Duplicate concurrent calls initiated after a concluded 1-to-1 call that had a third participant added.
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Description
Steps to reproduce
Initiate a 1-to-1 call with another user.
Add a third participant to the ongoing call, making it a group call.
Successfully conduct and then conclude the group call.
Navigate to any user's chat and attempt to start a new 1-to-1 call.
Observe that two identical call sessions are initiated simultaneously for the same target user.
Expected behaviour
A single call session should be initiated when starting a new 1-to-1 call.
Actual behaviour
Two concurrent call sessions are created for the same user. These sessions compete with each other, preventing proper access to recording devices (microphone/camera) as they attempt to attach to both calls. The signaling server shows two active sessions for the initiating user for the same intended call.
Talk app
Talk app version: 22.0.8
Custom Signaling server configured: yes
Custom TURN server configured: yes
Custom STUN server configured: yes
Browser
Microphone available: yes
Camera available: yes
Operating system: (e.g., Windows/Mac)
Browser name: (e.g., Firefox/Chrome)
Browser version: (e.g., 124/125)
Browser log
List of activated apps:
The issue is reproducible both from web browsers and desktop/mobile client applications.
The core problem appears to be that call session state or cleanup is not handled correctly after concluding a specific sequence of calls (1-to-1 -> converted to group -> ended), leading to duplicate session creation on the next call attempt.
This results in a broken user experience where media devices cannot be acquired, effectively blocking any new calls until the duplicate sessions timeout or the page/client is restarted.
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Research direction
Reproduce the sequence of a 1-to-1 call becoming a group call, ending, and then starting another 1-to-1 call in the web or client application. Trace call-session state and cleanup around the transition, and verify that the next attempt creates one signaling session and can acquire the microphone and camera.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100