lichess-org/lila

Report form shows "error.pattern" on faulty submission

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#20,719 opened on Jun 21, 2026

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Description

Exact URL of where the bug happened

https://lichess.org/report

Steps to reproduce the bug

  1. Go to report form without a specific username pre-filled via a query string
  2. Hit "Send"

What did you expect to happen?

Error message displays with only the necessary information

What happened instead?

I get an artefact that says "error.pattern":

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Operating system

Fedora Linux 44

Browser and version (or alternate access method)

Firefox 152.0

Reproducible on Ungoogled Chromium 149.0.7827.155

Additional information

This is just highlighting "error.pattern", which I don't think is meant to be there.

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