RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
f-droid android client no longer connects to server
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Description
Description:
Steps to reproduce:
- install rocket.chat from f-droid
- Start application
- try to sign in on a server
Expected behavior:
When clicking 'connect to server' and you enter your home server or when opening the 'open.rocket.chat' one to get a login prompt for your account information
Actual behavior:
you get the three dots that get bigger/smaller for waiting, and it just keeps on going


Server Setup Information:
- Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 5.3.2 and 5.3.3
- Operating System: Debian/Cloudron
- Deployment Method: docker
- Number of Running Instances: 1
- DB Replicaset Oplog: unknown
- NodeJS Version: unknown
- MongoDB Version: unknown
Client Setup Information
- Desktop App or Browser Version: 3.5.1.2077
- Operating System: Android / LineageOS 17.1
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Research direction
No source files, tests, or code entry points are identified in the issue. Start by reproducing the sign-in flow on the listed Android and server versions and collect client and server logs; done means the F-Droid Android client reaches the server login prompt instead of waiting indefinitely.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100