Status of "verifiable" checkbox does not persist across species links

[reuvenm]

Platform: Website

Description of problem:

The “verifiable” checkbox on the observations page does not modify the URL (possibly unique in this respect?). I’m not sure why this is the case but it mostly isn’t a problem as far as I can tell. However, there is at least one case where it is:

1. Find an observation view that includes non-verifiable observations of a particular species: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=42.91660232146765&nelng=-80.94831200167006&subview=map&swlat=42.907424409712945&swlng=-80.96376152559584&taxon_id=64968&view=species (you will likely have to un-select “verifiable” in the menu to see the 2 American Toad observations)
   
   
2. Select the link for “2 observations” under American Toad.
3. The resulting page will return 0 results, as it is now only including verifiable observations:
   
   

I believe if a link is titled “2 observations”, it should return those 2 observations when clicked.

[tiwane]

Made a github issue here: https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/4232

[tonyrebelo]

Platform (Website):
Browser, (Chrome):

The “&verifiable” clause is being omitted from the displayed url when used in the filters, and behaves illogically (it reverts to default) when it is used and the page refreshed.

click Explore (e.g. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations)

click Filters

• url: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=113055&subview=table
  

untick Verifiable > Update Search

• url: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=113055&subview=table
  

Click Filter > Introduced > Update Search

• url: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?introduced&place_id=113055&subview=table
• instead of https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?introduced&place_id=113055&subview=table&verifiable=any
  

Click Filters > tick Verifiable > Update Search

• url: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?introduced&place_id=113055&subview=table
  

Simply: I cannot send the url to a colleague to display the same data.

Worse. If I do amend or correct the url - e.g.

• url: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?introduced&place_id=113055&subview=table&verifiable=any
  and a then amend the filter
  e.g. click Filters > click icon plants > Update Search
  the url drops the verifiable clause but displays as if it was there:
• url: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?introduced&place_id=113055&subview=table&iconic_taxa=Plantae
  

But if I reload or refresh the page, then the results change to those for

• verifiable=true:
  

? Can the url please be made consistent with the data being displayed by ensuring that the clause “&verifiable=” behaves in an appropriate and logical manner, and is not dropped from the url bar when in use.

??? is this related to the 2020 issue:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/verifiable-false-in-url-strange-behaviour/9682
I am not sure if that was resolved.

[thomaseverest]

I just noticed yesterday a URL was adding &verifiable=true after refreshing. I’ve never seen that before.

[pisum]

this is the same as https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/status-of-verifiable-checkbox-does-not-persist-across-species-links/55852.