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Bugged study

I don't know if it is just some current issues with Lichess, but I've spent months working on an opening study. It is not a heavy one, maybe 150 variations spread in 5 chapters, but with a lot of text.

Everything worked fine yesterday, but today the alternative moves are not working. I can see the mainline in each chapter just fine, but when I click on an alternative, it just bugs, and it won't make the move. I see the move and the text in the pgn, it is there, but it just broken. If I input the move manually it goes bonkers and treats it as an entirely new variation:

Captura de pantalla 2026-01-15 a las 9.17.22.png

Here you can see it. There are two possible 6... b5 moves.

It will probably fix itself, but since I poured so much work into this, I am a bit stressed at the moment. Have any of you experienced this before? Is there a way to make it work again, like splitting the pgn into two studies or something?

Thanks in advance.

I don't know if it is just some current issues with Lichess, but I've spent months working on an opening study. It is not a heavy one, maybe 150 variations spread in 5 chapters, but with a lot of text. Everything worked fine yesterday, but today the alternative moves are not working. I can see the mainline in each chapter just fine, but when I click on an alternative, it just bugs, and it won't make the move. I see the move and the text in the pgn, it is there, but it just broken. If I input the move manually it goes bonkers and treats it as an entirely new variation: ![Captura de pantalla 2026-01-15 a las 9.17.22.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=328EziF_og2V.png&sig=cc5c057be0fa6a36f53bef7a607333f2d6b3b957) Here you can see it. There are two possible 6... b5 moves. It will probably fix itself, but since I poured so much work into this, I am a bit stressed at the moment. Have any of you experienced this before? Is there a way to make it work again, like splitting the pgn into two studies or something? Thanks in advance.

I think it's an issue with lichess at the moment, as I'm having the same issue. It only started about 5 minutes ago for me whilst I was in the middle of creating a study.

I think it's an issue with lichess at the moment, as I'm having the same issue. It only started about 5 minutes ago for me whilst I was in the middle of creating a study.

It seems to highlight anything that is on the same move, like if there's a sideline for white on move 7, all the possible move 7s light up and I can't click on any of them. Hopefully it gets fixed

It seems to highlight anything that is on the same move, like if there's a sideline for white on move 7, all the possible move 7s light up and I can't click on any of them. Hopefully it gets fixed

I don't know if it's related but this morning I have an incredible bug when I try to write a comment after a move in a study : letters are disappearing! Does anyone have the same problem?

I don't know if it's related but this morning I have an incredible bug when I try to write a comment after a move in a study : letters are disappearing! Does anyone have the same problem?

@arna said in #5:

I don't know if it's related but this morning I have an incredible bug when I try to write a comment after a move in a study : letters are disappearing! Does anyone have the same problem?

yes, I was having the same issue!

@arna said in #5: > I don't know if it's related but this morning I have an incredible bug when I try to write a comment after a move in a study : letters are disappearing! Does anyone have the same problem? yes, I was having the same issue!

Ah, okay, good to know; thanks for the swift answers!!

Hope it gets fixed soon, then. :)

Ah, okay, good to know; thanks for the swift answers!! Hope it gets fixed soon, then. :)

Now I can go through different variations, but the disappearing text issue is ongoing for me.

Now I can go through different variations, but the disappearing text issue is ongoing for me.

I have this bug on all my studies right now. Only the main-lines in the chapters work. No alternative move works. Cloning doesn't fix the problem. Alternatives moves only work when i create a entirely new study.

I have this bug on all my studies right now. Only the main-lines in the chapters work. No alternative move works. Cloning doesn't fix the problem. Alternatives moves only work when i create a entirely new study.

@arna said in #5:

I don't know if it's related but this morning I have an incredible bug when I try to write a comment after a move in a study : letters are disappearing! Does anyone have the same problem?

It seems it is a shared problem; something's wrong with studies atm. Surely it will get fixed promptly!

@arna said in #5: > I don't know if it's related but this morning I have an incredible bug when I try to write a comment after a move in a study : letters are disappearing! Does anyone have the same problem? It seems it is a shared problem; something's wrong with studies atm. Surely it will get fixed promptly!