I have had this issue for a while - if I am using the Identify page select a new species, the records displayed change to all records rather then those specified by the filter. To get around it, I have to add or remove another filter (e.g. add a geographic filter or remove a temporal one). I use Goo…

I’ve had this happen a few times, but not consistently. Can you please share the URLs that are involved here? It would also be really helpful to see a developer view of “console” in your browser. This page has instructions for how to view the console for the most common browsers: https://support.air…

Here’s are two examples: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Cresearch&captive=false&place_id=97394&taxon_id=67561 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Cresearch&captive=false&place_id=97394&taxon_id=373567 I followed the i…

I have this same issue all the time, and it can’t be “shown” by sharing links.

I’ve had a similar issue (possibly the same issue) where if I change filters a new request is sent to the server for every change I make. Which sounds OK, except sometimes the responses come back out-of-order. So I suspect what’s happening is that you’re removing a species filter, e.g. Least Flycatc…

I have this same issue too, and it does seem related, though I have a very good internet connection.

If I’m understanding the OP’s problem correctly, then this is how I get around it (on the web - don’t know about apps): Method 1 (recommended) When changing the taxon name, DO NOT delete it! Click and drag to select all of it and then start typing the new taxon name. This stops the api from load…

No difference in behavior if I do it slowly - this happens when I make a single change, so no need to slow down. This occurs on very highspeed connections.

This seems to be a work around, but even so it still seems like this is a bug that should be fixed. I can’t imagine the functionality was designed that way.

Yeah those suggestions by karoopixie do not work. And even so, if “speed” is an issue, then it is still a major problem for iNat. Also, this seems related, but quite often when I type a taxon in any sort of search box it doesn’t return any results related to what I type in.

Filter problem in Identify window

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fogartyf June 13, 2019, 11:21pm 4

I don’t think the URLs will help much - if I click on the links it brings me to the correctly filtered Identify page.

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Filter problem in Identify window

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