[Bug] "Phantom" portals
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There are multiple reports about, let's call them so, "phantom" portals appearing in scanner map during playing.
So let's say there are a few "real" portals on the map. Suddenly one or more "fake" portals appear on the map along with "real" ones. They can be in range of player as well as out of range. They are always faction aligned, although they have not a single resonator on them visually. Taps and gestures on them do nothing.
On the screenshot below, 3 portals closest to the player are "phantom", non-interactive, fake ones.
For me they started appearing in 2.51, I haven't seen them before. I got them and agents from my community got them too. A fix would be appreciated.
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Was charging while on speed ban and it spawned numerous phtantom portals, all marked in red aren't real.
Same here, red aren't real
Near that portal: https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=55.854596,37.610315&z=17&pll=55.854596,37.610315
I hope niantic confirms why some agents see ghost portals on map soon.
Upper right blue is fake. BTW this issue is old somehow. It's regular for me. Nearby portal link (but I'm sure it's a client only issue and it's not needed):
https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=54.72586,20.552365&z=16&pll=54.72586,20.552365
I'm seeing this all over today. The two unlinked portals.
In my case the phantom portal was at the exact location of a previously removed portal (one that I reported actually).
I got them last night when walking. (glyphing, reycling, and recharging a few portals). 2 were green, 11 were blue (13 total). They showed up after I exited the manage xmps screen. Couldn't tap on them to select them. Only a close/restart of the app resolved the issue.
If anything, this makes me miss the old button we used to have that would do a force sync between the client and the server. Would be a great "parity" feature to have back in the Prime client. Syncing between client and server shouldn't have to be a complete restart of the application.
Both of these are fake.
Same here have them all over. The two next tom my icon below and beneath are ghost portals.