Last Edited: July 16th, 2026
The YaleSites team is committed to providing a reliable and user-friendly platform for the Yale community. As part of our dedication to transparency and continuous improvement, we maintain this list of known issues that our team is actively working to resolve.
This page serves as a central resource to help you understand any limitations you might encounter while using the platform. We prioritize fixes based on severity, impact on users, and alignment with our roadmap. Each issue is tracked and updated regularly to keep you informed of our progress.
| Issue | Description | Status | GitHub Issue (Internal Team Only) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quick Links – URL without https:// | Quick Links blocks using URLs without an explicit https:// prefix may fail to render the link correctly. | Coming Up | #1158 |
| White screen in Layout Builder – embed | Embedding certain content types via the Layout Builder can cause a white screen error on the edit view. | Coming Up | #1187 |
| Long URLs in link fields | Entering a very long URL in a link field can cause layout issues in the editor. | Coming Up | #619 |
| External links in navigation menus | External links added to the main navigation menu may not render the external link indicator consistently. | Coming Up | #215 |
| Event map – missing pin | The location pin on the Event map component on Event Pages and Embed blocks may not appear when the address is set. | Coming Up | #1174 |
| Content collection – item weights | Manual weight/ordering of items within a Content Collection may not persist as expected after saving. | Coming Up | #1145 |
| Max-capacity blocks throw a save error | Quick Links, Tabs, Link Grid, and Gallery blocks that are already at their maximum number of items can throw an error when re-saved, even without changes. | Coming Up | #561 |
| Document links with spaces in the filename | Relative links to documents whose filenames contain spaces can double-encode and break. | Coming Up | #683 |
| Post Views – future posts | Post Views may surface future-dated posts before their intended publish date. | Coming Up | #164 |
| Event descriptions (Localist) | Event descriptions imported from Localist may include extra <p> tags, causing unexpected spacing in the event body. | Identified | #476 |
| Gallery block – large images | Uploading very large images to a Gallery block can trigger an error. Workaround: resize images before uploading. | Identified | #998 |
| Accordion – opens on page load | In some configurations, Accordion items may appear expanded on initial page load instead of collapsed. | Identified | — |
| Page title hidden + Text block padding | When the page title is hidden, the first Text block on the page may display unexpected top padding. | Identified | — |
| Calendar List – recurring events | Recurring events may not display correctly in the Calendar List component. | Identified | #1206 |