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06/13/2019:

21:30 Ticket #47538 (Minor Verbiage Update - Switch 'developer time' for 'a developer') created by garrett-eclipse
This is a minor verbiage improvement that was overlooked in [45515]
20:43 Ticket #42521 (create WP_DROPDOWN function) closed by desrosj
wontfix: I agree with @dd32. Let's close this one out. @tazotodua Thank you …
20:39 Ticket #43166 (4.9 broke uploaded images' paths on my network installation) closed by desrosj
worksforme: Hi @pasqal, Sorry that this ticket fell through the cracks. Are you …
20:36 Ticket #45012 (Title attribute box missing on Edit Media Page) closed by desrosj
invalid: This is working as expected. Going to close out. @salesteam if you …
20:34 Ticket #46144 (Menu CSS-Classes are not getting inserted) closed by desrosj
worksforme: I am going to close this out due to lack of reporter feedback. @bree …
20:32 Ticket #45485 (Login in website page) closed by desrosj
invalid: Going to close this ticket out as the request seems like plugin …
20:30 Ticket #45592 (Remove Accents) closed by desrosj
worksforme: Closing this one out as it seems to be working as expected.
20:29 Ticket #47537 (missed a version bump wordpress 5.2.2 release candidate 2) closed by azaozz
worksforme: Don't think we missed the version bump :) It's here: [45533]. What …
20:27 Ticket #45828 (Editor unusable in WP 5.0.2) closed by desrosj
worksforme: Closing this out as it the reporter was able to figure out the issue.
20:26 Ticket #45388 (Hyperlink Errors) closed by desrosj
invalid: I'm going to close this one out. It appears this is working as …
20:24 Ticket #46527 (Gutenberg embed URL block only works in some cases) closed by desrosj
invalid: Closing this ticket out as it seems to be working as expected. …
20:22 Ticket #46918 (Link Modal Dialog of Editor adds H1-tag to site) closed by desrosj
invalid: I'm going to close this one out due to lack of reporter feedback. …
20:04 Ticket #47293 (Preview Page) closed by desrosj
invalid: > I don't think we have control over this. I agree, closing this one out.
20:01 Ticket #46458 (Add the Health Check plugin as a quick-install under "Available Tools") closed by desrosj
duplicate: Duplicate of #46745. Thanks, @garrett-eclipse! I missed that one. …
19:40 Ticket #46589 (Backslashes being doubled in text block) closed by desrosj
worksforme: Hi @apetro, Welcome to Trac! I am sorry you are experiencing this …
19:32 Ticket #46644 (Login not working if user has an email address with an apostrophe) closed by desrosj
duplicate: Hi @licoreo, Welcome to Trac! This seems to be a duplicate of …
19:28 Ticket #46661 (Add a control to hide "New Default Role" from WP ADMIN via WP Config) closed by desrosj
duplicate: Hi @gsh1923, Thanks for taking the time to create this ticket, and …
19:18 Ticket #47401 (PHPDocs: Correction in inline docs) closed by desrosj
fixed: In 45535: […]
19:18 Changeset [45535] by desrosj
Docs: Fix typos in Services_JSON DocBlocks. Props mukesh27. Fixes …
19:15 Ticket #47537 (missed a version bump wordpress 5.2.2 release candidate 2) created by ugyensupport
How to reproduce : Install wordpress beta tester select point …
18:48 Ticket #47536 (More actions not aligned correctly) created by Presskopp
"Manage ..." has a leading space, see screenshot
17:32 Changeset [45534] by azaozz
Bump version on the 5.2 branch after releasing 5.2.2-RC2.
17:07 Changeset [45533] by azaozz
Bump version to 5.2.2-RC2
16:42 Ticket #45202 (The latest nightly build keeps telling me to install) closed by azaozz
fixed: In 45532: […]
16:42 Changeset [45532] by azaozz
Fix displaying of the "An updated version of WordPress is available." …
16:21 Changeset [45531] by afercia
Accessibility: Handle one more case of focus loss when switching view …
16:04 Ticket #47070 (Recovery Mode Exit button not visible in responsive view) closed by azaozz
fixed: In 45530: […]
16:04 Changeset [45530] by azaozz
Add a Recovery Mode Exit button to the notice. This fixes it in …
16:02 Ticket #43169 (Media views: avoid to move focus programmatically when not strictly ...) reopened by afercia
Spotted one more case of focus loss when switching between "frames": …
16:01 Ticket #47070 (Recovery Mode Exit button not visible in responsive view) reopened by azaozz
Reopen for the 5.2 branch.
15:59 Ticket #47070 (Recovery Mode Exit button not visible in responsive view) closed by azaozz
fixed: In 45529: […]
15:59 Changeset [45529] by azaozz
Add a Recovery Mode Exit button to the notice. This fixes it in …
15:33 Ticket #46997 (Theme update links show in Customizer and don't work) closed by desrosj
fixed: In 45528: […]
15:33 Changeset [45528] by desrosj
Customize: Remove “Update” link for themes on multisite installs. In …
15:31 Ticket #46997 (Theme update links show in Customizer and don't work) reopened by desrosj
Thanks, @azaozz! Reopening for backporting to 5.2.
15:30 Ticket #46997 (Theme update links show in Customizer and don't work) closed by desrosj
fixed: In 45527: […]
15:30 Changeset [45527] by desrosj
Customize: Remove “Update” link for themes on multisite installs. In …
14:11 Ticket #47502 (Media modal bottom toolbar cuts-off content in Internet Explorer 11) closed by afercia
fixed: In 45526: […]
14:11 Changeset [45526] by afercia
Media: Make sure the bottom media toolbar content is fully visible …
14:01 Ticket #47535 (Cannot edit a tag if it exists with same value as a category and vice ...) created by digitwebtools
Dear WordPress experts, We are experiencing a weird behavior …
09:00 Ticket #47534 (Customize: widgets search shouldn't show widgets on click on clear button) created by Mahesh901122
On click on the close button after the widget search, it does not show …
05:20 Ticket #47533 (wp_nav_menu() walker parameter breaks selective refresh) closed by dlh
invalid: Hi @sineway, and welcome to WordPress Trac! The arguments passed to …
04:53 Ticket #46201 (REST API limit number of embedded terms) closed by TimothyBlynJacobs
reported-upstream: Hi @pharmarin, thanks for reporting this! I've created an issue to …
04:35 Ticket #44444 (CURIEs are not evaluated for link headers) closed by TimothyBlynJacobs
wontfix: I'm closing this as wont fix. Thinking upon it more, I don't think …
04:05 Ticket #42671 (REST - getting all taxonomy terms with one GET request causes division ...) closed by TimothyBlynJacobs
invalid: Hi @tmuikku, Apologies for the delay in providing a response. The …

