TelegramMessenger / TelegramMessenger/Telegram-iOS
Links like https://t.me/@id123456 are not treated as deep links anymore
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Description
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- I am reporting an issue in existing functionality that does not work as intended
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Description
Links in Telegram's added contacts (https://t.me/@id123456) are not working as intended.
Expected Behavior
Open Telegram (without "browser" step) and navigate to user with id from link.
Actual Behavior
Link just opens in browser and redirects to main page (https://telegram.org)
Steps to Reproduce
- Open any contact (in Telegram) that you don't have in your contact list.
- Add it as a contact.
- Navigate to iPhone's contact list and find newly added contact
- Locate url with contact's id and tap
Environment
Device: iPhone 11 Pro
iOS version: 14.1
App version: 7.1.2 (18053)
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
Start by reproducing the contact-list URL flow described in the issue on the stated iPhone and iOS versions. Trace the app's handling of https://t.me/@id123456 links and compare it with the expected deep-link behavior. Done means tapping the contact URL opens Telegram directly and navigates to the user identified by the link.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- swift
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100