It's very handy to see unapproved comment count in toolbar under Content -> Comments -> Unaproved comments (X), but this number updates rather.. rarely.

If new comment is posted, this count will update only after when Drupal caches are cleared or administrator re-logins into site.

I've tested it in clean new Drupal installation using Firefox 32.0.3. I login as administrator, and at the same time, inside Firefox private browsing mode, I create new comment using anonymous user. Then, after comment is saved and queued, administrator reloads page and "Unapproved comments" stays the same (it might be 0 or 1 or whatever old value).

Even if I open comment approval page, with that one new comment, Toolbar menu item still shows old value. See screenshot attached.

CommentFileSizeAuthor
#4 admin_menu-refresh_comment_count-2345869-4.patch967 bytesLukas von Blarer
#3 admin_menu-refresh_comment_count-2345869-3.patch754 byteszendka
admin_menu_toolbar_unaproved_comments.png37.89 KBTalkless
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Talkless CreditAttribution: Talkless commented
Title: Unapproved comment count does not update on page reload » Unapproved comment count in toolbar does not update on page reload
sumthief’s picture

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As quick solution you can implement hook_comment_presasve where you'll force rebuild menu cache:

/**
 * Implements hook_comment_presave().
 */
function YOURMODULE_comment_presave(&$comment) {
  menu_cache_clear_all();
}
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zendka CreditAttribution: zendka as a volunteer commented
Version: 7.x-3.0-rc4 » 7.x-3.x-dev
Status: Active » Needs review
FileSize
admin_menu-refresh_comment_count-2345869-3.patch754 bytes

I added a patch that flushes the admin menu cache whenever a comment is added or updated.

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CreditAttribution: Lukas von Blarer at ATTRIBUTE commented
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admin_menu-refresh_comment_count-2345869-4.patch967 bytes

Caches need to be cleared when comments are deleted as well.

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Chris Matthews CreditAttribution: Chris Matthews commented
Component: User interface » Code
Status: Needs review » Reviewed & tested by the community

Even though the patch in #4 is about a year old it still applies cleanly to 7.x-3.x-dev and fixes this issue for me. Changing the status to RTBC in hopes this gets committed before the next 7.x release, be it -rc7 or 7.x-3.0.

  • truls1502 committed 30dc447 on 7.x-3.x 
    Issue #2345869 by Lukas von Blarer, zendka, Talkless: Unapproved comment...
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Primary language Norwegian Bokmål
CreditAttribution: truls1502 as a volunteer and at SignWo AS commented
Status: Reviewed & tested by the community » Fixed

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.