06/12/2019:

23:32 Ticket #47282 (Use font-display for Google Fonts in core themes) closed by westonruter
fixed: In 45525: […]
23:32 Changeset [45525] by westonruter
Bundled Theme: Fix malformed Google Font URL for Twenty Twelve due to …
21:02 Ticket #43169 (Media views: avoid to move focus programmatically when not strictly ...) closed by afercia
fixed: In 45524: […]
21:02 Changeset [45524] by afercia
Accessibility: Improve focus management in the Media Views. - keeps …
20:40 Ticket #47282 (Use font-display for Google Fonts in core themes) reopened by superpoincare
This seems working for all themes except Twenty Twelve where it's …
19:35 Ticket #46881 (Site Health: improve the header elements horizontal centering) closed by afercia
fixed: In 45523: […]
19:35 Changeset [45523] by afercia
Administration: Improve the horizontal centering of the Site Health …
19:32 Ticket #46881 (Site Health: improve the header elements horizontal centering) reopened by afercia
Reopening for 5.2.2.
19:30 Ticket #46881 (Site Health: improve the header elements horizontal centering) closed by afercia
fixed: In 45522: […]
19:30 Changeset [45522] by afercia
Administration: Improve the horizontal centering of the Site Health …
19:23 Ticket #45094 (Dashboard elements don't always have clear focus states, tab order) closed by afercia
fixed: In 45521: […]
19:23 Changeset [45521] by afercia
Administration: Fix the responsive layout after changes to the Screen …
19:20 Ticket #45094 (Dashboard elements don't always have clear focus states, tab order) reopened by afercia
19:20 Ticket #45094 (Dashboard elements don't always have clear focus states, tab order) closed by afercia
fixed: In 45520: […]
19:20 Changeset [45520] by afercia
Administration: Fix the responsive layout after changes to the Screen …
15:28 Ticket #47533 (wp_nav_menu() walker parameter breaks selective refresh) created by sineway
Hello I'm working on a theme where I need to use custom walker to …
14:29 Ticket #47532 (Multiple dashes in post slugs where title contains a dash surrounded ...) created by andizer
I am not sure if there is already a ticket. I've searched for it and …
12:05 Ticket #47531 (Handling WP embed (native) Audioplayer's Volume Slider with keyboard ...) created by Juhan108
As I underestand, handling audioplayers with Tab/Arrows/Enter should …
09:58 Ticket #47530 (W3C Validator: Attribute maxlength is not allowed in input type number) closed by ocean90
duplicate: Duplicate of #40610.
09:53 Ticket #47530 (W3C Validator: Attribute maxlength is not allowed in input type number) created by mukesh27
W3C Error: Attribute maxlength is only allowed when the input type …
09:19 Ticket #47529 (Media manager doesn't display cropped images) created by dedidata
Media manager doesn't display cropped images We should change the …
09:14 Ticket #47528 (Site Health: Add test for file checksums) created by swissspidy
For a while now there has been …
07:11 Ticket #45094 (Dashboard elements don't always have clear focus states, tab order) reopened by afercia
The change in [45509], in combination with previous changes in [44588]
05:21 Ticket #47023 (Allow settings option schema to be modified) closed by TimothyBlynJacobs
invalid: Hi @pcfreak30! Setting a custom schema is supported under the …

