# \#bug-report

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## [Replacing RowList content during a held scroll leaves a stale column that a later key press uses](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/replacing-rowlist-content-during-a-held-scroll-leaves-a-stale-column-that-a-later-key-press-uses/11678)

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**Author:** [@GarethJ](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/GarethJ)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/replacing-rowlist-content-during-a-held-scroll-leaves-a-stale-column-that-a-later-key-press-uses/11678 "2026-10-23T17:42:40Z")

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Device: Roku Ultra 4800RW, OS 16.0.4 build 834, 1080p (FHD channel) Component: RowList, rowFocusAnimationStyle: “fixedFocus” Severity: Medium–High. After a background content refresh, the row jumps back several items o…

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## [RowList wraps to the opposite end of a row when a held scroll is released in the frame it reaches that end](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/rowlist-wraps-to-the-opposite-end-of-a-row-when-a-held-scroll-is-released-in-the-frame-it-reaches-that-end/11677)

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**Author:** [@GarethJ](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/GarethJ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/rowlist-wraps-to-the-opposite-end-of-a-row-when-a-held-scroll-is-released-in-the-frame-it-reaches-that-end/11677 "2026-10-23T17:40:50Z")

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Device: Roku Ultra 4800RW, OS 16.0.4 build 834, 1080p (FHD channel) Component: RowList, rowFocusAnimationStyle: “fixedFocus” Severity: High. Focus jumps to the far end of the row, which looks to the user like the row s…

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## [RowList draws a row with missing tiles when LEFT/RIGHT is pressed just after moving off that row mid-scroll](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/rowlist-draws-a-row-with-missing-tiles-when-left-right-is-pressed-just-after-moving-off-that-row-mid-scroll/11693)

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**Author:** [@GarethJ](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/GarethJ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/rowlist-draws-a-row-with-missing-tiles-when-left-right-is-pressed-just-after-moving-off-that-row-mid-scroll/11693 "2026-10-22T22:44:18Z")

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Device: Roku Ultra 4800X Roku OS: 16.0.4 Component: RowList (rowFocusAnimationStyle=“fixedFocus”, vertFocusAnimationStyle=“fixedFocus”) Severity: High - visible to users, and easy to hit with a remote Summary If you…

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## [RowList leaves focusPercent short of 0 on the item focus moves right from, in fixedFocus and fixedFocusWrap rows](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/rowlist-leaves-focuspercent-short-of-0-on-the-item-focus-moves-right-from-in-fixedfocus-and-fixedfocuswrap-rows/11688)

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**Author:** [@GarethJ](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/GarethJ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2026, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/rowlist-leaves-focuspercent-short-of-0-on-the-item-focus-moves-right-from-in-fixedfocus-and-fixedfocuswrap-rows/11688 "2026-10-22T01:14:17Z")

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Device: Roku Ultra 4800RW, OS 16.0.4 build 834, 1080p (FHD channel) Component: RowList, rowFocusAnimationStyle: “fixedFocus” or “fixedFocusWrap” Severity: Medium. Item components that draw their own focus from focusPer…

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## [Bug: "App Behavior Analysis" strictly requires sign-in/sign-out RASP scripts for apps with authentication disabled](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/bug-app-behavior-analysis-strictly-requires-sign-in-sign-out-rasp-scripts-for-apps-with-authentication-disabled/11605)

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**Author:** [@SashaLyash](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/SashaLyash)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/bug-app-behavior-analysis-strictly-requires-sign-in-sign-out-rasp-scripts-for-apps-with-authentication-disabled/11605 "2026-10-21T17:51:31Z")

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Title: Bug: “App Behavior Analysis” strictly requires sign-in/sign-out RASP scripts for apps with authentication disabled Description: While preparing an application for publication, a logical error occurs during the au…

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## [Appending items to a RowList row re-lays out the whole row, rebinding every visible item, and stops a held scroll](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/appending-items-to-a-rowlist-row-re-lays-out-the-whole-row-rebinding-every-visible-item-and-stops-a-held-scroll/11684)

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**Author:** [@GarethJ](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/GarethJ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/appending-items-to-a-rowlist-row-re-lays-out-the-whole-row-rebinding-every-visible-item-and-stops-a-held-scroll/11684 "2026-10-21T15:36:06Z")

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Device: Roku Ultra 4800RW, OS 16.0.4 build 834, 1080p (FHD channel) Component: RowList, rowFocusAnimationStyle: “fixedFocus” Severity: Medium. Paging a row’s items in as the user scrolls along it (what currFocusColumn …

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## [A jumpToRowItem written inside a rowItemFocused observer moves focus but is never reported Tag: bug-report](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/a-jumptorowitem-written-inside-a-rowitemfocused-observer-moves-focus-but-is-never-reported-tag-bug-report/11683)

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**Author:** [@GarethJ](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/GarethJ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/a-jumptorowitem-written-inside-a-rowitemfocused-observer-moves-focus-but-is-never-reported-tag-bug-report/11683 "2026-10-21T15:32:29Z")

