thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Email opened from Drafts are empty
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Description
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- 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
K-9 Mail
App version
9.0
Where did you get the app from?
Google Play
Android version
15, One UI 7.0
Device model
Samsung Galaxy S24+
Steps to reproduce
- Use another email client and save an email in the Drafts folder with some message body text.
- Use K9 to open that email in the Drafts folder.
- The email message body will be empty. The whole content is not displayed.
- Use another email client to redisplay the email from the Drafts folder. The email is displayed correctly, with the whole message body text.
Expected behavior
The app should display the message body text from the emails that are saved by other email clients in the Drafts folder.
Actual behavior
The app does not display the message body text from the emails that are saved by other email clients in the Drafts folder.
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the issue on Android 15 with K-9 Mail 9.0 using a draft saved by another email client, then compare how the draft body is read and displayed. Confirm the fix by reopening the same Drafts message in K-9 and verifying that its full body text appears.
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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
- 45/100