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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surfaced semanticallySlack Randomly Unstars One Channel on Every App Restart
Slack users report that after a recent update, one specific starred channel is silently unstarred each time the app is closed and reopened, forcing them to manually re-star it. The bug is consistent and reproducible, pointing to a client-side state-persistence regression affecting channel organization for frequent Slack users.
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Slack Loses Your Place When You Switch Away and Return
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