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Device: Roku Ultra 4800RW, OS 16.0.4 build 834, 1080p (FHD channel) Component: RowList, rowFocusAnimationStyle: “fixedFocus” Severity: Medium. Focus ends up somewhere the app was never told about, so anything the app k…

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## [Changing the focused row's children makes RowList report focus at column 0 and back, synchronously Tag: bug-report](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/changing-the-focused-rows-children-makes-rowlist-report-focus-at-column-0-and-back-synchronously-tag-bug-report/11682)

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**Author:** [@GarethJ](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/GarethJ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/changing-the-focused-rows-children-makes-rowlist-report-focus-at-column-0-and-back-synchronously-tag-bug-report/11682 "2026-10-21T15:31:55Z")

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Device: Roku Ultra 4800RW, OS 16.0.4 build 834, 1080p (FHD channel) Component: RowList, rowFocusAnimationStyle: “fixedFocus” Severity: Medium. Focus doesn’t actually move, but every observer sees it leave the focused i…

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## [RowList's currFocusColumn keeps its old value after jumpToRowItem or a move to another row Tag: bug-report](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/rowlists-currfocuscolumn-keeps-its-old-value-after-jumptorowitem-or-a-move-to-another-row-tag-bug-report/11681)

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**Author:** [@GarethJ](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/GarethJ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/rowlists-currfocuscolumn-keeps-its-old-value-after-jumptorowitem-or-a-move-to-another-row-tag-bug-report/11681 "2026-10-21T15:31:10Z")

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Device: Roku Ultra 4800RW, OS 16.0.4 build 834, 1080p (FHD channel) Component: RowList, rowFocusAnimationStyle: “fixedFocus” Severity: Medium. currFocusColumn is the field the docs suggest for horizontal pagination, bu…

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## [\#const assignment with other #const variable not working](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/const-assignment-with-other-const-variable-not-working/11628)

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**Author:** [@TwitchBronBron](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/TwitchBronBron)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/const-assignment-with-other-const-variable-not-working/11628 "2026-10-12T10:39:15Z")

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The BrightScript docs show that you can assign a #const to the value of another const. But at runtime, this doesn’t work. #const someFlag = true #const anotherFlag = false #const someOtherFlag = someFlag ' ~~~this does'…

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## [App Behaviour Analysis Issues with Instant Resume Integration](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/app-behaviour-analysis-issues-with-instant-resume-integration/11618)

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**Author:** [@rao\_dwaraka](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/rao_dwaraka)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/app-behaviour-analysis-issues-with-instant-resume-integration/11618 "2026-10-09T17:50:08Z")

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Hi Team, Greetings. I noticed some unexpected behaviour while running App Behaviour Analysis (ABA) on a build with the Instant Resume feature integrated. With Instant Resume enabled, I observed the following issues: …

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## [Wrong purchase dates in transactions response](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/wrong-purchase-dates-in-transactions-response/11573)

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**Author:** [@michail.vichos](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/michail.vichos)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/wrong-purchase-dates-in-transactions-response/11573 "2026-10-02T09:32:28Z")

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We’ve noticed that some renewal transactions returned by the validate-transaction endpoint have a purchase\_date in the future that is equal to the expiration\_date. Is there any known ongoing issue that could be causing …

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## [ContentNode has an undocumented "contentId" field which defaults to integer](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/contentnode-has-an-undocumented-contentid-field-which-defaults-to-integer/11514)

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**Author:** [@AzatRoku](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/AzatRoku)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/contentnode-has-an-undocumented-contentid-field-which-defaults-to-integer/11514 "2026-09-28T14:52:18Z")

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node = createObject("roSGNode", "ContentNode") ?node.contentId, node.hasField("contentId") ' 0 true Also, the Streams field formatting is broken in https://developer.roku.com/dev/docs/content-metad…

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## [Empty Home Screen](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/empty-home-screen/11586)

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**Author:** [@justin](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/justin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/empty-home-screen/11586 "2026-09-23T12:34:59Z")

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I’ve been seeing this every-so-often on my ultra, OS 16.0.4-2213-DE, GC 26.37.13, when you press an RC button the rest of the screen fills in - maybe a known issue? I see it typically after I have side-loaded a dev ap…

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## [Could Not Play The Stream](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/could-not-play-the-stream/11549)

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**Author:** [@xavierblackheart](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/xavierblackheart)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/could-not-play-the-stream/11549 "2026-08-18T13:48:41Z")

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I’m having an issue with all of my TV channels that are on Roku that I built as a mini network of five channels through one build. All of them are giving me the same error, could not play the stream. I have spoke to my t…

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## [Weather4us national radar \[bug\]](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/weather4us-national-radar-bug/11539)

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**Author:** [@tomgofly](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/tomgofly)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/weather4us-national-radar-bug/11539 "2026-08-04T19:48:51Z")

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The CONUS radar images load, but about 50% of the time they are not in the correct chronological order.

