Using back button on the JQL search doesn't change the search result

Issue Summary

Encountered a bug while preparing for the Jira 9 release. In some circumstances the JQL query doesn’t change as it should when using the back button in Google Chrome or Apple Safari.

This bug appears reproducible in both the list view & the detail view.

There may be other scenarios that can produce this problem, those were just the simplest steps I could take to reproduce it. It seems most likely to come up if someone is editing & re-running a query, then wants to go back to prior query.

I can confirm that for several versions of Jira 8 (8.5 and 8.13, 8.22), this does not occur, so I’m reasonably confident that this bug is new in Jira 9.

I cannot reproduce this bug in Firefox. This may well also affect Microsoft Edge, since that’s based on Chromium.

Steps to Reproduce

1. In a new tab, navigate to ${jira_base_url}/issues
2. Enter any query, such as assignee = admin
3. Hit enter. You should see the results of the query.
4. Clear the query and hit enter. You should see the results of a blank search.
5. Refresh the page
6. Enter the query again and hit enter
7. Click Chrome’s back button
8. The URL changes to something like “${jiraBaseUrl}/browse/ISSUE-123?jql=”, but the JQL input blank still contains the old query (assignee = admin).

Expected Results

The JQL query should change when using the back button in Google Chrome or Apple Safari.

Actual Results

The JQL query doesn’t change as it should when using the back button in Google Chrome or Apple Safari.

Workaround

Refreshing the page.

Source