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Breaking bug constantly Reloads page with "+" after ?search=, replacing it with " ". May lead to blacklisting by firewall #308

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@ccuser44

Original issue:

On the page
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/diclofenac-systemic-patient-drug-information?search=diclofenac+sodium&source=panel_search_result&selectedTitle=3~105&usage_type=panel&display_rank=3&showDrugLabel=true

the + after ?search=diclofenac keeps getting replaced with %20 and getting replaced back with + and constantly reloading the page 25+ times before stopping. Turning off filtering stops the issue from occurring, but there is no entry in the log.

Unfortunately the link is paywalled.

This is a very breaking bug which totally breaks some websites, one being google trends.
It has existed quite some time in the extension and makes a lot of pages totally unusable, sometimes it may even cause your IP address to be temporarily banned by a firewall or other anti-spam solution

Here is an example link that this happens with: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now+1-d&q=Test+test&hl=en

Activity

  1. changed the title [-]Constantly Reloads page with "+" after ?search=, replacing it with " [/-] [+]Constantly Reloads page with "+" after ?search=, replacing it with " "[/+] on Jul 17, 2023
  2. changed the title [-]Constantly Reloads page with "+" after ?search=, replacing it with " "[/-] [+]Breaking bug constantly Reloads page with "+" after ?search=, replacing it with " ". May lead to blacklisting by firewall[/+] on Jul 17, 2023
  3. ccuser44 commented on Aug 7, 2023

    @ccuser44
    Author

    Bump this is still an issue

  4. ccuser44 commented on Aug 22, 2023

    @ccuser44
    Author

    Bump still an issue

  5. K4LCIFER commented on Aug 25, 2023

    @K4LCIFER

    I have the same issue. Side note, @ccuser44, I'd reccomend that you generallly don't bump issues. This is open source software. Work on open source software is normally done on a volunteer basis, and in people's free time.

  6. zaee-k commented on Oct 11, 2023

    @zaee-k

    I can confirm this bug exists with constant rewriting of current URL bar. Maybe there should be ability to exclude/whitelist some URLs or Hosts from altering by this addon?

  7. ccuser44 commented on Nov 8, 2023

    @ccuser44
    Author

    Apparently there was an attempted fix in 1.9.0 but it unfortunately doesn't seem to work at all or not properly

  8. ccuser44 commented on Feb 11, 2024

    @ccuser44
    Author

    Bump still an issue (sorry for bump but it is problematic)

  9. ccuser44 commented on Sep 17, 2024

    @ccuser44
    Author

    I'm sorry to bump this again but this is still an issue

  10. ccuser44 commented on Jan 17, 2025

    @ccuser44
    Author

    Bump still an issue

  11. ccuser44 commented on Jan 18, 2025

    @ccuser44
    Author

    You do not know how aeful it is to suffer from this bug. Fix this This shit should literslly be top-priority

  12. zotabee commented on Oct 12, 2025

    @zotabee

    Yep, I agree. Quite annoying.

  13. Phlogistons commented on Nov 6, 2025

    @Phlogistons

    Still an issue, like, a big one.

  14. ccuser44 commented on Dec 9, 2025

    @ccuser44
    Author

    Still an issue

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