Newly created branch not visible in "Switch branches" dropdown in create branch modal

[SajidMujawar03]

🏷️ Discussion Type

Bug

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When creating a new branch via the "New branch" modal, the branch is successfully created. However, if I close the modal and reopen it, the newly created branch does not appear in the "Switch branches" search dropdown.

Steps to reproduce:

Go to repository branches page
1. Click "New branch"

Create a branch (e.g., "branch")
Close the modal

Open "New branch" again
Search for the created branch in "Switch branches"

Expected behavior:
The newly created branch should appear in the dropdown search.

Actual behavior:
It shows "Nothing to show" even though the branch exists and is visible in the branch list below.

Workaround:
Refreshing the page makes the branch appear.

Environment:
Browser: Chrome
OS: Windows

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[Arsany-Osama]

This doesn’t look like a backend bug, but rather a UI caching issue.

The branch is actually created successfully (since it appears in the branch list), but the “Switch branches” dropdown inside the modal seems to be working with a cached snapshot and doesn’t refresh after creating a new branch.

The fact that a full page refresh makes the branch appear supports this — it suggests the modal isn’t re-fetching updated branch data.

You could also verify this by:

checking the branch via git fetch locally
or opening the branch directly via URL

So the behavior is real, but it’s more of a frontend refresh/state issue than a functional bug with branch creation itself.

[SajidMujawar03]

Yes I Tested that, the branch is visible on the page but not in the modal

[Arsany-Osama]

Since the branch is visible on the page but not in the modal, this clearly points to a frontend state/caching issue in the modal, not a problem with branch creation itself.

It looks like the “Switch branches” dropdown is using a cached list of branches and isn’t re-fetching or updating after a new branch is created. That’s why it only appears after a full page refresh.

So this seems like a legitimate UI bug where the modal should refresh its branch list after creating a branch or when reopening it.