#433: blocker proposal form forgets everything after login timeout --------------------------------------+--------------------- Reporter: kvolny | Owner: tflink Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: Blocker bug tracker page | Version: Keywords: | Blocked By: Blocking: | --------------------------------------+--------------------- = bug description = I was trying to propose a F20 blocker. I needed to gather information from multiple bugs, so it took me longer to write the justification. After finishing and submitting that, I was presented with a login screen. After logging in again, I was redirected to the proposal form again, but it was completely empty, all the text that took me so long to write was gone. (Okay, I'm a smart guy and I had it in clipboard for such case, but if I had forgotten ... booh.)

= bug analysis = Seems the login code doesn't care about other variables in the http request ...

= fix recommendation = 1) If there is such a short login timeout, the user should be warned about it (e.g. countdown timer on the page) and the page should allow refresh without submitting the data.

2) Once the login expires, the submitted data should be caried over all the redirects back to the submission form.