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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

LilyMumsnet · 22/09/2022 16:03

Hi OP

Could you provide a full screen screenshot for us and let us know if your browser is up to date?

LilyMumsnet · 22/09/2022 16:26

Sorry - thought it was cropped!
Yes please do an update and let us know what happens.

LilyMumsnet · 22/09/2022 16:51

Hi all

We think it may well be a cache problem, which should be fairly easy to sort from your end.

If you don't know how to clear your cache, you can find instructions on how to do it here: www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser%27s-Cache

If that doesn't sort the problem out, please don't hesitate to come back to us and we'll have another look into how to solve this.

LilyMumsnet · 22/09/2022 17:27

Hi all

We're really sorry about this and thanks for trying our suggestions. We'll try and get to the bottom of this ASAP.

DawnMumsnet · 23/09/2022 16:23

Hi again,

We're really sorry this issue is still affecting so many of you and we're doing all we can to resolve this. Could you please let us know if there's still a problem if you switch to an Incognito / Private browser tab?

Thanks in advance.

DawnMumsnet · 23/09/2022 17:13

@IcedOatLatte and @WotNoLoobrush - thanks for letting us know that things are working in Incognito mode. If this is the case, it's almost definitely a cache issue in your browser... Removing the website data and clearing your cache for Mumsnet will (hopefully!) make it work again.

LilyMumsnet · 23/09/2022 18:20

Thanks so much for letting us know @MinkyTunes - can everyone else try clearing Mumsnet cookies? Flowers

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?

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?

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

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