Forwarding gif result in sending a video

[UserX404]

• [X] I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates
• [X] I am submitting a bug report for existing functionality that does not work as intended
• [X] I have read https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/wiki/Submitting-useful-bug-reports
• [X] This isn't a feature request or a discussion topic

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Bug description

• Forwarding a gif is not consistent
  • Different (sub)issue recognized during reproducing main issue -> 3 dot menu has no icons

Steps to reproduce

• send a gif from giphy to a random signal user
• long click on this sent image and forward to Note to Self (gif get sent as gif, as expected) (MsgId: 1647880337478)
• go back to chat of user where gif has been sent from
• click on gif to maximize
• forward gif from the 3-dot-menu on the top right
• gif get sent as video. Not auto playing and has to be clicked on play icon to start (MsgId:1647880375209)

Actual result: Forwarding a gif is inconsistent depending of the used workflow Expected result: Forwarding a gif should forward a gif with auto-play enable.

Screenshots

(sent from Android to signal desktop)

Chat context menu: Image context menu Result:

Device info

Device: Sony Xperia XZ2c (H8324) Android version: 5.32.15 Signal version: 0.0.0

Link to debug log

https://debuglogs.org/android/5.32.15/f5b4fe5727085070510c21cc4dd6208f65872abdc23223be16994fb456bd3c99

[robotwombat]

Can confirm this also happens with beta version 5.34.2.

Logs: https://debuglogs.org/android/5.34.2/43edc97f02b7b2ee9549b00212818f40e00121be1acb2af4b6ba00d303c5158b

GIF message ID: 1647882796456

GIF turned into video ID: 1647882801861

[greyson-signal]

Hi there, thanks for the report! We see the issue and will look into fixing it in an upcoming release.

[stale[bot]]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[navid-zamani]

The problem exists for self-made “gifs” (e.g. short, audioless, MP4s) too. There is no way to send them to appear like gifs.

And that “stale bot” is a really harmful anti-feature. Problems don’t go away, just because they keep getting ignored. It just artificially drives the numbers down while creating an illusion. What if it was a security bug? What if it was driving people away?

[UserX404]

@greyson-signal Can you please add the acknowleged tag to disable stale bot?

[BluePixel4k]

Is the initial bug still present? Because it's working fine for me.