06/11/2019:

20:42 Ticket #47527 (Add visible class to media library sidebar on library frames) created by jorgefilipecosta
The visible class as the code comment specifies is used to "Show the …
18:55 Ticket #47521 (Portfolio Category Tree) closed by SergeyBiryukov
invalid: Hi @aceseducacion, welcome to WordPress Trac! Thanks for the ticket. …
18:43 Ticket #47516 (Remove extra colon) closed by SergeyBiryukov
wontfix: Thanks for the patch! As noted above, getID3() and Sodium Compat are …
16:31 Ticket #47526 (Flagging system needed to help flush rewrite rules on post type ...) created by kevindees
When activating or deactivating a plugin with post types or taxonomies …
15:38 Ticket #47525 (Extra spaces added when pasting large chunks of text into blocks) created by jdaviescoates
It seems that whenever I paste large chunks of text into a block (e.g. …
08:45 Ticket #47522 (Make name fields in profile page swappable and modifiable by locales) closed by Takahashi_Fumiki
duplicate: @johnbillion Okay! But I think this swap feature will be required for …
08:39 Ticket #47524 (Predefined value of param is wrong in \Walker_Nav_Menu::start_lvl) created by trasweb
Signature of start_lvl in Walker_Nav_Menu class is: […] In …
06:50 Ticket #47523 (can't access site wpadmin) closed by mukesh27
invalid: Hi @pontikidisg, welcome to WordPress Trac! Thanks for the ticket. …
06:23 Ticket #47523 (can't access site wpadmin) created by pontikidisg
i own www.dnc.com.gr and from this morning, i can't access wp-admin
03:20 Ticket #47522 (Make name fields in profile page swappable and modifiable by locales) created by Takahashi_Fumiki
On the user profile page, the first name field precedes the last name …

06/10/2019:

