SECURITY: add pagination to post replies

When a post has some replies, and the user click on the button to show them, we would load ALL the replies. This could lead to DoS if there were a very large number of replies.

This adds support for pagination to these post replies.

Internal ref t/129773

FIX: Duplicated parent posts

DEV: Query refactor

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/adapters/post-reply-history.js

@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@ import RestAdapter from "discourse/adapters/rest";
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
 
 export default class PostReplyHistoryAdapter extends RestAdapter {
-  find(store, type, findArgs) {
+  find(_store, _type, { postId }) {
-    const maxReplies = this.siteSettings.max_reply_history;
+    return ajax(`/posts/${postId}/reply-history`).then(
-    return ajax(
+      (post_reply_histories) => ({ post_reply_histories })
-      `/posts/${findArgs.postId}/reply-history?max_replies=${maxReplies}`
+    );
-    ).then((replies) => {
-      return { post_reply_histories: replies };
-    });
   }
 }

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/adapters/post-reply.js

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import RestAdapter from "discourse/adapters/rest";
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
 
 export default class PostReplyAdapter extends RestAdapter {
-  find(store, type, findArgs) {
+  find(_store, _type, { postId, after = 1 }) {
-    return ajax(`/posts/${findArgs.postId}/replies`).then((replies) => {
+    return ajax(`/posts/${postId}/replies?after=${after || 1}`).then(
-      return { post_replies: replies };
+      (post_replies) => ({ post_replies })
-    });
+    );
   }
 }

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/post-menu.js

@@ -100,10 +100,7 @@ registerButton("read-count", (attrs, state) => {
   if (attrs.showReadIndicator) {
     const count = attrs.readCount;
     if (count > 0) {
-      let ariaPressed = "false";
+      let ariaPressed = (state?.readers?.length > 0).toString();
-      if (state?.readers && state.readers.length > 0) {
-        ariaPressed = "true";
-      }
       return {
         action: "toggleWhoRead",
         title: "post.controls.read_indicator",
@@ -151,10 +148,8 @@ function likeCount(attrs, state) {
       addContainer = true;
     }
 
-    let ariaPressed = "false";
+    let ariaPressed = (state?.likedUsers?.length > 0).toString();
-    if (state?.likedUsers && state.likedUsers.length > 0) {
+
-      ariaPressed = "true";
-    }
     return {
       action: "toggleWhoLiked",
       title,
@@ -287,53 +282,52 @@ registerButton("wiki-edit", (attrs) => {
 });
 
 registerButton("replies", (attrs, state, siteSettings) => {
-  const replyCount = attrs.replyCount;
+  const count = attrs.replyCount;
-  if (!replyCount) {
+
+  if (!count) {
     return;
   }
 
-  let action = "toggleRepliesBelow",
+  let title;
-    icon = state.repliesShown ? "chevron-up" : "chevron-down";
+  let action = "toggleRepliesBelow";
+  let icon = state.repliesShown ? "chevron-up" : "chevron-down";
 
   if (siteSettings.enable_filtered_replies_view) {
     action = "toggleFilteredRepliesView";
     icon = state.filteredRepliesShown ? "chevron-up" : "chevron-down";
+    title = state.filteredRepliesShown
+      ? "post.view_all_posts"
+      : "post.filtered_replies_hint";
   }
 
   // Omit replies if the setting `suppress_reply_directly_below` is enabled
   if (
-    replyCount === 1 &&
+    count === 1 &&
     attrs.replyDirectlyBelow &&
     siteSettings.suppress_reply_directly_below
   ) {
     return;
   }
 
