deltachat
avatar is no longer synchronized across devices
when doing a QR code scan or tapping an invite link, on the currently released versions (1.46), using recent core, the avatars are not picked up from all devices.
i think, this is a new bug, i am pretty sure this worked in the past. the bug might be introduced by https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/pull/5363 (cc @iequidoo)
the bug results in confusing UX - having different avatars for the same chat is pretty bad, esp. as we're announcing the multi-device feature quite broadly meanwhile :)
to reproduce:
- use deltachat-desktop and deltachat-android with the same profile (Alice)
- exit deltachat-desktop (not sure if that is needed, but i did it that way)
- set an avatar for Bob
- let Bob scan Alice's QR code
now Alice has a chat with Bob, including the avatar on deltachat-android.
when Alice now opens her deltachat-desktop, Alice has a chat with Bob, the avatar on deltachat-desktop is missing.
For some reason i couldn't reproduce this, i tried Gmail and a chatmail (nine) for Alice. Bob was using a chatmail in both cases. It looks like your Alice on Desktop didn't see the vc-request-with-auth message for some reason because the Bob's avatar is passed in it.
EDIT: Btw, the bug description is very similar to the previously fixed #5354, there it was also DC Desktop not showing the Bob's avatar. Note that the bug was fixed on the Bob's side, so Bob should be up-to-date. We can also do an Alice-side w/a so that vc-request isn't deleted after processing, but seems it isn't worth the effort.
