Navigating to disabled profiles causes UI to load indefinitely

[alexram1313]

When a profile is disabled, entering the profile URL into the address bar intuitively returns a 404 error page.

However, while using Pony.fm, navigating via a link to a disabled profile causes the loading UI to remain on screen indefinitely despite the API call returning a 404 status code until the user navigates to a different page.

In this example, clicking on the link to The Living Tombstone's profile while on site displays the loading UI only for it to not be automatically hidden.

[BCafGun]

The same happened with my profile (Night Blaze) ~2 years ago and still persists
(#226)
But it wasn't disabled (or I'm missing something?)

[jnharton]

Any chance this will get fixed, maybe sometime this year?

[alexram1313]

Some investigation work was finally able to be done. It turns out the root cause of this specific issue was a data issue where the profiles aren't actually disabled but were being missed somehow. A mitigation strategy is now in place.

I'll leave the issue open as improving on the indefinite loading is still a relevant action item.