[WTM3] Alpha beta version: feedbacks & bug reports

A few issues I detected (and already reported to you, kinoute):

• Unable to complete uploading so far (but maybe that's intended).
• Some shots showing "white crush": https://beta.whatthemovie.com/movie/austin_powers_the_spy_who_shagged_me
• The site width often varies: one page suddenly appears "squeezed" on a narrower area than the previous one; reloading the new page usually fixes it, but it's weird

Tested on Win11, Firefox & Chrome

Today I was able to post a shot... but something went wrong: https://beta.whatthemovie.com/shot/649258

Original file (uncropped): https://postimg.cc/6T5Qz1LR

Upload seems to be working just fine right now! :-)

Issues detected today:

• Deletion: got an Error 500 when hitting the button, after stating the reason. But after refreshing the overview, it looks like the shot was deleted anyway.
• Replacements: there seems to be no (simple) way to download any Archive shot... which is kind of needed if you want to take the exact same shot from your disc. Maybe enable it just for users allowed to do replacements (who are experienced ones / with high privileges)?

Thanks @MisterZob for your reports here and in private!

What I fixed/did recently:

Uploads & shot images

• Transparent-PNG fix: flatten alpha only when the source has a real alpha channel, flatten before JPEG-encoding legacy variants, and encode the original once at upload instead of rewriting it.
• Regenerate legacy renditions on migrated (S3) blobs.
• Fix 500 on shot replacement (replacement_id cast to Integer) and skip the duplicate check on replacements.
• Consolidate the replacement UI into a single info modal.
• Make the "Top Rated" / "Most Favorited" upload sorts actually reorder, and fix the sort caches.
• Fix upload-form checkbox styling/layout.

AI / embeddings (HNSW unblock)

• Eliminate NULL embeddings so the HNSW index can build: stamp a sentinel on dead/orphan rows, do it before the attachment guard, and fix lingering shots.status references.

Similar shots

• Auto lazy-load "similar shots" on the show page via the HNSW index.
• Search the revealable catalogue instead of only featured shots, and bump the cache key to drop stale results.

Other fixes

• Fix delete-vote 500 and add original-download on shots (for rank 12+ on shots requested for remplacement)
• Fix users#show URL error in search autocomplete.
• Clamp junk Pagy page params to the first page.
• Fix mobile header collision / horizontal scroll.
• Self-heal the "squished" page caused by a stale deploy.
• Surface scruffy-promoted feature films on the dashboard.
• Build a presenter for anonymous correct guesses; make alt-titles + private-wall real Turbo frames.
• Misc post-beta fixes: vault, profile, shouts, NewRelic.

There are still plenty of things that I'm not happy about, especially the logged in homepage, the user profile page, and the movie page. It is very hard to design a "dashboard" for the logged users which is beautiful and useful.

I have still plenty of ideas/stuff to do but for now lets make it "stable" for the main features and we will see later.

You been working hard!
Impressed by all the stats :D
Nice with the bigger images.
The duplicate checker is a great feature, and seems to be working well.

-If the alternative titles were sorted alphabetically by language, it would be easier to avoid adding a duplicate.
-I miss the IMDb link button on movies startpage.
-On the 'Crop your shot' page. If it doesn't find any black bars/borders, it still only selects part of the shot. It would be nice if it selected all of the shot, so you don't accidentally crop a shot that don't need it.
-It would be nice if the autosearch when adding tags, also worked when uploading a shot.

-When trying to 'Download original' on some of the Replacement needed shots I get a Error 500 page.
-In 'My bookmarks' changing the sort order doesn't change the sort order. It also says 'Solution available' on every shot, except the ones in the current vault contest, and the one from a previous vault contest (where the solution were available).
-It's possible to upload shots for movies that are currently locked on the old site.

I will continue to poke around, and will report back if I have any more thoughts or find any bugs.

I find the "Trending / Most uploaded this week" thing quite disturbing, quiz-wise.
This lists movies that are the answers to the current quiz.
At least this should not take quiz shots into account, IMHO. Or include Archive shots and change it in something like "Trending / Most uploaded last month".

