Changes made in the lab do not always auto-save

[CKrawczyk]

Expected behavior

Changing the text for a task should auto-save when focus leaves the text box.

Current behavior

Changes are not always saved even though the "green" shadow indicates no errors happen.

Steps to replicate

1. Create a new task for a workflow (e.g. a single task)
2. change any of the text on the task
3. refresh the page

Additional information

There is a warning in the console about the GenericTaskEditor that may be related:
Warning: GenericTaskEditor is changing a controlled input of type checkbox to be uncontrolled.

• Operating system:
  macOS 10.12.2
• Browser:
  Firefox 51.0
  Chrome 55.0.2883.95

[eatyourgreens]

Related: an explanation of controlled components in React.

[srallen]

Related to #2895

[CKrawczyk]

Just a quick note, the same thing happens when using the python client directly on the API. This is looking like a back-end issues.

[camallen]

fancy opening a backend issue with request / response URL's, status, body, etc?

[CKrawczyk]

Here is the backend issues for this: zooniverse/panoptes#2212

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This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[stale]

Closed by probot-stale due to a lack of recent activity. Please feel free to re-open if you wish to take on this change.