New Issue email notification, but can not see issue in repository #1955

derReparierer commented 2025年05月29日 08:28:36 +02:00

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i regularly receive email notifications, that someone has opened a new issue, e.g. this one:
grafik

When trying to answer this issues (or mark them as resolved after a fix), i am not able to see the issue anymore on codeberg. The issue list is empty, the view on codeberg link in the email runs into Page not Found. Even as logged in user. Also tried on another device and another browser. Here are some Page not Found examples:
derReparierer/derReparierer#6
derReparierer/derReparierer#7
derReparierer/derReparierer#8

In the past, there have been some issues as my user name contains case sensitive characters (Codeberg-CI/feedback#221). Could it be, that there is a similar problem? Or is this related to any other problem?

corresponding repository: https://codeberg.org/derReparierer/derReparierer

### Comment i regularly receive email notifications, that someone has opened a new issue, e.g. this one:  When trying to answer this issues (or mark them as resolved after a fix), i am not able to see the issue anymore on codeberg. The issue list is empty, the `view on codeberg` link in the email runs into `Page not Found`. Even as logged in user. Also tried on another device and another browser. Here are some `Page not Found` examples: https://codeberg.org/derReparierer/derReparierer/issues/6 https://codeberg.org/derReparierer/derReparierer/issues/7 https://codeberg.org/derReparierer/derReparierer/issues/8 In the past, there have been some issues as my user name contains case sensitive characters (https://codeberg.org/Codeberg-CI/feedback/issues/221). Could it be, that there is a similar problem? Or is this related to any other problem? corresponding repository: https://codeberg.org/derReparierer/derReparierer

Wuzzy commented 2025年05月29日 11:07:59 +02:00

I am 90% sure this is part of a deliberate spam attack and the reported issue is a complete fake, i.e. text generated by some kind of LLM.

Codeberg (and me personally) already had the questionable pleasure with other fake issues. The text LOOKS real but if you go into the details, some things don’t really make logical sense. I just got two fake issues today again. What’s scary is that they sound more and more plausible.

Another thing that seems to give the game away (apart from logical contradictions) is the somewhat wordy moralizing or catastrophizing tone in all of those spam issues. OK, real people might act up as well, but it’s a writing style I noticed among all those fake issues. This suggests the text might be coming from the same single LLM.

Codeberg continously deletes those spam accounts and their issues (thank you, Codeberg!). So you only see the e-mail notification while the issue is already deleted.

That’s just my guess tho, this is NOT an official confirmation!

I am 90% sure this is part of a deliberate spam attack and the reported issue is a complete fake, i.e. text generated by some kind of LLM. Codeberg (and me personally) already had the questionable pleasure with other fake issues. The text LOOKS real but if you go into the details, some things don’t really make logical sense. I just got two fake issues today again. What’s scary is that they sound more and more plausible. Another thing that seems to give the game away (apart from logical contradictions) is the somewhat wordy moralizing or catastrophizing tone in all of those spam issues. OK, real people might act up as well, but it’s a writing style I noticed among all those fake issues. This suggests the text might be coming from the same single LLM. Codeberg continously deletes those spam accounts and their issues (thank you, Codeberg!). So you only see the e-mail notification while the issue is already deleted. That’s just my guess tho, this is NOT an official confirmation!

machiav3lli commented 2025年05月29日 11:54:10 +02:00

Facing the same issue on one repository. I can nevertheless agree with @Wuzzy 's guess, as the issue texts are pretty much catastrophizing and formally well structured (which is far from the usual issues we get in our communities) and seems to be aimed at demoralizing the developer with such sentences:

"I mean, it should be relatively straightforward to replicate, right?"

or

"If this issue is already known, can we please get some updates on when it might be addressed? If it's not, I insist it should be prioritized. This is a fundamental aspect of the application that needs immediate improvement."

My guess would be either that this is a spam attack or someone thinking she/he could do a study on such issues and developer responses, which is - I would say - far worse as it makes clear a failure on ethics.

Facing the same issue on one repository. I can nevertheless agree with @Wuzzy 's guess, as the issue texts are pretty much catastrophizing and formally well structured (which is far from the usual issues we get in our communities) and seems to be aimed at demoralizing the developer with such sentences: > "I mean, it should be relatively straightforward to replicate, right?" or > "If this issue is already known, can we please get some updates on when it might be addressed? If it's not, I insist it should be prioritized. This is a fundamental aspect of the application that needs immediate improvement." My guess would be either that this is a spam attack or someone thinking she/he could do a study on such issues and developer responses, which is - I would say - far worse as it makes clear a failure on ethics.

fnetX commented 2025年06月10日 00:35:03 +02:00

Especially since there were multiple issues, this was most likely related to spam attacks. We have seen them on a daily basis around the time when you reported the problem (end of May to early June).

We delete the content as soon as possible. However, there is no way to undo sent emails.

We are trying to avoid generating the email notifications in the first place.

Especially since there were multiple issues, this was most likely related to spam attacks. We have seen them on a daily basis around the time when you reported the problem (end of May to early June). We delete the content as soon as possible. However, there is no way to undo sent emails. We are trying to avoid generating the email notifications in the first place.