# Broken ancestor taxa dropdown

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/broken-ancestor-taxa-dropdown/62272>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** web, staff-can-replicate\
**Created:** [February 28, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/broken-ancestor-taxa-dropdown/62272 "2025-02-28T20:15:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![zekerom7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/zekerom7/32/52577_2.png) [@zekerom7](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/zekerom7)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/broken-ancestor-taxa-dropdown/62272/1 "2025-02-28T20:15:36Z")

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[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon\_id=47157&user\_id=zekerom7&verifiable=any&view=species&iconic\_taxa=Insecta](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=47157&user_id=zekerom7&verifiable=any&view=species&iconic_taxa=Insecta)  
problem on Chromebook, never had this problem before

 ![Screenshot 2025-02-28 3.12.22 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/f/a/fa7f996f6297b44247a004d0d45f8da517b38655.jpeg)  
 ![Screenshot 2025-02-28 3.12.12 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/b/c/bc466edad07a626d522de101aa6f69e515bc127f.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![zekerom7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/zekerom7/32/52577_2.png) [@zekerom7](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/zekerom7)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/broken-ancestor-taxa-dropdown/62272/2 "2025-02-28T20:17:20Z")

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affects me weather I am looking at my observations or others

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**Author:** ![isopodguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/isopodguy/32/58177_2.png) [@isopodguy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/isopodguy)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/broken-ancestor-taxa-dropdown/62272/3 "2025-02-28T21:24:46Z")

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I’m also seeing this on Firefox. It’s very annoying.

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/broken-ancestor-taxa-dropdown/62272/4 "2025-02-28T21:59:26Z")

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I can replicate as well, I let our engineers know.

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/broken-ancestor-taxa-dropdown/62272/5 "2025-03-01T01:37:43Z")

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Fixed.

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/broken-ancestor-taxa-dropdown/62272/6 "2025-03-01T16:00:52Z")

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Closed on March 1, 2025, 4:00pm UTC

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