[Steem Blockchain Bug] - Blockchain Gives Posting Authority Error When Using Non Unicode Character
Project Information
This bug is probably related to the whole Steem blockchain, I have spoken with @asgarth on the @steempeak discord and I believe the front ends will have to fix this bug.
Steem repository:
https://github.com/utopian-io/editor-templates/blob/master/bug-hunting
I have reported that on the @steempeak Discord so that they can add a feature to tell the user that the post body has an invalid character. I hope that more developers get to know this bug that makes the blockchain give a misleading error message.
Expected behavior
It is expected that the post is published flawlessly, or it tells the user that he is using an invalid character.
Actual behavior
When making a post that includes a non unicode character it says that the posting authority is invalid. Which is a very misleading error, because the issue is actually on the post content.
How to reproduce
I have pasted on the oneclickpaste tool the piece from one of my posts that contained a non unicode character. I use Grammarly to correct my grammar, so probably that tool was responsible for inserting this character.
The piece of text is available here:
http://oneclickpaste.com/1870/
You can use a tool such as https://www.textmagic.com/free-tools/unicode-detector
To verify that there is an empty space there that is not unicode:
Copy everything from the dot to the letter s and try to post that in any Steem front-end, you will see the same error everywhere.
The Console on Chrome with a bit more details (still no relevant info regarding the post body!):
Here is the error on a few major front-ends for Steem(to reproduce, copy the text from here and try to post it on the front ends):
On Steemit:
On SteemPeak:
On Steeditor:
As you can see, because the blockchain gives a incorrect error message, the front ends don't know what to do and assume the posting authority is wrong, while the issue is on the post body for using a non unicode character.
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I can see it is your first time contributing to the bug-hunting category. The behavior you observed is particularly strange. I am hoping the feedback below will help you in your future contributions.
My feedback:
The repo you have in the report is not correct. Here is the correct repo - https://github.com/steemit/steem
I like that you contacted the PO of steempeak, but since this affects all frontends dependent on the steem blockchain, you should have opened a corresponding ticket in the appropriate github repository, where it can be acknowledged and looked into by any of the project's maintainers.
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Thank you for your review, @fego! Keep up the good work!
Thanks for reporting this issue and for this detailed post ;)
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