Slack Mobile App Randomly Forgets Starred Channels Still Starred on Desktop
Slack's mobile app intermittently loses track of which channels a user has starred, even though those same channels remain correctly starred in the desktop app. This cross-device state inconsistency forces users to re-star channels on mobile.
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