Re: [mantisbt-dev] Revised error message for #2800

[John R. <jo...@no...>]

On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Damien Regad
<dam...@me...> wrote:
> The current message for this error is:
>
> Invalid form security token. Did you submit the form twice by accident?
>
> In light of the number of issues related to this error, and my personal
> experience showing that in most cases it does NOT occur due to multiple
> form submissions but because of a timeout of the PHP session, I think we
> should reword this error message to mention that fact.
>
> Proposed alternatives (see #14122):
>
> Invalid form security token. This may happen if you submitted the form
> twice by accident, or because your session has timed out.
>
> Invalid form security token. This could be caused by accidentally
> submitting the form twice, or by a session timeout.
>
> Thoughts, comments ?

I agree that the current message is inadequate.  I also think both
alternatives are good.  Perhaps we should go one step further and have
the message link to a bug report or wiki page with further
information, explanations, and or advice on how to solve those
problems?


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John Reese
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