Tickets menu on Changeset pages redirects to make core/reports/ page instead of opening tickets menu

[hbhalodia]

While browsing WordPress Core Trac, specifically on a changeset page such as:

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/<id>

Clicking on the “Tickets” menu item in the top navigation does not open the expected Trac overlay/dropdown menu. Instead, it redirects the user to:

​https://make.wordpress.org/core/reports/

This behavior is inconsistent with the navigation pattern on other Core Trac pages, where clicking “Tickets” opens the overlay menu allowing users to select options such as:

1. Latest Tickets
2. Active Tickets
3. Create a Ticket .. etc

Steps to Reproduce:

Go to any changeset page on Core Trac (e.g., /changeset/<id>).

Click on the “Tickets” menu item in the top navigation.

Observe that it redirects to the Make/Core reports page instead of opening the Trac overlay menu.

Expected Behavior:

When clicking the “Tickets” menu item on a changeset page, it should behave consistently with other Core Trac pages and open the Trac overlay/dropdown menu, allowing users to choose their preferred ticket view.

Actual Behavior:

The link redirects to ​https://make.wordpress.org/core/reports/, breaking navigation consistency within Core Trac.

Impact:

Inconsistent navigation experience across Core Trac. Breaks user expectations when switching between changesets and ticket views.

PS: Used AI model to create a description and Subject line of the ticket. Also, was not having an idea where to report this, so created a trac ticket. I would be happy to create it on other place, where this should actually be.

Demo Screencast - ​https://app.godam.io/web/video/bgdmm5pkgf

[sabernhardt]

This report belongs on ​Meta Trac, under the Trac component.

The behavior is inconsistent, but overriding the link semantics to bring content from the target page into the current page should be more unexpected than a link acting as a link on the changeset pages. (The script is in ​wp-trac.js.)

[hbhalodia]

Thanks @sabernhardt, I will go ahead and open the ticket in Meta Trac. Will check what's the process to contribute and will add the patch for the same as per suggestion.

Once created, I will close the ticket with the meta trac link.

[hbhalodia]

• Created ticket on Meta Trac - ​https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8183. Closing the core trac ticket.