Voice chat may be on without users knowledge

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SEV-2 | Critical, impacting some users

Description:

Community members reported that sometimes the voice chat may be active without the knowledge of the user.

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[Ludmilafantaniella]

While testing Release: 20240205 #6078 I tried connecting to voice chat on the Desktop again to see if I could be heard in the browser (on Friday, I couldn’t be heard). Here’s what happened:

1. Now, I can be heard in the browser when I speak on the Desktop.
2. The microphone remains active on Desktop Mac even when I’m not holding the “T” key or performing any action.
3. I can’t turn off the microphone. The most interesting part is that unable to turn off the microphone, I exited the Voice Chat. I then saw the “Join Voice Chat” button on the Desktop, but I was still being heard in the browser. After refreshing the browser:
4. Again, I couldn’t hear myself in the browser, even though I’m supposedly in Voice Chat on the Desktop and appear as speaking to the other user in the browser.
5. I can’t turn off the microphone.
6. Even if the Desktop user exits the voice chat, although they can’t hear me, I appear to the Browser as I'm speaking.

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