thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Emails with attachments send, but the Thunderbird shows them as unsent

Open
#10,006 4 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

unconfirmed
Dominant language
Kotlin
Stars
14k
Forks
2.8k
Avg merge
3d 3h
Merged PRs (30d)
57

Description

Checklist
  • I have used the search function to see if someone else has already submitted the same bug report.
  • I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.
App

Thunderbird for Android

App version

13.0

Where did you get the app from?

Google Play

Android version

Android 16

Device model

Pixel 10 Pro

Steps to reproduce

Send an email with an attachment, note that it reports not sending.
Check the email you sent it to - note that it DID send.
Go back to thunderbird, see that the email is still in the outbox and that you have a notification locally of the failure.

This reproduces on my Fastmail account nearly 100% 

Expected behavior

Emails that sent should not be reporting that they didn't send. Emails with attachments should send properly.

Actual behavior

Emails with attachments report failing to send, but in fact do send.

Logs

No response

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No source file or test is named in the report; first reproduce the attachment-send flow on Thunderbird for Android with Fastmail and inspect the send and outbox failure handling. Done means delivered messages with attachments no longer remain in the outbox or show a local failure notification, with regression coverage for that behavior.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.