element-hq / element-hq/element-call

Screensharing with audio will sometimes not stop sharing when the screenshare is stopped

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O-Occasional T-Defect
Dominant language
TypeScript
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Description

### Steps to reproduce

Join a call
Screenshare a window with audio
End the screenshare (possibly only via closing the window being shared?)

### Outcome

#### What did you expect?
The audio would stop being shared
#### What happened instead?
After the stream was stopped the audio kept being shared until rejoining the call

### Operating system

Windows & Linux

### Browser information

_No response_

### URL for webapp

_No response_

### Will you send logs?

No

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue on Windows or Linux by sharing a window with audio, then stopping the share or closing the shared window. Trace the screenshare stop lifecycle and verify that the shared audio also stops without requiring the user to rejoin the call.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
audio-video-rtc
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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