IMDB Custom Lists 'List Order' Bug on iPhone and iPad Apps

Taylor,

Here is the URL to one of my lists; https://www.imdb.com/list/ls097855154

Last night at around 11:54PM Eastern time, I moved Helter Skelter (1976) from 169 to 172, which should've moved The Highwaymen (2019) to 170 and Fire in the Sky (1993) to 171.  Instead, it was vice versa, moving The Highwaymen to 171 and Fire in the Sky to 172.  This is fairly typical of the issue.  The automatic rearrangement usually happens right around one of the changes you made while editing before clicking the 'save' prompt, and it usually only moves one title in between one to three spaces, which is why it often goes unnoticed.

Let me know if this suffices as an explanation,

MZ

@Taylor  I have to say; This happens almost every single time that I edit one of my lists.  It's about eight or nine times out of ten 'edit' and 'saves'.  It happens, then I edit to fix the rearrangement, and it rearranges something else!

Please keep me apprised!

MZ

Hi @mitchellzahn 

I have found a numbering/ordering issue with the list you've shared. If you have other lists you're experiencing this issue with, please do note them so I can have the technical team address those as well. 

Great news!  I experience this with all of my lists that I keep sorted by ‘list order’ so I will attach the links below.

The lists are as follows;

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls098409781

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls086011585

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls098811748

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls009861543

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls086027914

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls500172054

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls089371325

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls093885859

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls097855154

That’s all of them!  The one I already sent is at the bottom.

Thank you for your help and good luck!  Please keep me apprised.

MZ

Hi @mitchellzahn 

We've been unable to spot the same numbering/ordering issue with the other lists you've shared. If you're still experiencing issues, please provide another example of your changes.

please explicitly share a link to the list you are using, what actions you are taking (e.g., moving 5 to 3), and what end result you are seeing (e.g., 3 becomes 7).

Okay..  It is the same exact issue.  If I have to note an exact change with each list then that will be incredibly painstaking, but I will do it if you can fix the issue once given that information.  I just had the issue again because I made a single change (In the Heart of the Sea moved from 144 to 95, and 96-Now the Insider but was In Cold Blood rearranged with 97-Now In Cold Blood but was The Insider) on the ‘true story’ list (the first list that I gave).  I’ll get back to you with exact details so you can detect the issue within each individual list.

Thanks again for your help, please keep me apprised in case the issue is detected before I go through each list and intentionally let them rearrange because, as I said, it is the same exact ‘glitch’ or ‘bug’ and this will

be a painstaking task but shouldn’t take very long.

MZ

Taylor from IMDB,

Is it okay, after the rearrangement occurs and I note the exact placements/rearrangements, if I correct the rearrangement and by the time you view the list it is already corrected??  As I said, when I go to correct the rearrangement, more rearrangements occur and sometimes it takes up to five or six times to edit the list order before it saves properly, which is what makes this a tedious and painstaking exercise/bug.

Let me know,

MZ

I have a specific rearrangement/ordering issue to report on this specific list including the exact placements:

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls098811748

I moved The Exorcist (1973) from 44 to 15 and Ed Wood (1994) automatically shifted from 22 to 20.

I am now going to correct this automatic misplacement, which occurred at approximately 2AM Eastern time on Sunday May 23.

As usual, please keep me apprised

MZ

Correction: The Exorcist was actually moved from 43 to 15, not from 44 to 15, but the other data is accurate.

MZ

Taylor from IMDB, 

I have an additional rearrangement to report on this list.

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls098811748

I moved The Woman in the Window from 49 to 57 and moved Dune from 59 to 56, and the list saved with The Woman in the Window at 58 and moved Good Time from 58 to 57.

Thanks

MZ

Thanks @mitchellzahn 

I've passed these reports along to the team to help further investigate.

Taylor from IMDB,

I have finally detected a specific rearrangement issue on the final list that is very important to me to have this bug resolved on.  It is the largest list which makes the rearrangements the most difficult to detect.  The list URL is as follows: 

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls093885859

The exact move was that I had added The Hateful Eight to the list, then subsequently moved it from 292 to 106, where the order appeared correctly when I was editing it.  When I clicked the 'save' prompt, Black Swan automatically moved from spot 107 to 108, and Dances with Wolves accordingly moved from spot 108 to 107.  I am now going to go back into my list and switch them back.

I hope this helps!

MZ

This rearrangement occurred at approximately 9:25PM Eastern Time on June 10.

And it occurred on the iPad app.

@Taylor 

I've already reported an error on this list but I hadn't tagged you in it and haven't heard back from you so I assume you have not seen it, and am going to a report another now.  Please see the aforementioned error above (the one that you haven't seen) in this comment thread.

Again, this is the final important list for this issue to be resolved in:

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls093885859

I added Wall Street and moved it from spot 314 to 177.  This automatically switched The Fountain from 178 to 179, and switched Gone Girl accordingly from 179 to178.  I am now going to switch them back.  This was at 10:13PM on June 24 on the iPad app.

I hope this additional rearrangementhelps in resolving the issue

MZ

@Taylor 

Hello again, Taylor

I just wanted to mention that I am still frequently experiencing this issue, and as the list grows larger the issue is getting worse and worse.  Please let me know if you’ve seen the most recent reports as I never heard back from you regarding your receipt of this issues on this list:

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls093885859

Thanks

MZ