Ambiguous ”Disappearing messages will be unpinned when their timer expires and the message is removed from the chat.”
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- I am using Signal-Desktop as provided by the Signal team, not a 3rd-party package.
Overall summary
I’ve set notes to self to disappear after 1 day. I chose one message to be pinned, was prompted to select the time to pin the message for, and selected 7 days. I was shown the message in the title.
I’m now unsure whether the message will be unpinned and removed after 1 day or 7 days. My guess would be 7 days, but either way, I think the message should make this explicit, or at least unambiguous wrt. which timer takes precedence.
Steps to reproduce
- set notes to self to disappear after 1 day
- send a note to yourself
- choose to pin the message
- select to pin the message for 7 days
Expected result
Any of these, in order of preference:
- ”This disappearing message will be unpinned and removed from the chat after 7 days.”
- ”This disappearing message will be unpinned and removed from the chat after 1 day.”
- ”Disappearing messages will be unpinned and the removed from the chat when the pinning timer expires.”
- ”Disappearing messages will be unpinned and the removed from the chat when the disappearance timer expires.”
Actual result
”Disappearing messages will be unpinned when their timer expires and the message is removed from the chat.”
Screenshots
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Signal version
8.7.0
Operating system
Ubuntu 24.04
Version of Signal on your phone
8.6