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Can't delete quote-reply draft in chat with former Signal user #14249

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Bug description

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open a non-empty chat with a contact who was previously a Signal user but is now no longer a Signal user.
  2. Swipe right on a Signal message to quote-reply.

Expected behaviour

  • Nothing happens.

Actual behaviour

  • A quote-reply draft is created (as evidenced by the soft keyboard spawning).
  • This quote-reply draft persists despite closure of the chat and of Signal itself.
  • This quote-reply draft (attached to the input box) is immediately replaced with the "This person is no longer using Signal [...] Invite to Signal" footer whenever the chat is opened.
  • This quote-reply draft is therefore undeletable. This is undesirable.
  • If the chat is archived, opening the chat will immediately unarchive the chat because Signal will update the time of the quote-reply draft to now. This is highly undesirable.

A similar issue with a sharing draft with a former Signal user is noted by ateuber in #4134.

How I think this should be fixed

  • Swipe right on a Signal message should be modified to have no effect if the contact is no longer a Signal user.
  • Draft messages should be automatically deleted if the contact is no longer a Signal user.

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Pixel 7a

Android version

16

Signal version

7.47.2

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