Closing Identify portal pop-up before a suggested ID loads causes the tab to go blank

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Platform: Website

Browser: Chrome

URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify

Description of problem (please provide a set of steps we can use to replicate the issue, and make as many as you need.):

Step 1: Open “Identify” portal on web browser.

Step 2: Click on an observation to open pop-up.

Step 3: Select “suggestions” tab on the right.

Step 4: Click on “Select” next to a suggested ID, then immediately close the pop-up (click out of pop-up, press “Esc,” click the “X” on the top right, etc.) before the ID can load/you are automatically transferred back to the “info” tab.

Step 5: Everything in the tab below the header bar goes blank white and you have to reload the tab to restore functionality.

I have been experiencing this issue since the Identify portal seems to have changed the way it behaves maybe 1-2 weeks ago. Could this be related to the changed behavior of the “Agree” button around the same time, which now no longer disappears immediately when clicked? I’ve accidentally left double or triple IDs more since this was changed because I’m so accustomed to the old behavior, which I would say is much better.

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I hadn’t seen that behaviour, but just tested it out. And yes, the whole Identify page disappears. It’s not something I would normally do, so I don’t know if this is new or it has behaved like that in the past.
Checking in my “ID” list, the selected ID was applied, despite everything disappearing.

I did not even know there were any suggestions. Just tried to go there and the suggestions were flowering plants or butterflies for a photo of a lichen on a tree bark :/

After trying with a different one I can confirm what you describe but I had to be really quick with pressing the Esc.

also been having this issue for a few days

I can replicate, made an issue here: https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/4414

Should be fixed, I can no longer replicate it. Can anyone else?

I can’t replicate anymore. Thanks!

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