-  let ariaPressed;
+  let ariaPressed, ariaExpanded;
+
   if (!siteSettings.enable_filtered_replies_view) {
-    ariaPressed = state.repliesShown ? "true" : "false";
+    ariaPressed = state.repliesShown.toString();
+    ariaExpanded = state.repliesShown.toString();
   }
+
   return {
     action,
     icon,
     className: "show-replies",
-    titleOptions: { count: replyCount },
+    titleOptions: { count },
-    title: siteSettings.enable_filtered_replies_view
+    title,
-      ? state.filteredRepliesShown
+    labelOptions: { count },
-        ? "post.view_all_posts"
-        : "post.filtered_replies_hint"
-      : "",
-    labelOptions: { count: replyCount },
     label: attrs.mobileView ? "post.has_replies_count" : "post.has_replies",
     iconRight: !siteSettings.enable_filtered_replies_view || attrs.mobileView,
     disabled: !!attrs.deleted,
-    translatedAriaLabel: I18n.t("post.sr_expand_replies", {
+    translatedAriaLabel: I18n.t("post.sr_expand_replies", { count }),
-      count: replyCount,
+    ariaExpanded,
-    }),
-    ariaExpanded:
-      !siteSettings.enable_filtered_replies_view && state.repliesShown
-        ? "true"
-        : "false",
     ariaPressed,
     ariaControls: `embedded-posts__bottom--${attrs.post_number}`,
   };

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/post.js

@@ -31,9 +31,13 @@ import getURL, {
 import { iconNode } from "discourse-common/lib/icon-library";
 import I18n from "discourse-i18n";
 
-function transformWithCallbacks(post) {
+function transformWithCallbacks(post, topicUrl, store) {
   let transformed = transformBasicPost(post);
   postTransformCallbacks(transformed);
+
+  transformed.customShare = `${topicUrl}/${post.post_number}`;
+  transformed.asPost = store.createRecord("post", post);
+
   return transformed;
 }
 
@@ -162,12 +166,10 @@ createWidget("reply-to-tab", {
       tabindex: "0",
     };
 
-    if (!this.attrs.mobileView) {
+    if (!attrs.mobileView) {
       result["role"] = "button";
       result["aria-controls"] = `embedded-posts__top--${attrs.post_number}`;
-      result["aria-expanded"] = this.attrs.repliesAbove.length
+      result["aria-expanded"] = (attrs.repliesAbove.length > 0).toString();
-        ? "true"
-        : "false";
     }
 
     return result;
@@ -526,7 +528,7 @@ createWidget("post-contents", {
 
     const extraState = {
       state: {
-        repliesShown: !!state.repliesBelow.length,
+        repliesShown: state.repliesBelow.length > 0,
         filteredRepliesShown: state.filteredRepliesShown,
       },
     };
@@ -534,12 +536,11 @@ createWidget("post-contents", {
 
     const repliesBelow = state.repliesBelow;
     if (repliesBelow.length) {
-      result.push(
+      let children = [];
-        h(
+
-          `section.embedded-posts.bottom#embedded-posts__bottom--${this.attrs.post_number}`,
+      repliesBelow.forEach((p) => {
-          [
+        children.push(
-            repliesBelow.map((p) => {
+          this.attach("embedded-post", p, {
-              return this.attach("embedded-post", p, {
             model: p.asPost,
             state: {
               role: "region",
@@ -548,17 +549,36 @@ createWidget("post-contents", {
                 username: p.username,
               }),
             },
+          })
+        );
       });
-            }),
+
+      children.push(
         this.attach("button", {
           title: "post.collapse",
           icon: "chevron-up",
           action: "toggleRepliesBelow",
-              actionParam: "true",
+          actionParam: true,
           className: "btn collapse-up",
           translatedAriaLabel: I18n.t("post.sr_collapse_replies"),
-            }),
+        })
-          ]
+      );
+
+      if (repliesBelow.length < this.attrs.replyCount) {
+        children.push(
+          this.attach("button", {
+            label: "post.load_more_replies",
+            action: "loadMoreReplies",
+            actionParam: repliesBelow[repliesBelow.length - 1]?.post_number,
+            className: "btn load-more-replies",
+          })
+        );
+      }
+
+      result.push(
+        h(
+          `section.embedded-posts.bottom#embedded-posts__bottom--${this.attrs.post_number}`,
+          children
         )
       );
     }
@@ -599,30 +619,28 @@ createWidget("post-contents", {
     }
   },
 
