BUG - Thru Selection in certain Flexi states broken in 3.2.9

Question

When in Flexi Manual/In Use/Active 
 Channel 1 thru 4 Enter 
 Next (ie Chan 1) - @50 Enter - Next - loses the channel selection. Should keep the original selection and advance to the next channel of that range. 
 This seems to have appeared in Release 3.2.

eos moderator · Answer

I can see this behavior, but that's been around since at least 2.6. 
 To make sure we're speaking about the same thing, this is my reproducer from a new showfile: 
 
 Patch: Chan 1 Thru 4 At 1 Enter 
 Live: 2 Full Full 
 Record Cue 1 Enter 
 Flexi Active (now you only have channel 2) 
 1 Thru 4 Enter 
 Next At 5 Enter 
 Next 
 
 The last Next is where the console re-evaluates the selection and because channel 1 is now active as well, the Thru rules produce a different selection now. 
 Is this the issue you're seeing?

eos moderator · Answer

No, that's not a bug, of course you can select channels that are not in your current Flexi. The manual says: 
 "[Thru] can be used to view only channels in the current flexi state (except for selected channels) as long as either the first or last channel in the [Thru] range is included in the current flexi state. To include channels not in the current flexi state, [Thru] [Thru] can be used."

eos moderator · Answer

Thank you for your reproducer, I will test your case as soon as I'm back in the office.

eos moderator · Answer

IMO the quoted text doesn't mention Warren's specific case. The surprise seems to be that when using Next/Last the selection is re-evaluated rather than keeping the original selection with regards to its Thru/Flexi meaning.

eos moderator · Answer

Thank you for this reproducer that'a s bit simpler than mine. 
 I checked with 2.6.4, 2.9.3 and 3.2.8, and this always behaves the same. 
 I do agree that it feels unexpected. I'll raise this question with product management and will make sure that it's not about the Flexi/Thru rules in general, but about the re-evaluation when Next/Last-ing through a selection.

eos moderator · Answer

This is now written up: 
 [EOS-56051] Flexi: Thru commands should not remove the channel selection