When listening to Voice Messages, they don't get marked and the screen freezes

[bbuske]

Description
When I get a voice message and listen to it, the progress bar never moves. Once the message has finished, the screen freezes. Clicking on any element of the app doesn't work, and you cannot enter any text. The cursor does not flash.

It seems to be just a visual thing, as text is actually typed, just not shown on screen. If I close the app and restart it, I can see any text I wrote, as a draft. This is quite annoying, as I am getting a lot of voice messages.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open the App
2. Click on a chat with a voice message
3. Play the voice message
4. After the voice message played, try to enter text or click on a different message

Expected behavior
After a voice message has been listened to, it should turn blue (if enabled in settings) and you should be able to use the app normally, i.e. keep sending messages, listen to other voice messages, etc.

Screenshots

Screenshot shows voice message while played... Progress bar is not moving and afterwards the screen freezes.

Environment

• Manjaro Linux
• Package AUR WhatsApp-for-linux 1.7.0-1
• KDE Plasma 6

[adriadam10]

i also have this bug with the aur package

[LorenzoMorelli]

Same here with Archlinux. Installed via aur