The Linux desktop app runs on WebKitGTK, which ships without WebRTC (2.52
has no RTCPeerConnection; 2.54 disables it outright pending a libwebrtc
backend around 2.56), so calls can't work there. Until now the call button
just disappeared, the call room said "Your browser does not support WebRTC"
with Join disabled, and an incoming call couldn't be answered.
In the desktop app (isTauri) without WebRTC:
- call rooms: "Calls aren't available in the desktop app on Linux yet: its
web engine has no WebRTC" + an "Open in browser" button;
- incoming-call overlay: the same, with "Answer in browser";
- room header: the call button stays, and opens the room in the browser.
The link is the room in the web app (config.json `webAppUrl`, https only,
new key); the user presses Join there. Deliberately not an auto-join link:
a crafted URL must not be able to join a call and open someone's mic. It
opens through the desktop's new-window handler (web/mail schemes only → the
system browser). Without `webAppUrl` the explanation shows with no button;
browsers without WebRTC keep the old message.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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