Disappearing Gmail Labels

[mbadolato]

Earlier this week I noticed that 4 of the labels in Gmail were blank. They showed no text, however they were empty placeholders (and the blank space could still be clicked on and take me into that label/folder).

The four were my labels for Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Google+. If I went into label management and renamed them, they would show up (say Facebook -> Facebook1). But then renaming them back caused them to blank out again.

I decided to check out settings in uBlock since I had just switched to it from AdBlocker Plus right around the time that I noticed the issue. When I tried disabling the Fanboy's Social Blocking List plugin, I discovered that was the cause. With it disabled, the labels showed up again.

Not sure if this is a uBlock issue or a Fanboy's Social Blocking issue, but figured I'd let you know.

[gorhill]

I see exception filters in "Fanboy's Social Block List":

mail.google.com#@#a[title="Facebook"]
mail.google.com#@#a[title="Google Plus"]
mail.google.com#@#a[title="Google+"]
mail.google.com#@#a[title="LinkedIn"]
mail.google.com#@#a[title="Pinterest"]
mail.google.com#@#a[title="Twitter"]
mail.google.com#@#a[title="Youtube"]

So the issue is probably related to issue #452, which is fixed in version 0.8.2.4 (which I posted minutes ago to the Chrome store). Looks like the issue may have affected more users than I thought.

If you can confirm it is fixed once you get 0.8.2.4.

[mbadolato]

@gorhill Thanks for the quick reply

Not fixed. I installed 0.8.2.4 (confirmed on my extension screen), re-enabled the plugin, and the labels blanked out again. I did try quitting and restarting Chrome, just in case uBlock needed it.

[gorhill]

Not a Gmail user here, but I have an account for testing purpose. Where are these labels?

[gorhill]

Never mind, I see it -- or rather, I can see it's not visible.

[mbadolato]

Settings->Labels and create them. They'll appear on your left-hand side where Inbox, Drafts etc are

[mbadolato]

Hah github comment/reply race condition 😄

[gorhill]

Ok I see the problem, will fix.

[mbadolato]

Great! I'll test it as soon as the new version hits the Chrome store.

[gorhill]

Just posted to Chrome store, should be there after 60 minutes.

[mbadolato]

OK, I'll check back in a bit

[mbadolato]

Confirmed working for me now. Thanks much for the speedy fix and for creating a great extension. Cheers!

[mbadolato]

@gorhill I spoke to soon. I just quit Chrome, reopened, and the labels are gone again 😦

[mbadolato]

Interesting. If I disable the plugin and refresh Gmail, I see the labels. If I then enable it and refresh it's still ok. But if I then quit and reopen chrome, the labels are gone.

If the plugin is enabled and the labels don't show (after the quit and restart), and I disable the plugin and refresh, the labels come back.

[gorhill]

Could you force an update of your filter lists? (Purge all caches)