The review queue is empty, but a red dot is displayed:
I have not skipped any questions in last couple of weeks. So skipped questions cannot be a reason.
I have not reached the limit of 20 answers per day. So this is also not the reason.
There are many similar questions to mine. Here are just a few examples:
- https://physics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10381/what-does-the-red-circle-mean-next-to-a-review-queue
- https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/355233/when-i-look-at-the-review-icon-i-see-red
- https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/358151/is-there-an-issue-with-the-review-queue-indicator-today
Some of the answers like this say that it was resolved. But the problem still persists. And this is not a one time problem. Today, over 6 hours and multiple logins, the red dot is permanently displayed even if the queue "Close Votes" is empty.
If the red dot is useless, why displaying it at all?