Blendkit bug: Rating option is missing for add-ons

[pacosalasv]

Bug Description

When I open add-ons published by other creators, I cannot find any option to rate them.

I tested several different add-ons from different creators, but the Rate button or any other rating control does not appear on the add-on page.

I am reporting this because I was recently informed that add-on scores are based on ratings submitted by actual users. However, I currently cannot find a way to submit a rating for an add-on.

Steps to reproduce

1. Open BlenderKit.
2. Browse or search for an add-on published by another creator.
3. Open the add-on details/page.
4. Look for the option to rate the add-on.

Actual behavior

There is no Rate button, star-rating control, or other visible option that allows the user to submit a rating for the add-on.

I tested this with multiple add-ons from other creators and observed the same behavior.

Expected behavior

If add-ons support user ratings, a rating control should be available so users can submit their rating, similar to other asset types that support ratings.

Alternatively, if add-on ratings are intentionally not currently available, clarification would be useful because add-on scores are described as being based on real user ratings.

I have attached screenshots showing examples where the rating option is not present.

Additional Information

Environment Information - Bug happens on:

• BlenderKit version: v3.21.0.260628
• Blender version: v5.2.0 LTS
• Python version: 3.13.13
• Operating system & architecture: Windows 11 (AMD64)
• Proxy setting: SYSTEM
• BlenderKit type: Legacy (User)

Additional observations

• The issue has been reproduced with multiple add-ons from different creators.
• The rating control appears to be completely absent rather than disabled.
• No error message is displayed.
• The problem is specifically related to rating add-ons.
• Screenshots showing the missing rating option are attached.

Error Logs

No Blender error or crash is produced when reproducing the missing add-on rating issue.

This appears to be a UI/feature availability issue: the rating control is not displayed for add-ons, and no related error message is shown.

Additionally, I encountered a separate issue with the GitHub bug report form itself:

• The Bug Description field does not allow me to enter text normally.
• As soon as I start typing, the field resets and the entered text disappears.
• I reproduced this behavior in multiple web browsers with the same result.
• Because of this, I had to place the complete bug description and reproduction details in the Additional Information section instead.

No browser error message was displayed when this occurred.

[agajdosi]

Hello @pacosalasv, thank you for a very detailed bug report, very appreciated! AFAIK option to rate the add-ons should be there. We will add it in upcoming releases.

Regarding the problem with issue template... I was not able to reproduce the problem. Was it on the URL opened from the add-on, or via Github UI (blenderkit repo -> (issues) -> new issue)?

[pacosalasv]

Thank you very much for the support and for the quick response. I really appreciate it.

Regarding the issue with the GitHub bug report form, I was able to reproduce it consistently when opening the GitHub issue page directly from the Support / Report a Bug button in the BlenderKit add-on inside Blender.

I have attached a short video showing the behavior. As additional information, I am using Brave, which is a Chromium-based browser.

I hope the video helps clarify what is happening with the Bug Description field and makes the issue easier to reproduce.

Thank you again for the support and for confirming that the add-on rating option should be available and will be added in an upcoming release.

2026-08-21_06h57_27.mp4

[agajdosi]

Hey @pacosalasv, the add-ons are not ratable by design. I have added an information to the add-ons popup, which clarifies the situation, and asks users to post their feedback via comments.

[agajdosi]

@pacosalasv I have been able to reproduce your problem with the bug report. Crazy. Seems like the GH frontend periodically updates the description content from the URL query parameter, where it is pre-defined by the add-on. As result the user is not able to fill the description field, because it is overwritten every few seconds. Interestingly the title query parameter is not affected even though it is also predefined in query parameter.

For next release we are already using an issue template which separates the prefilled texts from the description fields, so this should be fixed in next release.

[pacosalasv]

@Tweekazoid / @agajdosi

Thank you both for the clarification and for looking into this. I really appreciate the follow-up, including the fix planned for the report form.

I’ve sent a short follow-up to the BlenderKit team via email, as I still have one question about how the current add-on rating implementation relates to Fair Share.

Thanks again for your help and for all the work you do!