This is only on your side, the other users see the replies correctly.
Even can click on the empty quoted message and you will be taken to the quoted message
Some fields are set in the proto message being sent, but your mobile application does not trust it. You can try it out by running a debugger and monitoring the events being received and test it out
For any further enquiries, you are welcome to join t.me/WaTgBridge
replies to both statuses and messages do not have the reference preview