thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Text hidden/invisible on emails from Amazon Pay
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Description
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App
Thunderbird for Android
App version
21.1
Where did you get the app from?
Google Play
Android version
Android 15
Device model
Asus ROG Phone 7 Ultimate
Steps to reproduce
- Open an email from Amazon Pay.
- Notice most of it blank:
As a workaround, select any visible text and drag:
Unformated message option in Thunderbird for Android:
Expected behavior
Emails should be visible like it is visible in any other client.
Here's how it looks in Mozilla Thunderbird Desktop:
Here's how it looks in Yahoo Webmail:
Actual behavior
Some text is invisible/hidden unless selected.
Logs
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Contributor guide
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce with Thunderbird for Android 21.1 on Android 15 using an Amazon Pay email, then trace the Android email-rendering path and compare normal, selected, and unformatted views. Done means the message text is visible without selecting it, matching the desktop and Yahoo Webmail examples.
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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