Other issues detected today:

• Tried shouting below a quiz shot (tried both NS and FF): got an Error 400 and the shout wasn't taken into account.
• Thumbnails of newly posted shots don't show on the notification feed: https://postimg.cc/Q925D7rL
• Solve counter below NS shots doesn't seem to work: https://postimg.cc/1gF1MWZk

Thanks! Some updates:

Shots

• Show queue solve count on not-solved shots
• Vote-delete modal now read-only on deleted shots

Uploads

• Fixed 500 on shot replacement (Integer replacement bug)

Forum

• Backfilled topic counters and fixed replies count

Beta fixes

• Fixed trending, shout 400, thumbnails, solves
• Fixed download/bookmarks/crop bugs plus blob & bot tasks

SotD

• Fixed winner being picked outside the awarded day

Frontend / Mobile

• Killed white-border flash on load (Tailwind v4)
• Fixed mobile header collision and horizontal scroll

About the new Replacement feature:
On Step 3: Shots flagged for replacement should appeared flagged like when browsing site or highlighted somehow. And/or there could be a filter (activated by default, but that can be turned off) showing only shots flagged for replacement.
On Step 4: The replacement text should be "Match the exact same frame that was originally posted. Resolution should be the same or higher. Aspect ratio should be the movie's original/intended AR listed on IMDb".
On Step 5: Instead of tagging, the replacement reason should be specified (and the replacement shouldn't be possible unless a reason is specified). Also I think it would be better if replacement reasons could be picked from a list, for instance (multiple-choice options available):

• Original shot was low quality.
• Original shot's aspect ratio was messed up (squeezed or stretched, overcropped, not matching any official release, ...).
• Original shot was undercropped (letterbox/pillarbox black bars or lines were left).
• Original shot was tweaked (colors/contrast/brightness).
• Original shot had something that doesn't belong in the movie (watermark, logo, pointer, player, ...)
• Other [type it here].

When editing profile, it would be great if there finally was a "N/A" or "Remove" option for the country. Because currently, once you have selected a country, you can only change it to another country, not hide it.
The new profile features seem to be great, BTW! But I didn't have time to try them yet...

Minor issues spotted today:
a. Solve counter below shot preview doesn't seem to work in NS overview.
b. Could post a shout below an NS shot: it worked, but I had to reload the page to see it.
c. Tried to post a Contest shot with my test account, but couldn't do it. Got a quick "Somebody already posted a snapshot from that movie" notification on Step 4. I checked with my mod account and, even though I can't be sure (not having recognized all movies that were already posted), it seemed untrue. So I tried again with a movie that wasn't on WTM yet, and I got the same notification...

Issues spotted yesterday:

• Tried to rate a movie, got a quick green notification but the rating wasn't taken into account.
• Tried to rate a TV series, got an Error 500 and the rating wasn't taken into account.
• Display issue on HoF / Regular / Top Solvers: percentages should be 100 times as high.
• In the Archive, the browsing is weird. The default overview seems to be the old one, in the opposite order (from recent to old). I don't mind that. But on the shot pages, the Next/Previous buttons don't seem to take us to the next/previous shot...

Thanks, I fixed/added most of them (I think)

Issues spotted, sorry if repeated:

• When clicking next random sometimes it sends me back to the main page
• When trying to alter the parameters for the next random I get an error 400

Other than that I'm really enjoying the new fase of the site, great work.

Questions:
-Will the 'Recent Snapshots' section be added to the new site?
-Is it on purpose that shot ratings are hidden until they enter 'The Archive'?

Bug:
-In Firefox (works in Chrome); When browsing 'Feature Films' there's no green line on the solved shots (only when I select 'Show only solved shots').

@nogui Thanks a lot! I'm going to have a look at these!

@Rigbog

• recent snapshots you mean on the homepage? It should be there but I fucked up something. You should still see the "new submissions", "new awesome uploads", "new FF shots" since your last visit. But the cards are not showing for me too, I have to investigate.
• It should not be that way at least that extreme, rating should be hidden only in NS and FF until SotD is picked as it is the case here, and in running contests. I must have (again) broken something

- Will have a look thanks

Thanks for your feedbacks guys, if we want a working website and switch to the new version ASAP, I need anything you can report and don't worry about duplicate reports

@kinoute Yep, on the homepage.

I think I fixed most of your feedbacks guys, please test again:

i.ibb.co/1G0MfTqc/Screenshot-2026-06-11-07-55-35.png

• The overall shot counter on the user overview seems to take deleted snapshots into account. I don't think it should.
• I can't find how to delete a rejected snapshot of mine (in case I want to give it another try).
• In the Archive, shot-by-shot browsing is still not working properly.

Still no solve showing below NS shot preview: https://postimg.cc/hXD9Km3J
Yet this shot has been solved: https://beta.whatthemovie.com/shot/649271

https://beta.whatthemovie.com/vault
For contests that have ended, I think the shot chosen to illustrate the theme should be the one with the highest overall rating, not the one posted first. Which basically means that the shot posted first should only show for the currently running contest.