-  toggleRepliesBelow(goToPost = "false") {
+  loadMoreReplies(after = 1) {
+    return this.store
+      .find("post-reply", { postId: this.attrs.id, after })
+      .then((replies) => {
+        replies.forEach((reply) => {
+          this.state.repliesBelow.push(
+            transformWithCallbacks(reply, this.attrs.topicUrl, this.store)
+          );
+        });
+      });
+  },
+
+  toggleRepliesBelow(goToPost = false) {
     if (this.state.repliesBelow.length) {
       this.state.repliesBelow = [];
-      if (goToPost === "true") {
+      if (goToPost === true) {
-        DiscourseURL.routeTo(
+        const { topicUrl, post_number } = this.attrs;
-          `${this.attrs.topicUrl}/${this.attrs.post_number}`
+        DiscourseURL.routeTo(`${topicUrl}/${post_number}`);
-        );
       }
-      return;
+    } else {
+      return this.loadMoreReplies();
     }
-
-    const post = this.findAncestorModel();
-    const topicUrl = post ? post.get("topic.url") : null;
-    return this.store
-      .find("post-reply", { postId: this.attrs.id })
-      .then((posts) => {
-        this.state.repliesBelow = posts.map((p) => {
-          let result = transformWithCallbacks(p);
-
-          result.customShare = `${topicUrl}/${p.post_number}`;
-          result.asPost = this.store.createRecord("post", p);
-          return result;
-        });
-      });
   },
 
   expandFirstPost() {
@@ -799,7 +817,7 @@ createWidget("post-article", {
                 title: "post.collapse",
                 icon: "chevron-down",
                 action: "toggleReplyAbove",
-                actionParam: "true",
+                actionParam: true,
                 className: "btn collapse-down",
               }),
               replies,
@@ -835,7 +853,7 @@ createWidget("post-article", {
     return post ? post.get("topic.url") : null;
   },
 
-  toggleReplyAbove(goToPost = "false") {
+  toggleReplyAbove(goToPost = false) {
     const replyPostNumber = this.attrs.reply_to_post_number;
 
     if (this.siteSettings.enable_filtered_replies_view) {
@@ -860,10 +878,9 @@ createWidget("post-article", {
 
     if (this.state.repliesAbove.length) {
       this.state.repliesAbove = [];
-      if (goToPost === "true") {
+      if (goToPost === true) {
-        DiscourseURL.routeTo(
+        const { topicUrl, post_number } = this.attrs;
-          `${this.attrs.topicUrl}/${this.attrs.post_number}`
+        DiscourseURL.routeTo(`${topicUrl}/${post_number}`);
-        );
       }
       return Promise.resolve();
     } else {
@@ -871,12 +888,10 @@ createWidget("post-article", {
       return this.store
         .find("post-reply-history", { postId: this.attrs.id })
         .then((posts) => {
-          this.state.repliesAbove = posts.map((p) => {
+          posts.forEach((post) => {
-            let result = transformWithCallbacks(p);
+            this.state.repliesAbove.push(
-
+              transformWithCallbacks(post, topicUrl, this.store)
-            result.customShare = `${topicUrl}/${p.post_number}`;
+            );
-            result.asPost = this.store.createRecord("post", p);
-            return result;
           });
         });
     }

app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss

@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ pre.codeblock-buttons:hover {
     border: none;
     > div {
       position: relative;
-      margin-bottom: 1.5em;
       &:last-of-type {
         margin-bottom: 0;
         .row {
@@ -296,6 +295,13 @@ pre.codeblock-buttons:hover {
         }
       }
     }
+    .load-more-replies {
+      font-size: var(--font-down-1);
+      position: absolute;
+      left: 55%;
+      transform: translate(-50%, 50%);
+      padding: 0.35em 0.5em;
+    }
 
     .topic-avatar {
       padding-left: 1em;

app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic-post.scss

@@ -217,6 +217,13 @@ nav.post-controls button.reply .d-icon {
       }
     }
   }
+  .load-more-replies {
+    font-size: var(--font-down-1);
+    position: absolute;
+    left: 50%;
+    transform: translate(-50%, 150%);
+    padding: 0.35em 0.5em;
+  }
 }
 
 .post-actions {

app/controllers/posts_controller.rb

@@ -310,13 +310,16 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
   def reply_history
     post = find_post_from_params
 
