Back button does not work from Discussion

[mariajgrimaldi]

Expected behavior

Clicking your browser's "back" button from the Discussion tab should take you to the previous page.

Steps to reproduce

1. Start on any course page, such as https://apps.redwood.demo.edly.io/learning/course/course-v1:HinaX+HX101+2024_T2/home
2. Click on "Discussion".
3. Use your browser's back button.
4. Witness a brief moment of "All posts sorted by recent activity" on the left.

The URL changes briefly from
https://apps.redwood.demo.edly.io/discussions/course-v1:HinaX+HX101+2024_T2/posts
to
https://apps.redwood.demo.edly.io/discussions/course-v1:HinaX+HX101+2024_T2/
and then back to
https://apps.redwood.demo.edly.io/discussions/course-v1:HinaX+HX101+2024_T2/posts

The original issue was reported on the BTR board as part of the redwood testing effort: openedx/wg-build-test-release#346

[mariajgrimaldi]

FYI @arbrandes @brian-smith-tcril

[mariajgrimaldi]

Given the catalog-info.yml, I'll also tag you folks @openedx/2u-infinity here. Thanks!

[ayesha-waris]

@mariajgrimaldi I don't have access to the URLs mentioned in the issue report, but I tested on the edX production environment and couldn't reproduce the problem.
The URL changes are from
https://learning.edx.org/course/course-v1:edX+Inf101+2022/home
To
https://discussions.edx.org/course-v1:edX+Inf101+2022/posts
Back to
https://learning.edx.org/course/course-v1:edX+Inf101+2022/home
Would you like me to try anything else?

[mariajgrimaldi]

@ayesha-waris: you can test here (redwood sandbox):
https://redwood.demo.edly.io/
Here are the credentials: https://github.com/overhangio/openedx-release-demo?tab=readme-ov-file#open-edx-release-demo-platform-cd
I'm not sure what's wrong, though. I tried this: /home -> /posts, but I can't get out of /posts in that installation. What version is edX using? Maybe it got fixed after the redwood cut.

[ayesha-waris]

@mariajgrimaldi tested on https://apps.redwood.demo.edly.io/learning/course/course-v1:OpenedX+DemoX+DemoCourse/home and it's working as expected. Can you please try clearing your chache.
attaching GIF for reference

[mariajgrimaldi]

I tested it again in a private window:

Screencast.from.06-08-24.09.31.30.mp4

Can you use firefox? In Chrome, it seems to work.

[mariajgrimaldi]

Hi @ayesha-waris! Could you let me know if you could reproduce this using Firefox?