r/bugs • u/AreWeNotDoinPhrasing • May 02 '26
iOS [ios] Reddit refresh bug still present, loses place in thread/page when navigating away or locking screen [2026.17.0.628480]
Whenever coming back to Reddit—whether that is from locking the screen momentarily, clicking on a link and then closing it, etc… my location in the thread is lost. It almost always scrolls up 10s of comments. This happens every single time while inside of a post.
Further, this will happen on the main screen viewing posts as well. It will scroll up a few posts and you’ll have to scroll down several to get back to the same spot. Or, and more annoyingly, it will refresh and you’ll lose where you were completely. This seems to be the same bug in the locked iOS refresh thread that was supposedly closed/fixed in most recent update. There is no update in the App Store so presumably I am on the most recent update.
This will happen within 30 seconds after moving screens so shouldn’t be due to running out of memory or anything like that. I’ve got a 17 Pro Max so Reddit should be fine in the background if I open a link in Safari and then swipe back after a minute or two. But almost always it will refresh. Or if my screen auto locks (30s) and I unlock less than a minute later, it will refresh the Home Screen.
Update 8/31/31/2026:
Literally still happens. wtf
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u/mineyCrafta25 May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26
Came here to check. It's still happening to me too. Came back to the app to finish my comment - nope, flung back to the main page when then flung back to the top of the list and forced a refresh on me.
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u/AreWeNotDoinPhrasing May 04 '26
So dang annoying. Makes me not use the app nearly as often. That is a lot of ads I’m not seeing anymore lmao you’d think they would be a bit more concerned about this bug. It is pretty significant.
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u/Thynne May 03 '26
This bug has been happening on my account for about a week now. It happens consistently when I change between apps and when my phone goes to the lock screen. Very annoying. I’m using an iPhone 15 Pro Max and the Reddit app appears to be fully updated on the App Store.
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u/PassionfruitBaby2 May 29 '26
I was just about to post about this too. The bug is refreshing me to the top of my feed when I am still looking at a post or trying to comment on a post. It doesn’t happen every time I scroll, but it does happen every time I use the app. I have lost so much good content I wanted to interact with because of this bug!
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u/TheEthyr May 03 '26
This bug happens in only one of my user accounts. It doesn't happen at all in my other account.
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u/AreWeNotDoinPhrasing May 04 '26
Oh wow, that is interesting! Makes you think the bug might be super difficult to trace, then, if that is the case. Addmittedly that could explain why it’s been taking fo long. What I don’t understand, though, is why not just give us an option to turn on-off auto refreshing? That would certainly solve a bunch of the frustrations and shouldn’t be that difficult to add.
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u/TheEthyr May 04 '26
I've know that Reddit often runs experiments in different user accounts. There was a time when the UI looked completely different between my two accounts.
I wouldn't be surprised if auto refreshing is deeply embedded in their code, potentially in multiple places. That may make it difficult to control with a user setting.
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u/Officialedmart May 09 '26
The auto refresh is intentional and I really really hate it. Probably boosts ad viewership or some kind of bullshit metric with clicks
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u/xX69Godlyboi69Xx May 05 '26
It’s definitely not a bug, it’s a feature which increases ad revenue.
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u/kiefferbp May 07 '26
It’s going to decrease their ad revenue long term because it makes me want to use the app less
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u/allchattesaregrey Sep 01 '26
How does it increase ad revenue?
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u/xX69Godlyboi69Xx Sep 02 '26
Refresh your page manually, there’s almost always an ad first second or third, it’s just another way to show ads more often.
Users spend less time reading specific posts on and off throughout the day and more time being zapped to those adds forcefully.
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u/elevenishappy Sep 18 '26
Maybe, but for me it's not a true refresh, it just resets my spot on the feed/comment section, not the page itself.
Quick edit: I could be tripping though, and you're probably not wrong. Anything to shove more ads down our throats1
u/No_Salad_2544 27d ago
I wonder if youtube is doing the same exact thing. there’s a persistent bug in picture in picture mode where if you do anything that pauses the video, it restarts the entire video. it’s incredibly frustrating and has been happening for WEEKS. no trouble shooting works. you have to exit the video and reopen it. which of course there’s gonna be an ad at the beginning.
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u/OverallResolve Aug 05 '26
Still an issue for me and doesn’t even save drafts. How is this a problem in 2026?
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u/HarryFenning Sep 05 '26
Still an issue for me too.
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u/AreWeNotDoinPhrasing Sep 07 '26
At this point we can only assume this is all by design—but damn if it isn't annoying as well. The worst is clicking an external link and coming back and the comment section has scrolled up a dozen or so comments. Or turning off and back on the screen while in a comment section and it scrolls back up a little ways, making it super difficult to find your spot again. So damn annoying.
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u/elevenishappy Sep 18 '26
I just updated to 26 and this is still happening. I already had to deal with constant refreshes before, but it was understandable and happened on all apps, after a few min. This is immediate like you stated, and not even a "refresh", just auto-scrolling to top of thread to make me feel crazy lol. Also, I have to navigate to my notifications tab and back to be able to comment because the navigation bar is overlayed on the comment bar. I'm about to stop using the mobile app after sticking with it through all these years...
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u/AreWeNotDoinPhrasing 29d ago
Man it is so pathetic a company this big cannot accomplish simple tasks like this! Devs should be reading these forums. A work around that sorta helps is making sure to minimize comments.. but that is a ton of fucking work and easy to forget about and is annoying when you do.
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u/Chrisman614 May 02 '26
This bug has been happening for weeks. They keep saying it’s fixed but it continues to happen. I was right in the middle of reading a thread and a notification knocked me back to the home page and refreshed everything. So frustrating.