-    reply_history = post.reply_history(params[:max_replies].to_i, guardian)
+    topic_view =
-    user_custom_fields = {}
+      TopicView.new(
-    if (added_fields = User.allowed_user_custom_fields(guardian)).present?
+        post.topic,
-      user_custom_fields = User.custom_fields_for_ids(reply_history.pluck(:user_id), added_fields)
+        current_user,
-    end
+        include_suggested: false,
+        include_related: false,
+        reply_history_for: post.id,
+      )
 
-    render_serialized(reply_history, PostSerializer, user_custom_fields: user_custom_fields)
+    render_json_dump(TopicViewPostsSerializer.new(topic_view, scope: guardian).post_stream[:posts])
   end
 
   def reply_ids
@@ -426,17 +429,38 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
     render_json_error(e.message)
   end
 
-  # Direct replies to this post
+  MAX_POST_REPLIES ||= 20
+
   def replies
+    params.permit(:after)
+
+    after = [params[:after].to_i, 1].max
     post = find_post_from_params
-    replies = post.replies.secured(guardian)
 
-    user_custom_fields = {}
+    post_ids =
-    if (added_fields = User.allowed_user_custom_fields(guardian)).present?
+      post
-      user_custom_fields = User.custom_fields_for_ids(replies.pluck(:user_id), added_fields)
+        .replies
+        .secured(guardian)
+        .where(post_number: after + 1..)
+        .limit(MAX_POST_REPLIES)
+        .pluck(:id)
+
+    if post_ids.blank?
+      render_json_dump []
+    else
+      topic_view =
+        TopicView.new(
+          post.topic,
+          current_user,
+          post_ids:,
+          include_related: false,
+          include_suggested: false,
+        )
+
+      render_json_dump(
+        TopicViewPostsSerializer.new(topic_view, scope: guardian).post_stream[:posts],
+      )
     end
-
-    render_serialized(replies, PostSerializer, user_custom_fields: user_custom_fields)
   end
 
   def revisions
@@ -995,20 +1019,15 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
     # A deleted post can be seen by staff or a category group moderator for the topic.
     # But we must find the deleted post to determine which category it belongs to, so
     # we must find.with_deleted
-    post = finder.with_deleted.first
+    raise Discourse::NotFound unless post = finder.with_deleted.first
-    raise Discourse::NotFound unless post
+    raise Discourse::NotFound unless post.topic ||= Topic.with_deleted.find_by(id: post.topic_id)
 
-    post.topic = Topic.with_deleted.find_by(id: post.topic_id)
+    if post.deleted_at.present? || post.topic.deleted_at.present?
-
+      raise Discourse::NotFound unless guardian.can_moderate_topic?(post.topic)
-    if !post.topic ||
-         (
-           (post.deleted_at.present? || post.topic.deleted_at.present?) &&
-             !guardian.can_moderate_topic?(post.topic)
-         )
-      raise Discourse::NotFound
     end
 
     guardian.ensure_can_see!(post)
+
     post
   end
 end

app/models/post.rb

@@ -975,27 +975,6 @@ class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
       .count
   end
 
-  def reply_history(max_replies = 100, guardian = nil)
-    post_ids = DB.query_single(<<~SQL, post_id: id, topic_id: topic_id)
-    WITH RECURSIVE breadcrumb(id, reply_to_post_number) AS (
-          SELECT p.id, p.reply_to_post_number FROM posts AS p
-            WHERE p.id = :post_id
-          UNION
-             SELECT p.id, p.reply_to_post_number FROM posts AS p, breadcrumb
-               WHERE breadcrumb.reply_to_post_number = p.post_number
-                 AND p.topic_id = :topic_id
-        )
-    SELECT id from breadcrumb
-    WHERE id <> :post_id
-    ORDER by id
-    SQL
-
-    # [1,2,3][-10,-1] => nil
-    post_ids = (post_ids[(0 - max_replies)..-1] || post_ids)
-
-    Post.secured(guardian).where(id: post_ids).includes(:user, :topic).order(:id).to_a
-  end
-
   MAX_REPLY_LEVEL ||= 1000
 
   def reply_ids(guardian = nil, only_replies_to_single_post: true)

config/locales/client.en.yml

@@ -3728,7 +3728,9 @@ en:
       show_hidden: "View ignored content."
       deleted_by_author_simple: "(post deleted by author)"
       collapse: "collapse"
+      load_more_replies: "load more replies"
       sr_collapse_replies: "Collapse embedded replies"
+      sr_load_more_replies: "Load more embedded replies"
       sr_date: "Post date"
       sr_expand_replies:
         one: "This post has %{count} reply"

lib/topic_view.rb

@@ -875,6 +875,29 @@ class TopicView
     Topic.with_deleted.includes(:category).find_by(id: topic_or_topic_id)
   end
 
