Asynchronous messages in sequence diagrams not supported

[maxmar391]

Asynchronous messages in sequence diagrams not supported

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Thank you for your contribution! This is very appreciated.

[fralau]

@maxmar391 Thanks!

As a first step, could you try to specify the library version expected (in your config file) and see what happens?

[maxmar391]

So far, I have not specified the library version in the config file.

I have specified the version in the config file an the following happens:

When specifying version 8.6.4 (as in the code snippet on the website), the result is the same. The diagram is not rendered. Instead there is the syntax error message displayed, this time just with the version number 8.6.4.

When specifying version 8.9.0 (one minor version higher), the diagram is successfully rendered, no error message.

When specifying version 8.11.4 (the version currently used by the mermaid online editor), the diagram is successfully rendered.

When specifying version 8.12.1 (the latest version of mermaid), the diagram is also successfully rendered.

So I believe the asynchronous message was introduced perhaps with mermaid version 8.9.0.
I am still confused, because I tried to specify the version last week and I got the error message when trying out 8.12.1. Maybe something else went wrong there...

I hope this is still a good learning for you, besides making such a fuss about what seems an easy fix.

[fralau]

Not problem at all: you just provided us some good testing and documentation, thanks!

I marked this issue as "useful tip" 👍

If this is OK to you, just close the issue.