Messages app crash duplicates message to be sent

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#1
REPRODUCIBILITY 100%
BUILD ID 3.3.0.16
HARDWARE Xperia X
UI LANGUAGE German
REGRESSION ?

DESCRIPTION:

While experiencing the still existing SMS send crash bug, I noticed that the message that’s supposed to be sent both appears in the message history (with the retry button to the side) and as draft in the message entry.

PRECONDITIONS:

Crashing Messages app when sending an SMS (It seems writing longer messages is more prone to crash)

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

  1. Send with crash
  2. Reopen Messages app
  3. Find SMS copied to text entry and at the same time in history

EXPECTED RESULT:

Message only shows up in history

ACTUAL RESULT:

As described above

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#2

I notice this behaviour from the start of my SF usage and still on 4.5 on X10.

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#3

I’m wondering if it’s only the X10 or the X which is affected. I can’t reproduce it. At least following all the described steps.

#4

Did your Messages app crashed?

I didn’t notice a pattern. Long SMS writing and sending mostly work properly for me.

It happened on XA2, X X and X 10 to me.

On X 10 I don’t remember that much crashes of the apps before 4.5. Not they happen a lot. Browser mostly. But others too. Sometimes even lipstick it seems.

#5

Definitely happens on the Xperia 10 II, and used to happen on the Jolla Phone, too. Luckily in my experience the Messages crash doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, I always get the duplicate message: one in the text box, and one in the list saying it failed to send.

#6

Sending “failed” also happends on my XA2 .18, with duplicate message too but without crashing.
IDK how to reproduce but it happens sometimes.
With no apparent reason, even with simple and short pure SMS messages.

#7

I also still observe the behaviour. Maybe there could be something in the logs to get more insight into what causes a crash

#8

The crash is not a requirement for the message to be duplicated as a draft, it also happens the following way:

  1. Prepare a SMS draft to an already existing number on your SFOS device A
  2. Use another device B to send an SMS to your device A
  3. Directly send your SMS on device A
  4. On device A, click on the message notification for the SMS received from device B
  5. Go back to the SMS sent from device A
  6. There is still a draft of the sent SMS
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#9

This still seems to happen on XA2 running 4.6.0.13.

I have had a couple of crashes after I tap the Send button, also with short messages. Once restarted, the app shows two copies of the message: one unsent, one draft.

I wonder if a crash causes the message to be unsent and duplicated, or if a failure to send causes the crash.

Edit: Earlier in this thread there was a mention of incoming SMS interfering and potentially causing this. I don’t know if this has been the case for me, but will be on the lookout next time.