Invisible Friend Request

[Noctus Silvet]

I have a red pending friend request bubble that I can see in the chat window. However, when I click on it, no one appears and no pending player request displays in the chat window or my friend list. This started happening when I added someone new yesterday, and can see them on my friend's list, but the red bubble is not going away:
request by Terrance, on Flickr

Thanks in advance.

[Penny Team-SV]

Noctus, have you checked the 'My Friends' tab in the Me panel to double check you do not have any pending friend requests which may be displayed there?

[Noctus Silvet]

Hi Penny, yes, in 'My Friends' there appears to be no pending requests. I am thinking they may not have added me back, because the player's name appears not in alphabetical order in my friend's list. However, it doesn't explain the permanent red bubble in my chat (it's still there) and seeing the new chat request message every time I enter a space. I'll send some more screenshots:
request1 by Terrance, on Flickr

In the meantime, I think I may just remove them and see if the bubble goes away because I find the red bubble too distracting/misleading, especially, because there's no active request incoming that I can see and every time I log in I am getting the same notification. If the bubble doesn't go away after I remove them, I'll follow up.

Thank you for your assistance.

[Noctus Silvet]

Update. After I removed the player from my friend list, their friend request appeared in the chat box.
Screenshot:
request3 by Terrance, on Flickr

Intuitively, I think most players wouldn't think to remove someone they added when encountering this issue. If it happens to anyone else, try removing people you recently added and see if the request comes in.

Thank you.

[Penny Team-SV]

Thank you for providing an update and the resolution. I had wondered if it was indicating an outgoing friendship request as you described.