in its open state and cannot be closed.

We're currently investigating why a small subset of browsers are ignoring the version identifier and we're actively testing multiple configurations on a large range of devices and browsers.

What this means, in practical terms, is that browsers that are not seeing the newest files need to be forced into doing so. That's not something we're able to control from our end - especially if they're ignoring our version identifier - which is why clearing the cache in the browser fixes the problem. It's also why looking at the site through FaceBook fixes the problem, and why viewing the site in an Incognito / Private tab works - they're essentially browsers that haven't downloaded the files before so they get the newest versions correctly.

@swg1 I also wanted to assure you that all the changes that are released to the site are tested in multiple browsers using a cross-browser testing tool, both on test versions of the site and on the live version of the site once they have been released. However, these tools don't show this problem because every test run loads a brand new version of the browser which downloads the newest versions of the files correctly.

I understand how frustrating this can be, and I wanted to assure you that we're trying to find the root cause of this problem and will roll out a fix as soon as we can.

Thanks

NightNite · 10/10/2022 19:33

I still have the problem even in incognito mode.

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