Bug 168851 - Tracked Change issues: Random deletions and missing tracked changes when showing insertion/deletion in margin.
Summary: Tracked Change issues: Random deletions and missing tracked changes when show...
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.2.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Whiteboard: QA:needsComment
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Reported: 2025-10-14 14:08 UTC by Spater
Modified: 2025-11-25 15:49 UTC (History)
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Screenshot tracked change before issue (283.96 KB, image/png)
2025-10-14 14:12 UTC, Spater
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Screenshot tracked change after issue (282.68 KB, image/png)
2025-10-14 14:13 UTC, Spater
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Description Spater 2025-10-14 14:08:12 UTC
Description:
Random issue on file reopening when reviewing a documents (.docx) for collaborative work. Random deletion of text section or missing tracked changes  appears when file is reopened following setting show deletion or insertion in margin prior to last file save.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Set show tracked changes option as deletion or insertion in margin and turn on tracked changes.
2.Edit text and save the .docx file
3.Close and reopen the file

Actual Results:
Random deletion appears in tracked change and sometimes there are changes that have disappeared. 

Expected Results:
After re-opening a .docx file, the tracked changes included in file should be identical to those at time of last save.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
Same issue as Bug 165544, with the addition that similar event is observed with "insertion in margin".

LibreOffice from flatpak install; Build d401f2107ccab8f924a8e2df40f573aab7605b6f 

This is a huge issue for collaboration on .docx files, which is hard to track due to randomness of modified tracked changes.

Exporting pdf enables workaround for sharing tracked changes but hinder text editing capabilities.
Comment 1 Spater 2025-10-14 14:12:32 UTC
Created attachment 203320 [details]
Screenshot tracked change before issue
Comment 2 Spater 2025-10-14 14:13:01 UTC
Created attachment 203321 [details]
Screenshot tracked change after issue