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[Enhancement] More useful issues search link in the error message page #4527

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opk12 opened this issue Mar 30, 2024 · 4 comments
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[Enhancement] More useful issues search link in the error message page #4527

opk12 opened this issue Mar 30, 2024 · 4 comments
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opk12 commented Mar 30, 2024

Is your enhancement request related to a problem? Please describe.
People don't search before opening a duplicate, even if they are given the link searched for existing issues on GitHub which points to

https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues

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The searched for existing issues on GitHub link should be prefilled with the exception class; or with the message, if it's the same for all users. For example, for #4498,

https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+VideoNotAvailableException
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unixfox commented Mar 30, 2024

The solution is to force a github issue template. There is a way to force to check a checkbox, this will 100℅ help reducing the duplicated issues.

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opk12 commented Mar 30, 2024

I disagree that an army of newbies can be "forced", but putting that aside, changing the URL would help anyone who clicks on the link.

@SamantazFox
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I agree with @opk12 here. Pre-filling the search bar is a good idea.
The template has high chances to be ignored.

@ChunkyProgrammer
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With issue forms, the template cant be easily ignored (you can mark some fields as required)
Here's an example of how it looks (this is what's used for freetube bug reports)
Screenshots_2024-03-30-14-27-22

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