element-hq / element-hq/element-web
All media 404 in Firefox
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Description
### Steps to reproduce
Accessing via https://app.element.io, on my homeserver running latest synapse.
Scrolling back up through a chat with media (images/videos) in Firefox all errors with "Unable to show image due to error". Videos fail to play.
In the browser network tab, these requests show 404 responses.
No such 404s are observed in Chromium, the media loads fine there. Same in Element X mobile app.
### Outcome
#### What did you expect?
Expected media to load
#### What happened instead?
Media didn't load
### Operating system
Linux
### Browser information
Firefox 153
### URL for webapp
app.element.io
### Application version
Element 1.12.26
### Homeserver
synapse 1.156.0
### Will you send logs?
Yes
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the failure at app.element.io in Firefox 153 and inspect the media requests in the browser network tab, comparing them with Chromium where media loads correctly. Trace the web app's media loading path from the failing requests; done means images and videos load in Firefox without 404 responses.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100