element-hq / element-hq/element-ios
Clicking on a msg for overlay sometimes errors with Cannot Open The Link
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- Swift
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Description
I’ve had this about 5 times so far:

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Research direction
The issue provides only a screenshot and describes an intermittent error when clicking a message to open an overlay. Start by reproducing that flow in the iOS app and inspect the message-link handling and overlay entry point; done means the reported action no longer shows “Cannot Open The Link”.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- swift
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100