Game mysteriously ended while I was mid-turn

[vinay]

I think there must have been some sort of synchronization issue on game #161608998. I was mid-turn when suddenly a screen popped up saying "the game has ended." None of the game-end conditions had been met - there weren't 3 empty piles and the provs were not out, and my turn was not even over. The screen that came next said "you lose" but it had the cards and score from the previous game

[Ingix]

Some people have reported that they get resigned mid-game, apparently they were somehow in 2 games at once. But if it just said that the game ended, that seems to be something different.

[dane]

I might be able to shed some light on one way that people might be able to get into two games...

Having played three games today, I had a look at the leaderboard.  When I returned to Automatch, I saw the message 'Internal error'.  Nonetheless I clicked on 'Start search'.  Nothing seemed to happen.  On the assumption that that was a consequence of the internal error, I logged out and back in.  Aware that some people had been mysteriously getting into two games, I decided to take at Tables, where I found that I was the host of a running game!  I joined the table as a spectator, where I discovered that there now was no host, just an opponent, who almost immediately left the table, though I've no idea whether that was voluntarily or not.  I also have no idea whether that 'game' was scored or not.  Maybe I'll use dombot to find out, though I hate Discord so I'm disinclined to do so.  I then went back to Automatch, successfully found an opponent, and played just one more game.

I suspect that a wise precaution might be to log out if one gets the 'Internal error' message.