23:53 Changeset [45519] by azaozz
Privacy tools: - Move the (remaining) privacy tools related functions …
21:38 Ticket #46198 (Add additional test for `wp_targeted_link_rel()` when saving and ...) closed by peterwilsoncc
wontfix: Replying to SergeyBiryukov: > Unless I'm missing …
21:14 Ticket #47512 (Added default unique prefix to database) closed by johnbillion
wontfix: I'm surprised that Wordfence article glosses over blind SQL injection, …
21:07 Ticket #43532 (Improve the visual difference between revisions - not only color based) reopened by johnbillion
It seems that wontfixing this because of an unplanned future change …
19:36 Changeset [45518] by desrosj
Post WordPress 5.2.2-RC1 version bump.
19:12 Changeset [45517] by desrosj
WordPress 5.2.2-RC1.
19:05 Ticket #47521 (Portfolio Category Tree) created by aceseducacion
The (Portfolio) Category Tree shows first only the selected …
17:20 Ticket #47520 ([WP5.2.1] Crop images in IE11 not working) created by vincenz17
Hello, I'm using IE11 with WordPress 5.2.1 and if I create a gallery …
15:42 Ticket #47519 (Introduce a vertically compact view for the Revisions screen) created by johnbillion
Given a post containing a lot of content in many paragraphs, it's not …
15:30 Ticket #47518 (Add an explanatory message to the Revisions screen for locked posts) created by johnbillion
It's possible for a user to navigate to the revisions screen for a …
14:15 Changeset [45516] by SergeyBiryukov
I18N: Merge duplicate "authenticity could not be verified" strings, …
14:13 Ticket #47475 (I18n: Merge similar strings and fix typo) closed by SergeyBiryukov
fixed: In 45515: […]
14:13 Changeset [45515] by SergeyBiryukov
I18N: Merge duplicate "authenticity could not be verified" strings, …
14:02 Ticket #46960 (Site Health: Table design issue in small devices(iphone 5/SE).) closed by afercia
fixed: In 45514: […]
14:02 Changeset [45514] by afercia
Administration: Improve the Site Health tables layout for small …
13:58 Ticket #46749 (Extra border is displaying at bottom of Help section in Firefox ...) closed by afercia
fixed: In 45513: […]
13:58 Changeset [45513] by afercia
Administration: Remove extra border from the Screen Options and Help …
13:47 Ticket #47227 (i18n: Merge similar translation strings - site health tabs) closed by SergeyBiryukov
fixed: In 45512: […]
13:47 Changeset [45512] by SergeyBiryukov
I18N: Merge duplicate "Status" and "Info" strings on Site Health …
13:45 Ticket #46289 (RTL Bug: wrong navigation arrows in media modal) closed by SergeyBiryukov
fixed: In 45511: […]
13:45 Changeset [45511] by SergeyBiryukov
Media: Restore correct arrow direction in RTL in Attachment Details …
13:32 Ticket #47158 (Merge similar strings introduced in WP 5.2) closed by desrosj
fixed: In 45510: […]
13:32 Changeset [45510] by desrosj
I18N: Combine similar strings with minor differences. Merges [45298]
13:32 Ticket #45094 (Dashboard elements don't always have clear focus states, tab order) closed by afercia
fixed: In 45509: […]
13:32 Changeset [45509] by afercia
Accessibility: Improve the Screen Options and Help buttons order. - …
09:27 Ticket #47517 (Left Navigation Disappeared) created by shashank3105
Hello, Left navigation is disappeared when we open inspect …
07:49 Ticket #46957 (Site Health: Make site health page access be filterable) closed by peterwilsoncc
fixed: In 45508: […]
07:49 Changeset [45508] by peterwilsoncc
Site health: Introduce view_site_health_checks capability. …
07:46 Ticket #46957 (Site Health: Make site health page access be filterable) reopened by peterwilsoncc
Reopening for back porting to 5.2.
07:41 Ticket #46957 (Site Health: Make site health page access be filterable) closed by peterwilsoncc
fixed: In 45507: […]
07:41 Changeset [45507] by peterwilsoncc
Site health: Introduce view_site_health_checks capability. …
07:04 Ticket #47516 (Remove extra colon) created by shashank3105
removed some extra colons.
06:30 Ticket #47515 (i18n: Add missing translators comments) created by mukesh27
There are some strings in {{{ …

06/09/2019:

21:16 Ticket #47514 (Change priority of make_clickable callback to boost performance) created by olliverh87
Hi! Preemptive: please excuse me if this ticket is inappropriate. …
18:04 Ticket #47513 (JavaScript TypeError when Video Playlists use native video elements) created by afercia
To reproduce the JavaScript TypeError: - use the Classic Editor - add …
15:47 Ticket #47458 (Fix tab sequence order in the Media attachment browser) closed by afercia
fixed: In 45506: […]
15:47 Changeset [45506] by afercia
Accessibility: Fix the order of the Previous, Next, and Close buttons …
03:18 Ticket #47512 (Added default unique prefix to database) created by jweston
Used 'uniqid()` in "setup-config.php" to generate a unique wp_ prefix …

06/08/2019:

