I ran element-desktop 1.11.14 (from NixOS unstable, but it crashes with 1.11.10 from the stable branch too).
(It worked reliably for months when I was using nixos-22.05, but fails since switching to nixos-unstable.)
On my tablet, I run element in the chrome with a test account. However, it also happens from a laptop running Ubuntu; the tablet is just for reproducing it locally.
What do you click?
On the tablet, I click to start a video call, and then accept it on element-desktop.
For testing, I turn off the mic, but it also happens without that.
Outcome
What did you expect?
Video to continue working.
What happened instead?
After around 10 seconds, some of the video streams freeze.
e.g. the video in element-desktop freezes (but it is still sending to the tablet, which doesn't show anything wrong).
Turning off the video on the tablet and then turning it on again got it going again.
Sometimes it fails differently. e.g. both sides can see the other side's camera, but their local previews both freeze.
This happens whether using Wayland or X11 (via NIXOS_OZONE_WL).
The nix pkg is community maintained, this issue might be specific to the nix pkg, will mark experimental until someone reproduces on the debian/ubuntu builds.
Steps to reproduce
I ran element-desktop 1.11.14 (from NixOS unstable, but it crashes with 1.11.10 from the stable branch too). (It worked reliably for months when I was using nixos-22.05, but fails since switching to nixos-unstable.)
On my tablet, I run element in the chrome with a test account. However, it also happens from a laptop running Ubuntu; the tablet is just for reproducing it locally.
On the tablet, I click to start a video call, and then accept it on element-desktop. For testing, I turn off the mic, but it also happens without that.
Outcome
What did you expect?
Video to continue working.
What happened instead?
After around 10 seconds, some of the video streams freeze.
e.g. the video in element-desktop freezes (but it is still sending to the tablet, which doesn't show anything wrong). Turning off the video on the tablet and then turning it on again got it going again.
Sometimes it fails differently. e.g. both sides can see the other side's camera, but their local previews both freeze.
This happens whether using Wayland or X11 (via
NIXOS_OZONE_WL
).The journal contains e.g.
Operating system
nixos-unstable (nixpkgs rev 52b2ac8ae1)
Application version
Element version: 1.11.14, Olm version: 3.2.12
How did you install the app?
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/52b2ac8ae18bbad4374ff0dd5aeee0fdf1aea739
Homeserver
Unsure. I have a matrix_synapse-1.68.0.dist-info file.
Will you send logs?
No