Fix the Jail Purgatory Glitch

[ShankNinja 801]

Description: Currently, the jail system doesn't release people consistently and instead leaves them in a semi-permanent purgatory. 
These players are NOT able to use /report to get staff assistance either, and must resort to begging in OOC for a bail or a staff member to help.

Reasoning: This would allow people to only be jailed for the max amount of time and not need to break roleplay to ask for help in OOC.

Additional Information: 
Just one example of an AFK person who has been in jail for nearly three hours:

 

I have heard that this might be on the development list, but since it's been a glitch ever since the update that changed the jail system I think it could use a bit of a prioritization, perhaps be put onto the trello, or maybe an update on when we might expect this to be fixed.

Either way, it doesn't look good for new players that might be wondering why they're in jail for 15 minutes, and I thought after seeing this ridiculous jail time today that it might need a forum post to push it along.

Edited August 5, 2021 by ShankNinja
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[Jbhh 365]

At least allow reports to be filed until a more concrete fix is applied.

[Ba11ParkFrank41 223]

+1 It needs to be fixed because even PD jobs have to break role play because people would be saying I'm going negative in their timer. As well as people are using that as a lie to get out of jail as well. So this needs to be fixed I agree.

[Nutter 15,168]

@time Do you think you could go over my code later today? I unfortunately can't find an issue that would cause this to happen

[time 315]

1 hour ago, Nutter said:

@time Do you think you could go over my code later today? I unfortunately can't find an issue that would cause this to happen

Sure! I'm finally catching a break from work. Sorry I haven't been available all week.

[Nutter 15,168]

52 minutes ago, time said:

Sure! I'm finally catching a break from work. Sorry I haven't been available all week.

You played CS:GO with me all week, what are you talking about 

[Clicher 646]

2 minutes ago, Nutter said:

You played CS:GO with me all week, what are you talking about 

Maybe he just hates CS:GO

[time 315]

2 minutes ago, Nutter said:

You played CS:GO with me all week, what are you talking about 

Shh. I last remember playing CS with you on Sunday.

[Nutter 15,168]

Just now, time said:

Shh. I last remember playing CS with you on Sunday.

can we play now?

 

[time 315]

1 minute ago, Nutter said:

can we play now?

 

At 5 PM EST or later.

[Nutter 15,168]

1 hour ago, time said:

At 5 PM EST or later.

5PM EST is ok

[McDonaldsMochaFrappe 75]

18 hours ago, Nutter said:

5PM EST is ok

I saw u active on Among us. Let’s get it

[time 315]

On 8/5/2021 at 12:15 PM, ShankNinja said:

Description: Currently, the jail system doesn't release people consistently and instead leaves them in a semi-permanent purgatory. 
These players are NOT able to use /report to get staff assistance either, and must resort to begging in OOC for a bail or a staff member to help.

Reasoning: This would allow people to only be jailed for the max amount of time and not need to break roleplay to ask for help in OOC.

Additional Information: 
Just one example of an AFK person who has been in jail for nearly three hours:

 

I have heard that this might be on the development list, but since it's been a glitch ever since the update that changed the jail system I think it could use a bit of a prioritization, perhaps be put onto the trello, or maybe an update on when we might expect this to be fixed.

Either way, it doesn't look good for new players that might be wondering why they're in jail for 15 minutes, and I thought after seeing this ridiculous jail time today that it might need a forum post to push it along.

I'm unable to reproduce the bug, both on the main server and the test server. Do you have exact steps that can glitch a person into staying permanently jailed?

Edited August 6, 2021 by time

[Ba11ParkFrank41 223]

2 minutes ago, time said:

Do you have exact steps that can glitch a person into staying permanently jailed?

this happens in certain occasions where a random person would be arrested idk if its the job or the person or if its by random but to the best of my knowledge you can't put yourself in the bug.

[ShankNinja 801]

34 minutes ago, time said:

I'm unable to reproduce the bug, both on the main server and the test server. Do you have exact steps that can glitch a person into staying permanently jailed?

Unfortunately not, although it seems to happen at the same times (as in, once I see someone saying they're stuck I see it pop up quite a bit from then on) and I am thinking it's usually during lockdowns, although if that's a lockdown bug or if that just happens to jail more people than normal which increases the sample size, I'm not sure.