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Engineers are currently investigating the issue.
Description
When "One Question at a Time" is enabled and "Allow Backtracking" is disabled, media files with an instfs_id and access_token show a "Refused to Connect" error for students.
Expected Behavior
Media files should load for all users.
Workaround
Disable “One question at a time” option or enable “One question at a time” option and Allow Backtracking.
Steps to Reproduce
Prerequisites: A new course with new quizzes enabled.
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Create a new quiz with questions where you have a video or audio file uploaded from your computer or recorded in browser using upload/record.
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Wait for the background job which converts links to inst-fs style links to update the media_attachments_iframe link in the iframe to add the instfs_id and access_token parameters to the link.
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Under quiz settings.
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enable "One Question at a Time"
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disable Allow Backtracking.
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Act as student or use preview.
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Notice that audio and video file return 'Refused to Connect' error
Additional Info
QUIZ-15553
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