cinny/LOTUS_BUGS.md

# Lotus Chat — Bug Report & Technical Audit
**Date:** June 2026

This document tracks identified bugs, edge cases, and architectural discrepancies found during the audit of the Lotus Chat codebase. Recommended fixes are provided for each item.

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## ✅ Resolved Issues

- **Ringing Modal Fires in Voice Rooms**: Fixed in `CallEmbedProvider.tsx` — only `notification_type === 'ring'` events now trigger the modal.
- **Avatar Decoration Displacement in Profile**: Fixed in `UserHero.tsx` — `UserAvatarContainer` (position:absolute) now wraps `AvatarDecoration` as the outermost element, keeping the positioning context relative to `UserHeroAvatarContainer`.
- **Export History Broken for E2EE**: Fixed in `ExportRoomHistory.tsx` — `addEvents` is now async and calls `mx.decryptEventIfNeeded()` before inspecting event type/content.
- **Privacy Leak in URL Previews (Google Favicon)**: Fixed in `UrlPreviewCard.tsx` — Google S2 favicon call removed; a generic folds `Icons.Link` icon is shown instead.
- **Status Emoji Picker Doesn't Insert Emoji**: Fixed in `Profile.tsx` — `statusDirtyRef` prevents the server-presence sync `useEffect` from overwriting in-flight user input (cleared on save/clear).
- **Encrypted Search Misses Stickers and Polls**: Fixed in `useLocalMessageSearch.ts` — `m.sticker`, `m.poll.start`, and `org.matrix.msc3381.poll.start` events now included; poll question and answer bodies are indexed.
- **Seasonal Themes Display Behind Chat Background**: Fixed in `SeasonalEffect.tsx` — z-index bumped from 9997 to 9999.
- **Windows Taskbar Badge Black Square**: Fixed in `src-tauri/src/lib.rs` — `std::ptr::write_bytes` zeros the DIB bits buffer immediately after `CreateDIBSection`; previously uninitialized bytes caused garbage pixels with alpha=255.

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## 🛡️ Pending — Critical Security & Logic

*(none currently open)*

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## 🚩 Pending — Functional & UI Bugs

### 1. Avatar Decoration Images Not Rendering
**File:** `src/app/features/lotus/avatarDecorations.ts`
**Status:** **OPEN — Blocked on infrastructure**

*   **Issue:** Decoration images in Settings do not load.
*   **Root Cause:** The Nextcloud WebDAV URL (`public.php/dav/files/…`) returns `Content-Disposition: attachment`, which browsers refuse to render in `<img>` tags.
*   **Required Fix:** Move decoration assets to a CDN or file host that returns `Content-Type: image/png` with `Content-Disposition: inline`. Options: Gitea LFS, Cloudflare R2, or a dedicated static file host. Alternatively, reconfigure the Nextcloud share to serve inline.
*   **Blocked by:** Infrastructure change (not a code fix).

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## 🎨 Pending — UI/UX & Visual Consistency

### 1. Inconsistent Settings Dropdown Styling
**Files:** `Profile.tsx`, `SystemNotification.tsx`
**Status:** **OPEN — Low priority**

*   **Issue:** Dropdowns for Status Expiry and Notification Sounds use raw HTML `<select>` elements.
*   **Recommended Fix:** Replace with the custom-styled `Menu` + `PopOut` pattern used in `General.tsx`.

### 2. Animations Flickering Content (Fireflies)
**File:** `src/app/features/lotus/chatBackground.ts`
**Status:** **OPEN — Low priority**

*   **Issue:** Complex radial-gradient animations cause flickering on some GPUs.
*   **Recommended Fix:** Scope animations strictly to background properties and simplify heavy gradients.

### 3. No Camera Focus During Screenshare
**File:** `src/app/features/call/CallControls.tsx`
**Status:** **OPEN — Blocked on Element Call internals**

*   **Issue:** There is no way to focus a camera while screenshare is active.
*   **Recommended Fix:** Implement a "Pin/Focus" toggle on participant tiles — requires Element Call iframe API support.