Cannot download full old version of an OSM object

[skyper]

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. start program with option ​https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/way/[id]/[version] or ​https://www.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/way/[id]/[version]

or

1. use the "open location" command with above urls

What is the expected result?

(The mentioned version of) the way is downloaded, with its child nodes and rendered.

What happens instead?

The way is downloaded, with its child nodes and nothing is rendered nor selectable.
If you update data the data is rendered but always the last version.

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What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Open download dialog and choose bbox tab
2. paste/enter api url from above

What is the expected result?

(The mentioned version of) the way is downloaded, with its child nodes and rendered.

What happens instead?

Some nearby bbox is completely downloaded.

Please provide any additional information below. Attach a screenshot if possible.

api.osm or www.osm does not matter.
Both did work in previous versions (see #8946) but I did not use it lately.
Was a nice feature to look at older versions.

URL:https://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk
Repository:UUID: 0c6e7542-c601-0410-84e7-c038aed88b3b
Last:Changed Date: 2019-07-03 23:41:23 +0200 (Wed, 03 Jul 2019)
Build-Date:2019-07-04 01:30:58
Revision:15203
Relative:URL: ^/trunk

Program arguments: [https://www.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/way/4537948]

Last errors/warnings:
- W: No configuration settings found.  Using hardcoded default values for all pools.

[skyper]

Replying to Don-vip:

Full old version was never supported but would be a feature (needs at least undelete plugin.)

What was working, though, was to directly download objects from api. See wiki:Help/Action/OpenLocation#OSMdata

[Don-vip]

It still works. But when you download a way like this you don't get its nodes.

[skyper]

Replying to Don-vip:

It still works. But when you download a way like this you don't get its nodes.

with ​https://www.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/way/4537948
Info on the layer panes tells me one way and two nodes and there is no data inconsistency. I cannot select anything though. At least the Info is wrong as I have not downloaded the nodes.

[stoecker]

If you append /full you also download the nodes.

Thought it seems API does not support /full combined with an old version.

[skyper]

Thought not rendering incomplete ways (and deleted objects) at all was a good idea, years ago, but now I find some problems:

• see #17916 for deleted objects
• see #17917 for incorrect data layer info (which did irritate me the most with this ticket).
• see #17919 incomplete ways are not selectable.
• this ticket as it is only a problem with ways. Everything seems to work fine with nodes and relations.

[GerdP]

Maybe this helps? The overpass api allows to download "attic" data, see ​https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Overpass_QL#date