RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
bot emote: shows text insted of emoticon (since 5.0)
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Description
Description:
When bot emotes with emoticon - on chat visible is only text.
module.exports = (robot) ->
robot.router.post '/hubot/chatsecrets/:room', (req, res) ->
robot.hear /someting/i, (res) ->
res.emote ':sunglasses:'

Steps to reproduce:
- Create hubot bot
- emote
- view effect
Expected behavior:
Graphic emoticon
Actual behavior:
Server Setup Information:
- Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 5.0
- Operating System: Debian 11.4
- Deployment Method: tar
- Number of Running Instances: 1
- MongoDB Version: 4.4
Client Setup Information
- Desktop App or Browser Version: App 3.8.7, browser
- Operating System: Windows
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue by creating a Hubot bot, calling res.emote '😎', and viewing the chat result. Trace the bot emote handling from that example and verify the fix by confirming the emoticon renders graphically instead of as text.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100