RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
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Description
Describe the bug
Posting a specific link give a huge description of this link
What operating system and which version : Windows 10 x64
Which version of Rocket.Chat (Server) 3.17.2
Which version of Rocket.Chat.Electron (Electron/Desktop)? 3.4.0
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
paste the following link : https://synzack.github.io/Blinding-EDR-On-Windows/
get a full size of link description
Expected behavior
a few lines of description only
Screenshots

Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the issue by pasting https://synzack.github.io/Blinding-EDR-On-Windows/ in Rocket.Chat Server 3.17.2 with Electron/Desktop 3.4.0 on Windows 10. Trace the link-preview handling and compare the displayed description with the expected few-line preview; done means the description no longer expands to full size.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- electron, typescript
- Domain
- desktop, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100