RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
Impossible to delete a quote from a message
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feat: message
type: bug
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Description:
Impossible to delete a quote from a message when you edit it.
Server Setup Information:
- Version of Rocket.Chat Server: Demo.rocket.chat (and our on premise on 0.55)
Steps to Reproduce:
- Add a message in a channel
- Reply to it or quote it
- Edit the last message to make the quote disappear : the quote is still there
Expected behavior:
When you edit a message, you should be able to remove the quote.
Actual behavior:
It is impossible to remove a quote (from a quoted message or a reply)

Even though the quote is not in the edit area (no "[]URL..." appears), the quote is still in the chat area.
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 problem by creating a quoted or replied-to message, editing it, and removing the quote content. Trace the message editing and quote display paths to find why the old quote remains; done means the quote disappears from the chat after saving the edit.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100