23:49 Ticket #47511 (Add specific "default settings" for different locales) created by azaozz
In the UI there are several settings that are locale-specific, like …
21:24 Ticket #47510 (Developer tool - Best Practice - input comment field Does not use ...) created by efilippucci
Using chrome developer tool, I noticed that, when is displayed the …
19:33 Ticket #47509 (add a filter in wp_user_personal_data_exporter() to make it easier to ...) created by pbiron
wp_user_personal_data_exporter() has a fixed set of user properties …
18:41 Ticket #44541 (Text length should be localizable) closed by johnbillion
fixed: In 45505: […]
18:41 Changeset [45505] by johnbillion
I18N: Allow the length of automatically generated excerpts to be …
17:24 Ticket #47501 (Security docs in Plugins hanbook for developing in block editor context) closed by SergeyBiryukov
reported-upstream: Hi @manooweb, welcome to WordPress Trac! Thanks for the report. …
17:09 Ticket #25747 (The `http_api_debug` hook isn't called for all HTTP requests) closed by johnbillion
fixed: In 45504: […]
17:09 Changeset [45504] by johnbillion
HTTP API: Ensure the http_api_debug hook is fired for all responses. …
16:31 Ticket #45094 (Dashboard elements don't always have clear focus states, tab order) reopened by afercia
Reopening for 5.2.2 consideration.
16:30 Ticket #45094 (Dashboard elements don't always have clear focus states, tab order) closed by afercia
fixed: In 45503: […]
16:30 Changeset [45503] by afercia
Accessibility: Improve the Screen Options and Help buttons order. - …
16:06 Changeset [45502] by afercia
Administration: Improve the Screen Options and Help buttons focus …
15:52 Ticket #47506 (edit_published_posts capability is broken) closed by johnbillion
invalid: Thanks for the report, @shlomitur. As you've observed, contributors …
14:50 Ticket #46749 (Extra border is displaying at bottom of Help section in Firefox ...) reopened by afercia
Reopening for 5.2.2 consideration.
14:49 Ticket #46749 (Extra border is displaying at bottom of Help section in Firefox ...) closed by afercia
fixed: In 45501: […]
14:49 Changeset [45501] by afercia
Administration: Remove extra border from the Screen Options and Help …
13:52 Ticket #47508 (Row number and column number needs to be swapped(Version 5.2.1 ...) closed by SergeyBiryukov
invalid: Hi @chfeng, welcome to WordPress Trac! Thanks for the report. * …
12:20 Ticket #47503 (All themes for 4 different sites return error - Error: This theme ...) closed by desrosj
invalid: Hi @hawai50! It seems like you are experiencing the new fatal error …
12:20 Ticket #47507 (Lazy Separator) closed by sebastienserre
invalid: Happy to help you you can give this link to the Theme developper. …
11:38 Ticket #47508 (Row number and column number needs to be swapped(Version 5.2.1 ...) created by chfeng
Wordpress Version 5.2.1 Language zh_CN) When I am create a table …
11:13 Ticket #47507 (Lazy Separator) created by kc_pix
Windows 10 Pro, 64x WordPress 5.2.1 running Spike theme. Posts - Add …
08:25 Ticket #47506 (edit_published_posts capability is broken) created by shlomi.tur
Hi everyone, After couple of days of debugging, I've just installed …
00:29 Changeset [45500] by azaozz
Privacy tools: remove some left-over code and fix inline comment. See …

06/07/2019:

