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Inaccurate View Count Behavior on Topics and Profiles

PanSevence

By PanSevence

  • Status: Moved to Github

Hello,
We've encountered an issue related to how view counts are handled on topics and user profiles in Invision Community.

Problem

  • Every time a user refreshes a topic or profile page (e.g., using F5), the view count increases.

  • This occurs even if the same user repeatedly refreshes the page within seconds, from the same IP and session.

  • There appears to be no throttling or cooldown period to prevent view inflation.

Test Script

We tested this with a simple script in the browser console:

let interval = setInterval(() => {
    location.reload();
}, 10); // Simulates 100 refreshes per second

  • The view count continues to increase rapidly with each reload.

  • The behavior is the same on profile pages.

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    PanSevence Rising Star

    PanSevence

    Clients

    The problem also exists on this forum you can check this thread. On my forum, someone artificially inflated the view count in new threads, making this counting feature useless as it no longer represents any real value.

    Marc Grand Master

    Marc

    Invision Community Team

    No, it would likely not make 5.0.6. It will be 5.0.7 for this one

    You dont need to tag us both btw. Unread content works really well 😁

    Esther E. Experienced

    Esther E.

    Invision Community Team

    This isn't really a bug, it's closer to feedback. We do have this in the tracker, but no promises as to when it will be dealt with. It may not make it into 5.0.7.