element-hq / element-hq/element-web
Clicking on a mention takes you to the 'Welcome to Element' screen
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
### Steps to reproduce
1. What do you click?
Click a mention pill in the timeline > the profile opens on the right panel as usual > The chat pane goes to the welcome screen
### Outcome
#### What did you expect?
The profile to open.
#### What happened instead?
The welcome screen opened also.
### 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?
No
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the issue by clicking a mention pill in the timeline and observe the profile panel and chat pane together. Trace the mention-pill click and profile-opening entry points to find why the welcome screen also appears; done means the profile opens without replacing the chat pane.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 64/100