+  def find_post_replies_ids(post_id)
+    DB.query_single(<<~SQL, post_id: post_id)
+        WITH RECURSIVE breadcrumb(id, reply_to_post_number, topic_id, level) AS (
+          SELECT id, reply_to_post_number, topic_id, 0
+            FROM posts
+          WHERE id = :post_id
+
+          UNION
+
+          SELECT p.id, p.reply_to_post_number, p.topic_id, b.level + 1
+            FROM posts AS p
+              , breadcrumb AS b
+          WHERE b.reply_to_post_number = p.post_number
+            AND b.topic_id = p.topic_id
+            AND b.level < #{SiteSetting.max_reply_history}
+        )
+        SELECT id
+          FROM breadcrumb
+        WHERE id <> :post_id
+      ORDER BY id
+    SQL
+  end
+
   def unfiltered_posts
     result = filter_post_types(@topic.posts)
     result = result.with_deleted if @guardian.can_see_deleted_posts?(@topic.category)
@@ -974,33 +997,23 @@ class TopicView
         )
     end
 
+    # Reply history
+    if @reply_history_for.present?
+      post_ids = find_post_replies_ids(@reply_history_for)
+
+      @filtered_posts = @filtered_posts.where("posts.id IN (:post_ids)", post_ids:)
+      @contains_gaps = true
+    end
+
     # Filtering upwards
     if @filter_upwards_post_id.present?
-      post = Post.find(@filter_upwards_post_id)
+      post_ids = find_post_replies_ids(@filter_upwards_post_id) | [@filter_upwards_post_id.to_i]
-      post_ids = DB.query_single(<<~SQL, post_id: post.id, topic_id: post.topic_id)
-      WITH RECURSIVE breadcrumb(id, reply_to_post_number) AS (
-            SELECT p.id, p.reply_to_post_number FROM posts AS p
-              WHERE p.id = :post_id
-            UNION
-              SELECT p.id, p.reply_to_post_number FROM posts AS p, breadcrumb
-                WHERE breadcrumb.reply_to_post_number = p.post_number
-                  AND p.topic_id = :topic_id
-          )
-      SELECT id from breadcrumb
-      WHERE id <> :post_id
-      ORDER by id
-      SQL
-
-      post_ids = (post_ids[(0 - SiteSetting.max_reply_history)..-1] || post_ids)
-      post_ids.push(post.id)
 
       @filtered_posts =
         @filtered_posts.where(
-          "
+          "posts.post_number = 1 OR posts.id IN (:post_ids) OR posts.id > :max_post_id",
-        posts.post_number = 1
+          post_ids:,
-        OR posts.id IN (:post_ids)
+          max_post_id: post_ids.max,
-        OR posts.id > :max_post_id",
-          { post_ids: post_ids, max_post_id: post_ids.max },
         )
 
       @contains_gaps = true

spec/models/post_spec.rb

@@ -1027,20 +1027,6 @@ RSpec.describe Post do
     end
   end
 
-  describe "reply_history" do
-    let!(:p1) { Fabricate(:post, post_args) }
-    let!(:p2) { Fabricate(:post, post_args.merge(reply_to_post_number: p1.post_number)) }
-    let!(:p3) { Fabricate(:post, post_args) }
-    let!(:p4) { Fabricate(:post, post_args.merge(reply_to_post_number: p2.post_number)) }
-
-    it "returns the posts in reply to this post" do
-      expect(p4.reply_history).to eq([p1, p2])
-      expect(p4.reply_history(1)).to eq([p2])
-      expect(p3.reply_history).to be_blank
-      expect(p2.reply_history).to eq([p1])
-    end
-  end
-
   describe "reply_ids" do
     fab!(:topic)
     let!(:p1) { Fabricate(:post, topic: topic, post_number: 1) }

