thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android

It opens the wrong file if 2 e-mails have attachments with the same file name

Open
#7,746 0 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 version

6.801

Where did you get the app from?

F-Droid

Android version

13

Device model

Moto G52

Steps to reproduce
  1. Open an e-mail.
  2. Open its attachment, e.g. abc.pdf.
  3. Go back to the overview.
  4. Open another e-mail.
  5. Open its different attachment with the same name, i.e. also e.g. abc.pdf.
Expected behavior

It opens the different attachment from the last opened e-mail.

Actual behavior

It opens the attachment from the previously opened e-mail.

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

Start by reproducing the attachment-opening steps on Android with two messages whose attachments share a filename, using the reported app and Android versions where possible. Trace how the selected attachment is identified after returning to the overview. Done means opening the second message's attachment opens that message's file rather than the previously opened one.

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
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.