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title: "Favorite Other-Language Post Redirect — Quick Fix"
type: quick-fix
date: 2026-06-04
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# Favorite Other-Language Post Redirect — Quick Fix

## Bug

When the user is on a UI language (e.g. Chinese) and clicks a favorited post that does not have a translation in that language, the post page silently redirected to `/browse` and the user could not see the post.

## Root Cause

`src/pages/PostRedirect/index.tsx` requested `GET /api/posts/{id}?lang=<ui-lang>`. The backend returns `404` when the post has no translation in the requested language. The redirect's `.catch` silently sent the user to `/browse`, hiding the post entirely.

## Fix

`PostRedirect` now retries without the `lang` parameter on failure. If the post exists in any language, the user is taken to the post anyway, and a toast tells them the post is shown in its original language because the selected language is unavailable. If the retry also fails (post truly missing), behavior is unchanged: redirect to `/browse`.

A new i18n key `postShownInOriginalLanguage` was added in all 7 locales.

### Files Modified

- `src/pages/PostRedirect/index.tsx` — added language fallback fetch, toast notice.
- `src/locales/zh-CN.ts` — added `postShownInOriginalLanguage`.
- `src/locales/en.ts` — added `postShownInOriginalLanguage`.
- `src/locales/ja.ts` — added `postShownInOriginalLanguage`.
- `src/locales/ko.ts` — added `postShownInOriginalLanguage`.
- `src/locales/vi.ts` — added `postShownInOriginalLanguage`.
- `src/locales/id.ts` — added `postShownInOriginalLanguage`.
- `src/locales/ms.ts` — added `postShownInOriginalLanguage`.

## Verification

- `npx tsc --noEmit`
- `npm run format:check`
- `npm test` (13 files, 49 tests)
- Staging curl confirmed: `GET /api/posts/{id}?lang=en` returns `404` for a Chinese-only post, while `GET /api/posts/{id}` returns `200` with the post in its source language.

## Notes

No deploy was performed.
