Signal app keeps crashing after seemingly succesful restore from backup

[mirko]

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Bug description

After seemingly successful restore from a backup (actually from several different backups, to rule out corruption in a single one), the Signal app crashes right after being asked to select a destination/folder for (consecutive) Signal backups. From there on, when starting the Signal app, I keep seeing the Init-scree briefly, but the app is crashing almost immediately. No interaction possible. Only way to "recover" is to clear the app's storage.

Steps to reproduce

• Start app
• Restore from backup
• Wait until restore appears to be completed

Actual result: Signal app crashes and keeps crashing afterwards Expected result: After successful restore the App should allow me to select a backup location and from there on be usable

Device info

Device: Google Pixel 8 Android version: GrapheneOS build nr 2024032100 (Android 14) Signal version: 7.0.2

Link to debug log

https://paste.nanl.de/?04a739a94fa7ca63#6aWMELdgk7LTcWN3Tu5R99Ct6qdPLH7ydD6eCt7dszYZ

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[bornolbers]

same happened to me in Signal 7.15.4 I was trying to restore the most recent backup that I had which is two years old. It hasn't keep the recent ones. And it happens exactly as described above.

redmi note 11 android 13 221114.001

[yang]

Also affecting me

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