# Observation only shown when logged-in

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-only-shown-when-logged-in/33208>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [June 30, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-only-shown-when-logged-in/33208 "2022-06-30T18:02:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![hyles\_lineata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/839c29/32.png) [@hyles\_lineata](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/hyles_lineata)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-only-shown-when-logged-in/33208/1 "2022-06-30T18:02:50Z")

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**Platform** (Android, iOS, Website): Website

**Browser** , if a website issue (Firefox, Chrome, etc) : Firefox, Chrome (probably any)

**URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages**:  
[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/123748296](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/123748296)  
[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/hyles\_lineata](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/hyles_lineata)

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**Description of problem** :

Hopefully this is just a user issue! One of my observations ([https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/123748296](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/123748296)) does not show up on my observations page when logged out, but does when logged in.

As far as I can tell, it is in no way marked as private or hidden: geoprivacy set to Open, and I wouldn’t think diamondbacks would be an obscured taxon. What am I missing?

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**Author:** ![pisum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pisum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pisum)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-only-shown-when-logged-in/33208/2 "2022-06-30T18:07:58Z")

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this is more of a data issue than a bug. the system is working as designed.

see [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/my-observation-doesnt-appear-on-the-map/32724/4](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/my-observation-doesnt-appear-on-the-map/32724/4).

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**Author:** ![hyles\_lineata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/839c29/32.png) [@hyles\_lineata](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/hyles_lineata)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-only-shown-when-logged-in/33208/3 "2022-06-30T18:10:31Z")

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Thanks-- I edited the observation, re-entered my location and saved, and now it appears in the list to my non-logged-in tester. :) Not sure what happened the first time, but the fix was easy enough.

EDIT: Actually, I take that back-- the problem persists, but it depends upon which listing page you look at. Why is the listing here (yes rattlesnake):  
[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place\_id=any&user\_id=hyles\_lineata&verifiable=any](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=hyles_lineata&verifiable=any)

Different from the listing here (no rattlesnake):  
[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/hyles\_lineata](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/hyles_lineata)

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