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A Matrix-WhatsApp puppeting bridge
https://maunium.net/go/mautrix-whatsapp
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Receiving WhatsApp messages creates empty room that causes Element to fail #583

Closed JanMosigItemis closed 1 year ago

JanMosigItemis commented 1 year ago

Hi there,

I've got Dendrite + Mautrix Whatsapp here. The homeserver is running just fine and I can also talk to the WhatsApp bot. However, wenn receiving WA messages or issuing a pm command, the bot creates a room called "Empty room" which the Element web app does not seem to be able to load. Logs do not indicate any error. Is that a known behavior or is it caused by some misconfiguration? I just recently created a WA account and didn't allow the app to snuff through contacts. Is that a possible cause of trouble? Any help appreciated.

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JanMosigItemis commented 1 year ago

Update: I tried things on Android and this is working as expected. I even can access the created portal room on Element web app afterwards. Is it possible anyway to create a portal room via web app only or is a client running on a smartphone required for this?

tulir commented 1 year ago

Sounds like a Dendrite or Element bug

vijfhoek commented 1 year ago

I'm getting this too (with the Telegram bridge as well), but accepting the request on any other client (Element iOS, Nheko, FluffyChat) all works fine. So I think it's an Element bug

JanMosigItemis commented 1 year ago

I think it'll be a good idea to provide the Element guys with a bug report on this. I'd do it myself but I am not sure whether or not there is sensible information in the debug data. Maybe someone else who knows better may open a bug there?