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## [Roku OS 15.3 (build 4.832-JW) fails to play HLS live streams without an audio track (H.264 video-only, MPEG-TS)](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/roku-os-15-3-build-4-832-jw-fails-to-play-hls-live-streams-without-an-audio-track-h-264-video-only-mpeg-ts/11532)

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**Author:** [@drodine](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/drodine)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/roku-os-15-3-build-4-832-jw-fails-to-play-hls-live-streams-without-an-audio-track-h-264-video-only-mpeg-ts/11532 "2026-07-29T16:27:58Z")

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Device(s) affected: Model: 3840X — OS 15.3, build 4.832-JW Model: 3820R2 — reported by end user, OS 15.3, build 832 Note: The issue was independently observed on two different Roku hardware models (3840X and 3820R2) b…

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## [Nodes that get rendered on screen, set to an "m" variable in TargetGroup itemComponent, get orphaned when the nodes are removed](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/nodes-that-get-rendered-on-screen-set-to-an-m-variable-in-targetgroup-itemcomponent-get-orphaned-when-the-nodes-are-removed/11525)

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**Author:** [@AzatRoku](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/AzatRoku)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/nodes-that-get-rendered-on-screen-set-to-an-m-variable-in-targetgroup-itemcomponent-get-orphaned-when-the-nodes-are-removed/11525 "2026-07-28T02:13:22Z")

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Any node that is rendered on screen and gets referenced and set in a TargetGroup itemComponent’s m context gets orphaned when the nodes are removed from the tree. This is probably happening for RowList itemComponents as…

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## [\[bug\] Roku RALE asString and Versioning](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/bug-roku-rale-asstring-and-versioning/11521)

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**Author:** [@Addison](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/Addison)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/bug-roku-rale-asstring-and-versioning/11521 "2026-07-26T12:53:54Z")

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Bugs FW\_asString missing else catch-all condition or default return value this results in a crash if you are focused on the video player Deprecated Functions SocketConnection\_StartConnection uses the deprecated appMana…

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## [Missing support table for captions](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/missing-support-table-for-captions/11517)

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**Author:** [@nthingvall](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/nthingvall)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/missing-support-table-for-captions/11517 "2026-07-23T20:38:51Z")

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The closed captions support table got removed from this page: Closed caption It used to have a table that listed the manifest formats and which types of subtitles it supported. The page still makes reference to it “Belo…

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## [Static analysis blocks a dedicated screensaver — false-positive "in-channel screensaver" (Req 4.5)](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/static-analysis-blocks-a-dedicated-screensaver-false-positive-in-channel-screensaver-req-4-5/11503)

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**Author:** [@Chowtime1128](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/Chowtime1128)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/static-analysis-blocks-a-dedicated-screensaver-false-positive-in-channel-screensaver-req-4-5/11503 "2026-07-10T17:42:45Z")

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I’m publishing a standalone screensaver, Illustrated Gospels (app type Theme, category Screensavers). Static Analysis returns two blocking errors that prevent me from scheduling for publishing: “Channels are prohibited …

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## [Meta: AI bot only generates errors](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/meta-ai-bot-only-generates-errors/11505)

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**Author:** [@AJCxZ0](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/AJCxZ0)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/meta-ai-bot-only-generates-errors/11505 "2026-07-08T16:37:38Z")

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Click :robot: AI bot Enter text in box Get error Posting with “Meta” since there is not yet any category for forum feedback. I strongly suggest creating one soon in order to avoid cluttering other categories with fo…

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## [Typo in the XML returned by the ECP endpoint "query/r2d2-bitmaps"](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/typo-in-the-xml-returned-by-the-ecp-endpoint-query-r2d2-bitmaps/11487)

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**Author:** [@marcelo\_cabral](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/marcelo_cabral)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2026, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/typo-in-the-xml-returned-by-the-ecp-endpoint-query-r2d2-bitmaps/11487 "2026-06-30T01:50:43Z")

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There is a typo in the XML returned by the ECP endpoint query/r2d2-bitmaps

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## [Possible HLS exit bug](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/possible-hls-exit-bug/11447)

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**Author:** [@LittleNicky](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/LittleNicky)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/possible-hls-exit-bug/11447 "2026-06-05T15:17:34Z")

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Post: Nils Thingvall \[8:10 AM) link to the Slack I have an HLS stream with widevine DRM that plays fine. However, when I exit the player and call m.player.control = "stop" , execution stops on that line and the app c…

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## [BUG: Unit Test Framework - Component naming](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/bug-unit-test-framework-component-naming/9590)

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**Author:** [@andrewriver](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/andrewriver)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/bug-unit-test-framework-component-naming/9590 "2020-10-23T15:45:01Z")

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When you have 2 or more components which names start similar (same prefix) there is a log error that warns about the test execution. Example: Let’s say I have 2 scenegraph components: MainComponent and MainComponentIte…
