weird comping problem

strange (but good): no problem editing the next project of the same template ... yet, I can open that one weird project and get this issue at every comp which reduces a clip length ...

Another editing session and my bug reported above again did not show, so I can't give a recipe for reproducing it (other than opening that particular project and do any comp in there).
 

DLindholm1
Maybe dragging a clip to another take is something you shouldn't do but doesn't seem that radical to me.

Yeah, moving/copying clips to different takes was very questionable especially if it involved group clips. It did improve with some update this summer, but I'm really hoping that one of the last remaining rolling update enhancements will take care of that (as that should include extensive comping testing and cleaning up known issues)

Take Management & Comping Enhancements

Managing Takes is getting a makeover. By targeting the key points of friction, both Comping and Take Management are being simplified, tightened, and streamlined so they can reach their full potential.
 
 

DLindholm1
Since this song is not highly rhythmical, the vocal takes do not perfectly line up.   So I need to move some words slightly earlier or later and it's not working well.  

 
On vocals I usually do all comping/take selection first and not do timing corrections at the same time i.e. I go first after the best performance, knowing I can do (small) timing adjustments later. When done, I use "flatten comp" to bounce the clips to one file, clone track, archive one and move to backup track folder. The other clone I use for final timing edits i.e. I delete all takes lanes apart from the flattened comp, unlock it, split it when I need a timing fix, and then nudge the clips into place. This has always worked fine for me. At that time I usually have a concept of how the vocal sounds and sits in the mix, but no automation fine tuning; hence, I can't comment on how this works against existing automation lanes.

The small gap at the end of the split has been around for a while. I logged it as a bug a while ago and they said they could reproduce it.  I have not seen it happen as much lately but I always check after moving a slip point.

another potential bug that I forgot about earlier... when I loop record, it adds a split to all takes right where I stop recording.  I don't see any benefits from that.  Guess I should learn how to be a one take singer.