"Post is being edited by another user"

[acajou]

I just got this message today. I didn’t remember to take a screenshot but I will if it happens again (and it’s happened before iirc) It stopped me from editing my post because “another user” was already editing it. The post wasn’t a wiki.

I was able to edit the post, but it showed this icon: which usually doesn’t appear when I edit right after posting.

Is this a glitch with the system or should I be treating it like a security issue? Anyone else get this message?

[katinka]

Hi @acajou,

It’s just our name autolinking program going in to link the names in your post. It scans all new posts every 5 minutes, so this can happen anytime from 0-5 mins after you post it. If you happen to be editing at the same time, you’ll get an editing conflict message, which you can overwrite.

Glitches with editing?

[name_m]Hi[/name_m] everyone, This happens to me sometimes too. We think it’s the autolinking program scanning and applying name links while you are editing. If you click “OK” on the error message, you should then see the option to “Overwrite [name_f]Edit[/name_f]” (blue button bottom left of the post). If you click that, your changes should be saved. Please see this topic for more info

[acajou]

Thank you very much!!