Nouveau - Can't post on Activity Directory page

[r-a-y]

Reported here:
​https://buddypress.org/support/topic/cant-post-in-activity-stream/

User cannot post on the Activity Directory page (also doesn't load correctly), but can on their own profile's Activity page.

Screenshots:

[imath]

Hi r-a-y

It’s probably a JavaScript issue, can we have a screenshot of the user’s browser inspector ?

« Divi » is the name of the theme ?

How can we reproduce this ?

[imath]

Just tested in TwentySeventeen, and it works as expected.

[r-a-y]

Here's another thread with similar problems with a screenshot of the browser log:
​https://buddypress.org/support/topic/some-activity-stream-issues/

Screenshot:
​http://dl3.joxi.net/drive/2018/06/06/0017/2626/1178178/78/0a3b06d22d.jpg

[imath]

Thanks @r-a-y. It looks like it's a post-form.php template override. Problem is this template override is using a Legacy like markup. Nouveau is injecting Backbone views for the Post Form. I'll work on a patch to disable the JavaScript in this case.

[imath]

Well, no in case of a template override there's no problem actually 🤔

The patch is adding a check to be sure JS templates are available. Still a mystery...

[DJPaul]

Making sure that the templates we rely on are actually present is a good practice, and if it doesn't solve exactly this problem, it would be an improvement, as I'm sure it will fix edge cases.

We probably need to work on messaging around Nouveau that if you had customised Legacy templates, you're going to have problems.

[r-a-y]

Moving back to Awaiting Review as we haven't been able to verify the report.

[DJPaul]

Closing due to lack of reporter feedback / verification in ~2 months.

[r-a-y]

Just marked #7968 as a duplicate. Going to reopen as this is an ongoing bug.

From all the reports, it appears to be an issue with WPEngine sites. Haven't figured out the cause yet.