21:36 Ticket #46135 (Add filter to disable wp_favicon_request) closed by SergeyBiryukov
duplicate: Thanks for the ticket! Going to close in favor of #47398, which has …
20:43 Tickets #47122,​47141 batch updated by afercia
fixed: In 45499: […]
20:43 Changeset [45499] by afercia
Accessibility: Improve accessibility of all the media views form …
20:23 Changeset [45498] by afercia
Regenerate the REST API fixtures after [45443]. See #38517.
19:46 Ticket #46135 (Add filter to disable wp_favicon_request) reopened by desrosj
Thanks for testing the latest patch, @shawfactor! The ticket should …
19:33 Ticket #42659 (Site logo images do not display in the media library) closed by desrosj
wontfix: Thanks for following up, @ravipatel! I am able to see what you mean …
15:50 Ticket #46135 (Add filter to disable wp_favicon_request) closed by shawfactor
invalid: @priyankkpatel yes that looks perfect. I am very unfamiliar with this …
14:24 Ticket #47505 (Create a comprehensive input validation API for WordPress editor and ...) created by greatislander
Currently, WordPress lacks a comprehensive API for validating form …
13:44 Ticket #47504 (Need to reduce the header height on hovering over the Heading block) closed by swissspidy
reported-upstream: Hi there I am closing this one as reported-upstream since you have …
13:43 Ticket #47504 (Need to reduce the header height on hovering over the Heading block) created by rohanraha
Describe the bug When we add a "Heading" block on the editor and …
13:34 Ticket #47503 (All themes for 4 different sites return error - Error: This theme ...) created by hawai50
Hi guys, hoping you can help as I can't get to the bottom of it. I …
13:28 Ticket #47457 (Fix the mediaelements player controls bar sizing) closed by afercia
fixed: In 45497: […]
13:28 Changeset [45497] by afercia
Fix the media player controls bar width in the media views. Props …
13:22 Ticket #47502 (Media modal bottom toolbar cuts-off content in Internet Explorer 11) created by afercia
Please refer to the attached screenshot. With Internet Explorer 11, …
11:37 Ticket #47501 (Security docs in Plugins hanbook for developing in block editor context) created by manooweb
Hello, As we discussed during a #core-editor meeting on wednesday 5th …
00:42 Ticket #47500 (Optimize customizer load time) created by Nick_theGeek
Please see some discussion in slack for background and ideas …

06/06/2019:

23:51 Ticket #47499 (Typo in comment_class function doc block) closed by SergeyBiryukov
fixed: In 45496: […]
23:51 Changeset [45496] by SergeyBiryukov
Docs: Fix typo in comment_class() DocBlock. Props mbabker. Fixes #47499.
21:40 Ticket #47499 (Typo in comment_class function doc block) created by mbabker
The word "echo" is misspelled in the doc block. Patch to fix.
19:28 Ticket #47498 (Revise checkbox/radio button css for better compatibility with text zoom) created by kjellr
Related to #47477. This just breaks out one smaller, manageable piece …
19:18 Ticket #47496 (A minor bug in twentynineteen theme) closed by SergeyBiryukov
duplicate: Hi @khoshghalb, welcome to WordPress Trac! Thanks for the report. …
18:57 Ticket #47497 (WordPress blog on Prestashop.) closed by desrosj
invalid: Hi @ezphinx, Welcome to WordPress Trac! Unfortunately, this is not …
18:53 Ticket #47497 (WordPress blog on Prestashop.) created by ezphinx
Hello. I am looking to integrate wordpress with 3 sites under …
18:27 Ticket #47496 (A minor bug in twentynineteen theme) created by khoshghalb
Hi, in template-tags.php:169 - @subpackage Twenty_Nineteen name of …
17:16 Ticket #47495 (WP_Privacy_Request_Table should not show views that have a count of 0.) created by pbiron
Other core list tables that have a get_views() method do not output a …
15:44 Ticket #47473 ("Update WordPress" link on Dashboard links to major version, not minor ...) closed by SergeyBiryukov
invalid: Replying to qaws: > Bug #47346 is to do with the release …
13:54 Ticket #47494 (current_time function return types) created by zzhovo
WP version 5.2.1, downloaded from https://wordpress.org/download/
13:45 Ticket #47493 (Meta Query Sorting with relation => OR not behaving as expected) created by tcaneeaglepub
When sorting on multiple meta query clauses with the default AND …
13:40 Ticket #47492 (Multisite Feature for Plugins) created by anonymized_16100632
It would be great to see on the dashboard which plugins are running on …
07:28 Ticket #47491 (Avoid double colouring in privacy request rows w/ notices) created by garrett-eclipse
As initially raised here - …
06:46 Ticket #47490 (Getting new warning) created by dkarfa
== `Warning: "continue" targeting switch is equivalent to "break". Did …
01:25 Ticket #46289 (RTL Bug: wrong navigation arrows in media modal) reopened by SergeyBiryukov
Reopening for 5.2.2 consideration.
01:24 Ticket #46289 (RTL Bug: wrong navigation arrows in media modal) closed by SergeyBiryukov
fixed: In 45495: […]
01:24 Changeset [45495] by SergeyBiryukov
Media: Restore correct arrow direction in RTL in Attachment Details …
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