Puzzle bug saying "Solved with Hint" when a hint was not requested

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Avatar of skierbrian2

At least twice tonight Chess.com rated puzzles has says that I have "Solved with Hint" and given negative score, even when I did not ask for a hint, and did not get the problem wrong.   The first time it happened I thought it might be user error, but not the second time.    

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This happened again today.  Lost 14 points for solved with hint that I never received.

 

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3 times.  Now.  Why am I paying for this service if my bug report goes unaddressed?

Avatar of Zachachu
Strange
Avatar of PunchboxNET

Well stop paying then.

Avatar of MidLifeCrisis_1964

I have the same problem.  This happened to me three times.  I raised an issue with chess.com but put it down to user error....

Avatar of gunce57

I also had the same problem now...was there ever any clarity on this issue?

Avatar of miguel4thewin

That sucks, sorry dude

Avatar of ironcode1
Happened to me today as well. Solved a 2384 puzzle correctly but lost 11 rating points because it claimed I used a hint (I didn't). But I did take 6:39 to solve it, so not sure if that's a factor.
Avatar of Optimissed

I found the same bug years ago, after which I did no more puzzles. I think I did 3.

It's much better to analyse your own games with the help of the analysis tool.

Avatar of Falkentyne

Are you guys using the mobile app?

If you are, the mobile app keeps updating, then it keeps acting like you've done zero tactics at all, and then gives you the solution to the very first one, but gives you the level of your current puzzles rating anyway. Then when you disable an option at the top (I think), it goes back to "normal".

I haven't seen the desktop version do shenanigans like this.

Avatar of Optimissed

laptop.

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ironcode1 wrote:
Happened to me today as well. Solved a 2384 puzzle correctly but lost 11 rating points because it claimed I used a hint (I didn't). But I did take 6:39 to solve it, so not sure if that's a factor.

It’s not really a factor, but it can be a factor on how much score you get on it. It won’t lose rating I assume.

Avatar of RideZen2

That's not okay.

Avatar of nilanjan1021
Happening to me quite regularly in last few days..lost a lot of rating due to this
Avatar of Alcaladian

Same here. It's a real disappointment. I was going to start paying Chess.com but bugs like this put me off massively.

Avatar of Rhearox24
So don’t do it