Wordpress-ios: App Review: Unable to save draft even after reconnected to a working network source

[reginabally]

If you write a draft in the app and you lose Internet connection while it’s trying to save the draft, say goodbye to it. It will endlessly try to save the post even after you reconnect and you won’t be able to stop it and use the app again. You can only force quit the app and restart it, but your draft will be gone. The draft isn’t even saved locally within the app.

Date of the review: Oct 12, 2020
WPiOS version: 15.8

[reginabally]

I've tested this on iPhone SE, iOS 14.0.1, WPiOS 15.8 but I'm not able to replicate this issue.

Video recording: https://d.pr/v/QSmJcm/7ehXGN5P9z

[designsimply]

Thank you for reporting this @reginabally!

I tried testing using my iPhone 6S and I was unable to reproduce the problem using the following steps:

1. Create a new post and add a title and some content.
2. Tap More (three dots, top right) > Save as Draft.
3. Quickly turn off the internet connection (i.e. turn on Airplane mode) while the draft is saving.
4. Observe that the draft saved locally.
5. Turn the internet connection back on.
6. Check to see whether the draft uploads.

Result: the draft uploads normally if the connection is dropped during save but a duplicate post is created. (2m8s)

Connection dropped during save|Post uploaded twice after connection is restored
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^{Tested with WPiOS 15.9.0.1 TestFlight beta on iPhone 6S iOS 13.7 using a WordPress.com Free site.}

Note: I also tested Jetpack and self-hosted sites with the same results. (1m7s Jetpack, 37s self-hosted)

[designsimply]

I responded to the review noting that we tested and were unable to replicate the problem and asking for more info if possible.

^{(internal reference: app-store-reviewId=6526972740)}

[designsimply]

Closing this issue with an ask to please re-open if it comes up again or if you find different testing steps we can try. Creating a new issue would also be fine if desired. 👍