Crash when swiping through photos in a single message

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
ios, swift
Domain
mobile

Research direction

Start by reproducing the crash while swiping through a multi-photo message on an iPhone 16 running iOS 18.4.1 and Signal 7.57.1. Collect the crash report or debug log requested in the issue, then use it to locate the photo-swiping path. Done means repeated left and right swipes no longer crash the app.

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Description

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  • I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates
  • I am submitting a bug report for existing functionality that does not work as intended
  • This isn't a feature request or a discussion topic

Bug description

Swipiing photos left/right in a multi-photo message, causing Signal to crash.

Steps to reproduce
  • Click on a message containing multiple photos
  • swipe a few times to the right or to the left as needed

Actual result: Describe here what happens after you run the steps above (i.e. the buggy behaviour)

At some point during swiping, the app would crash.

Expected result: Describe here what should happen after you run the steps above (i.e. what would be the correct behaviour)

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Device info

Device: iPhone 16

iOS version: 18.4.1

Signal version: 7.57.1

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Swift
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