'Related Content' pointing to the *same* thread!

[Andrew Neil]

Here, in the thread "Over Current on STM32 Board", the same thread is listed as 'Related Content' !

:face_with_tears_of_joy:

It's not "Related" content - it's exactly the same content!

I think this happened because I came to a specific post within that thread (from a Notification) - rather than a link to the top of the thread?

[Tesla DeLorean]

Still there, now the second related item.

I edited the title/summary to better reflect what was being discussed. Though it was UART related initially.

When I first opened, I don't remember it having any responses, but then saw 7 after saving the edit.

Might be me being crazy but it's a Deja Vu situation I've encountered a couple of times. My screen is wide, not long, so might be how it renders.

[Tesla DeLorean]

Still seeing the circular references

https://community.st.com/t5/stm32cubeide-mcus/sha256sum-different-for-hex-file-generated-from-stm32cubeide-and/m-p/706104#M29679

[Andrew Neil]

Likewise

[Laurids_PETERSEN]

Hi Tesla,
Thanks for letting us know.
I'm going to reach out to our support regarding this.

As @Andrew Neil has pointed out previously, it seems like it's happening when clicking on URLs that direct to replies. When viewing the thread without any replies, for example Solved: sha256sum different for hex file generated from ST... - STMicroelectronics Community  this is not showing the same content as related content.

If you observe the bug where a thread with no hyperlink to a reply is linking to itself as related content, please let us know. 

Thanks,
Laurids

[Tesla DeLorean]

It's not that the dynamic, post variant, method is necessarily a bad thing, it's just that most users don't navigate or reference threads that way. The most typical reason it's seen is coming from the "updates/alerts", and perhaps hard to replicate and explain.

I see this mostly as a bit disconcerting, and self-referencing in the top slot could perhaps be better selected as the user may initially follow that, and when they come back try the second, and so on. That could be frustrated if the list keeps changing/moving.

I'd agree that taking to a user to a specific post within a thread is probably ideal, the user interface really doesn't communicate that nuance.

From an analytical sense I'd probably like to see the whole thread, with the salient content marked-up or high-lighted, but that's probably a big ask.

[Andrew Neil]

Today's example:

https://community.st.com/t5/stm32-mcus-touchgfx-and-gui/touchgfx-with-ili9341/m-p/707397#M38894

[Lina_DABASINSKAITE]

Hello @Andrew Neil , 

I want to inform that the issue has been again addressed and solved. Please let me know if you will notice any issues with the component "Related Content". 

Thanks a lot,
Lina

[Andrew Neil]

It's just happened again:

Maybe it gets confused because the Title has been (recently) edited?

https://community.st.com/t5/mems-sensors/lis2dwt12-spi-communication-with-other-slaves-present/m-p/786732

[Lina_DABASINSKAITE]

Hi @Andrew Neil , 

Thanks for sharing. I also found a couple of cases myself today. I pass it back to the solution team, will see what they get back. 

Regards,
Lina