I don't think this should be being downvoted. I don't know if it's just my computer or connection, but I too seem to be getting new words that are not golden.

Edit: It's not in Basics 1, though, I first noticed it a little farther down the tree.

Yes; I too noticed this. Some words are flagged as they should be, but many are not. I just put it down to beta bugginess. You certainly shouldn't be being downvoted for raising it.

I am having the same issue. Sometimes I think I'm meant to know the word and feel bad hovering over it only to discover I have never learned it before. No idea why this discussion was been downvoted.

You're talking about the Russian course, right? It's because it's in beta.

I am seeing the same thing, that it is not consistent in highlighting the new words in orange.

Yes, this isn't working properly. Only some new words show in orange the first time. Some words are not showin in or age at all even though they are shown the first time in a lesson. I guess this is a mistake and someone should put a big report in.

I could be mistaken but it seems to me that the highlighting of new words doesn't seem to trigger if you have seen another conjugation of the same word. (e.g. ест wasn't highlighted, even though I'd never seen ест before, but I had seen ем. Another word in the same sentence that I'd also never seen before was highlighted though)

I noticed this, too, so it's not just you.

Same

I have the same problem but in reverse. It shows words I already know in orange...