# Lotus Chat — Open Bugs & Technical Debt

**Only OPEN and awaiting-verification items live here.** Resolved findings
(fixed-and-verified, false-positives, won't-fix) have been removed to keep this
actionable — the full history is in git. Items fixed in code but not yet
verified in a real environment are in **Needs Verification** below and have
step-by-step checks in [`LOTUS_TESTING.md`](./LOTUS_TESTING.md).

> Design rules for any fix here: follow the **Native-Cinny Law** and **TDS
> Design Law** in [`LOTUS_TODO.md`](./LOTUS_TODO.md).

---

## ⚠️ Needs Verification — fixed in code, awaiting live testing

Implemented and gate-green; confirm each per `LOTUS_TESTING.md`, then delete the row.

| ID   | Item                                                                    | File / area                                          | Test     |
| :--- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------------------------- | :------- |
| #2   | Chat-background animation flicker (`contain:paint`)                     | `lotus/chatBackground.ts`                            | F1       |
| #4   | Ringtone re-fixes: classic loudness + caller decline notice (A2 ✓ live) | `CallEmbedProvider.tsx`, `ringtones.ts`              | A1,A3,A4 |
| #6   | Background vs. seasonal theme mutual exclusion                          | `state/settings.ts`, `General.tsx`                   | F2       |
| #7   | Composer toolbar touch targets (≥44px)                                  | `room/RoomInput.tsx`                                 | E1       |
| #8   | Room Settings horizontal overflow (mobile)                              | `components/page/style.css.ts`                       | E2       |
| #9   | Modal fullscreen on mobile (`useModalStyle`)                            | 22+ modal files                                      | E3       |
| #10  | Composer not hidden by keyboard (`100dvh`)                              | `src/index.css`                                      | E4       |
| #12  | PiP "All muted" badge re-fixed (was firing on any single mute)          | `hooks/useCallSpeakers.ts`                           | G1       |
| N96  | Call-recovery overlay single "Back" button                              | `call/CallView.tsx`                                  | A7       |
| N95  | AFK-monitor mic released on mute (OS indicator clears)                  | `hooks/useAfkAutoMute.ts`                            | L1       |
| N108 | Maskable PWA icons (Android adaptive)                                   | `public/manifest.json` + `res/android/maskable-*`    | L2       |
| EC   | EC iframe load watchdog + self-heal + recovery UI                       | `plugins/call/CallEmbed.ts`, `CallView.tsx`          | A7       |
| Gal  | MediaGallery lazy-decrypt (true virtualization deferred)                | `room/MediaGallery.tsx`                              | H1       |
| a11y | aria-labels: edit-history / reaction / thread / reply                   | `message/*` (`FallbackContent`, `Reaction`, `Reply`) | I        |

**Verified working in live testing (2026-06):** A2, B1–B4, C1, C3, D (mic/camera/deafen/screenshare/fullscreen/more-menu/PiP). Denoise quality in D is still poor — tracked under the denoise project, not a regression.

---

## 🧩 Element Call source-level items — now actionable via the fork

> 🔱 **[EC-FORK]** **UPDATE 2026-06-29: the fork is live.** We now own and
> self-build Element Call (`LotusGuild/element-call` →
> `@lotusguild/element-call-embedded`, Phase 1 done & cinny wired). A5/A6/A7
> below are **no longer "won't fix"** — they are ordinary source changes. See
> [`HANDOFF_ELEMENT_CALL_FORK.md`](./HANDOFF_ELEMENT_CALL_FORK.md) §10 + the Phase
> 2 work list. (The iframe is **same-origin** / self-hosted; the old blocker was
> that we didn't own EC's compiled source — which we now do.)

The in-call participant grid is rendered **inside EC's app**. Previously a
pre-built npm bundle we could only style/place around; now editable source.
Items from testing, with their fork-level fix path:

- **A5 — "Focus camera":** EC supports native tile-pinning. Our bottom-bar "Focus
  camera" is a programmatic wrapper that **`.click()`s the tile** today
  (`CallControl.ts` `focusCameraParticipant`), and during a screenshare EC
  spotlights the shared screen so a camera pin may not override it. **Fork fix:**
  add an `io.lotus.focus_participant` widget action that pins a participant in
  EC's layout (coexisting with / overriding the screenshare spotlight); cinny
  sends it via the widget API and the DOM-click hack is deleted. _Status: Open —
  Actionable (Phase 2)._
- **A6 — avatar decorations in-call:** decorations render on **our** pre-join
  lobby roster (`CallMemberCard`) but not on EC's in-call video tiles. **Fork
  fix:** render the decoration APNG inside EC's participant-tile component, fed
  decoration slugs via widget member data. _Status: Open — Actionable (Phase 2)._
- **A7 — mic dead after EC's "Reconnect":** the mid-call "Connection lost /
  Reconnect" screen is **EC's own** (our load watchdog only covers an initial
  hung load). After EC reconnects, the mic isn't re-published through our denoise
  `getUserMedia` shim until a clean End+rejoin. **Fork fix:** move denoise into
  EC's mic-capture/publish pipeline as a first-class audio stage — EC re-runs it
  on every (re)publish, so reconnects keep denoise alive natively, and the
  build-time `index.html` injection is removed. _Status: Open — Actionable
  (Phase 2); root cause is the `getUserMedia` monkeypatch, not EC itself._

---

## 🔴 Open — Actionable

### Calls / Audio

- **N127 — ML denoise shim is never injected in `vite dev`.** The `lotusDenoise` plugin injects only on `closeBundle` (build), so ML noise suppression is silently inactive during local dev. Add a dev-mode injection (`configureServer` / `transformIndexHtml`). Dev-only impact. _Note: this **dissolves entirely** once denoise moves in-source in the fork (A7 fix) — there is then no build-time injection to be missing in dev._

### Security & Privacy

- **N97 — Access token stored in plaintext `localStorage`** (`state/sessions.ts`), vulnerable to XSS; device ID likewise. Architectural — needs a token-protection / session-storage redesign.
- **Session writes are non-atomic and not cross-tab synced** (`state/sessions.ts`) — risks inconsistent state / races across tabs.
- **Persisted PII without encryption:** user status message + expiry (`settings/account/Profile.tsx`), unsent composer drafts (`room/RoomInput.tsx`). Leak risk on shared devices.

### PWA / Offline / Notifications

- **N105 — Service worker has no `notificationclick` handler** — notification clicks are broken when the tab is closed. Needs `showNotification()` via the SW + a `notificationclick` listener.
- **N107 — SW has no `push` handler** — Web Push delivery is entirely non-functional. Needs a `push` listener + a Matrix push-gateway integration.
- **No app-asset caching strategy** (`src/sw.ts`) — no offline capability.
- **`manifest: false`** in `vite.config.js` — may block correct PWA install if not handled externally.

### Dependencies & Build

- **`matrix-js-sdk` pinned to a Release Candidate** (`41.6.0-rc.0`); `@atlaskit` and build tools (`vite`, `typescript`, `eslint`) on unstable/experimental pins — review for stable versions; RC SDK is a tree-shaking/bundle-size risk.
- **Build-time overhead:** `lotusDenoise` does heavy sequential `fs` work in `closeBundle`; `viteStaticCopy` config is complex with redundant renames — could be streamlined.

### Code Hygiene / DevEx

- **No automated test suite** (`src/`) — no unit/integration tests configured.
- **Extensive `as any` casts** across `src/` — gradual typing cleanup.
- **`types/matrix/` mirrors SDK types** instead of importing them — drift risk.
- **Hardcoded CDN URL** should move to an env var (the decoration CDN is now single-sourced in `avatarDecorations.ts`, but the literal is still in-repo).
- **`patch-folds.mjs` edits `node_modules` directly** — consider `patch-package`.
- **Infra docs:** `contrib/nginx` lacks security headers (HSTS/CSP) + uses rewrites over `try_files`; `contrib/caddy` has a placeholder path. CI/CD (`prod-deploy.yml`): sequential deploy, aggressive 1-min Netlify timeout, `package-manager-cache: false`.
- **README:** keep the fork-sync version + logo path current. (`CONTRIBUTING.md` is intentionally left as upstream Cinny's — not a Lotus concern.)
- **Architecture notes (low priority):** deep `features/` + `hooks/` nesting, many small coupled hooks, possible dead CSS/components, `SpacingVariant` / `DropTarget` recipe simplification.
- **Git workflow (forward-looking):** keep commits scoped — past monolithic "fix all bugs" commits and inconsistent prefixes hurt `git bisect`.

### Big Projects

- **#5 — Seasonal themes & chat-background redesign.** Current backgrounds are basic CSS; goal is high-fidelity, research-backed, GPU-accelerated designs (layered `oklch`, `backdrop-filter`, `contain:paint`) with WCAG-AA overlay contrast. Treat each as its own design sprint.