# Acts\_as\_list long standing before\_destroy bug

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-list-long-standing-before-destroy-bug/182935>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 5, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-list-long-standing-before-destroy-bug/182935 "2010-02-05T00:15:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-list-long-standing-before-destroy-bug/182935/1 "2010-02-05T00:15:40Z")

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Just a comment: It took me hours to figure out that acts\_as\_list is  
the culprit of an erratic behaviour in my model (I am still a newb).  
My model changes some other model before\_save. Upon destroy, those  
changes seem to be reversed by acts\_as\_list. I applied this patch:  
[http://railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=20558](http://railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=20558) . The problem is  
solved. I just don’t know why the patch has not been applied to  
[GitHub - rails/acts\_as\_list: NOTICE: official repository moved to https://github.com/swanandp/acts\_as\_list](http://github.com/rails/acts_as_list) .