spec/requests/posts_controller_spec.rb

@@ -208,6 +208,31 @@ RSpec.describe PostsController do
       expect(json[0]["user_custom_fields"]["hello"]).to eq("world")
       expect(json[0]["user_custom_fields"]["hidden"]).to be_blank
     end
+
+    it "supports pagination" do
+      parent = Fabricate(:post)
+      30.times do
+        reply = Fabricate(:post, topic: parent.topic, reply_to_post_number: parent.post_number)
+        PostReply.create!(post: parent, reply:)
+      end
+
+      get "/posts/#{parent.id}/replies.json", params: { after: parent.post_number }
+      expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+      replies = response.parsed_body
+      expect(replies.size).to eq(20)
+
+      after = replies.last["post_number"]
+
+      get "/posts/#{parent.id}/replies.json", params: { after: }
+      expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+      replies = response.parsed_body
+      expect(replies.size).to eq(10)
+      expect(replies[0][:post_number]).to eq(after + 1)
+
+      get "/posts/#{parent.id}/replies.json", params: { after: 999_999 }
+      expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+      expect(response.parsed_body.size).to eq(0)
+    end
   end
 
   describe "#destroy" do

spec/system/page_objects/components/post.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module PageObjects
+  module Components
+    class Post < PageObjects::Components::Base
+      def initialize(post_number)
+        @post_number = post_number
+      end
+
+      def show_replies
+        find("#post_#{@post_number} .show-replies").click
+      end
+
+      def load_more_replies
+        find("#embedded-posts__bottom--#{@post_number} .load-more-replies").click
+      end
+
+      def has_replies?(count: nil)
+        find("#embedded-posts__bottom--#{@post_number}").has_css?(".reply", count:)
+      end
+
+      def has_more_replies?
+        find("#embedded-posts__bottom--#{@post_number}").has_css?(".load-more-replies")
+      end
+
+      def has_loaded_all_replies?
+        find("#embedded-posts__bottom--#{@post_number}").has_no_css?(".load-more-replies")
+      end
+
+      def show_parent_posts
+        find("#post_#{@post_number} .reply-to-tab").click
+      end
+
+      def has_parent_posts?(count: nil)
+        find("#embedded-posts__top--#{@post_number}").has_css?(".reply", count:)
+      end
+
+      def has_no_parent_post_content?(content)
+        find("#embedded-posts__top--#{@post_number}").has_no_content?(content)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

spec/system/post_replies_spec.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+describe "Post replies", type: :system do
+  fab!(:user)
+  fab!(:topic)
+  fab!(:post) { Fabricate(:post, user:, topic:) }
+
+  let(:first_post) { PageObjects::Components::Post.new(1) }
+  let(:third_chained_reply) { PageObjects::Components::Post.new(7) }
+
+  context "when loading post replies" do
+    before do
+      25.times do
+        reply = Fabricate(:post, topic:, reply_to_post_number: 1)
+        PostReply.create!(post:, reply:)
+      end
+
+      post.update!(reply_count: post.replies.count)
+    end
+
+    it "supports pagination" do
+      sign_in(user)
+      visit(topic.url)
+
+      first_post.show_replies
+
+      expect(first_post).to have_replies(count: 20)
+      expect(first_post).to have_more_replies
+
+      first_post.load_more_replies
+
+      expect(first_post).to have_replies(count: post.replies.count)
+      expect(first_post).to have_loaded_all_replies
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "when loading parent posts" do
+    before do
+      SiteSetting.max_reply_history = 2
+
+      3.times do |i|
+        PostReply.create!(post:, reply: Fabricate(:post, topic:))
+
+        reply = Fabricate(:post, topic:, reply_to_post_number: (i * 2) + 1, raw: "reply #{i + 1}")
+        PostReply.create!(post:, reply:)
+      end
+
+      post.update!(reply_count: post.replies.count)
+    end
+
+    it "does not duplicate replies" do
+      sign_in(user)
+      visit(topic.url)
+
+      third_chained_reply.show_parent_posts
+      expect(third_chained_reply).to have_parent_posts(count: 2)
+      expect(third_chained_reply).to have_no_parent_post_content("reply 3")
+    end
+  end
+end