Fix: phantom "New posts 99+" banner from scheduled posts

Hey Pickful community,

We fixed a sneaky bug in the feed’s new-post banner.

Fix: phantom “New posts 99+” banner from scheduled posts

Some of you noticed the “new posts” banner occasionally firing with a 99+ count when nothing new had actually arrived.

Here’s what was happening: scheduled posts are created in the database when queued, giving them a low ID. When they go live, their published_at is reset to now — pushing them to the top of the feed while still carrying that old ID. The banner used the top post’s ID as its watermark, which made almost every subsequent post look “new.”

Fix: the watermark now uses the maximum ID on the page, not the top post’s ID. A low-ID scheduled post at the top no longer drags the watermark down.

This fix is live on Web, iOS, and Android — no app update required.

Pickful Team
Jul 3