element-hq / element-hq/element-call
Element Call: Poor call performance
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
### Steps to reproduce
it appears as though I'm in the call and connected but other participants don't hear or see me. Screen shares video feeds are also out of sync/lag. Leaving and rejoining the call sometimes fixes.
I don't think it's a network issue as calling on other apps work.
1. Where are you starting? What can you see?
2. What do you click?
Join an Element call and use as normal.
### Outcome
#### What did you expect?
For my audio/video feed to go through.
#### What happened instead?
It looked like it was fine on my end but wasn't going through.
- I also joined the call on a second device to check if it wasn't just the other participants' connection.
### Additional Context
There was also a disconnected from server messages. And Key storage was automatically turned off.
### Operating system
Linux Mint
### Application version
Element Nightly version: 2026082501
### How did you install the app?
element.io/get-started
### Homeserver
matrix.org
### Will you send logs?
Yes
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing a call on Linux Mint with Element Nightly 2026082501, then review the logs the reporter offered and correlate the missing audio/video, screen-share lag, server disconnects, and key-storage change. Done means participants consistently receive the reporter’s audio and video and screen shares stay synchronized without requiring a leave-and-rejoin.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100