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buzz/desktop/tests
be48ce98bd fix(link-preview): reliably render previews sent right after they resolve (#5245)
## Overview

**Category:** fix  
**User impact:** Link previews no longer disappear when a message is
sent while preview metadata or media is still settling. Fast Enter,
rapid Enter, and confirmed-draft auto-send now preserve the preview
without duplicate sends or stale tags.

**Problem:** The composer could look ready before its sender-authored
snapshot tag existed. Send paths could then race preview
resolution/upload, while debounced preview state could attach a tag for
a URL that had already been removed. The same timing also caused
confirmed-draft auto-send to be consumed without sending.

**Solution:**
- Debounce preview resolution to avoid card flicker while typing, then
disable every submit path while a supported external preview settles. A
2-second escape cap still permits a bare-link send if resolution stalls.
- Keep submit synchronous: acquire a composer-local lock before
asynchronous send work, read ready tags from the live URL set, and
reject Enter/form submits while a snapshot is pending.
- Retry confirmed-draft auto-submit until preview settling clears, then
submit exactly once.
- Upload thumbnail and favicon independently. A failed upload shows a
toast and degrades to the surviving media (or text-only) rather than
leaving the card spinning.
- Exclude message-edit mode from preview resolution, upload, and Save
gating. Edit-time preview snapshots remain follow-up #5273.
- Canonicalize fragment-bearing URLs for preview lookup/snapshot
identity while preserving the original fragment links in message text.

## Link preview state walkthrough

Captured using PR #5245's actual public Open Graph metadata and artwork.
The deterministic E2E bridge controls only upload timing so the
transient disabled state can be captured reliably.

| State | Expected behavior | Screenshot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **1. Snapshot upload pending** | The real PR preview is visible, but
Submit remains disabled until its sendable snapshot tag is ready. Click
and Enter cannot send a bare link during the settling window. | ![PR
5245 pasted with its real preview visible and Submit
disabled](https://d24qwcpro867f5.cloudfront.net/repos/buzz/prs/5245/01-real-pasted-submit-disabled.png)
|
| **2. Snapshot ready** | Once snapshot upload settles and the tag is
ready, the same preview remains and Submit becomes active. | ![PR 5245
preview ready in the composer with Submit
enabled](https://d24qwcpro867f5.cloudfront.net/repos/buzz/prs/5245/02-real-resolved-submit-enabled.png)
|
| **3. Message sent** | The sent event carries the snapshot tag and
renders the PR title, description, and artwork inline instead of
degrading to a bare URL. | ![PR 5245 real link preview rendered inline
in the message
list](https://d24qwcpro867f5.cloudfront.net/repos/buzz/prs/5245/03-real-sent-preview-inline.png)
|

## Regression coverage

- Enter during metadata resolution or snapshot upload cannot send early.
- Paste-and-immediate-Enter sends after settling; rapid Enter submits
exactly once.
- Confirmed-draft auto-send waits for settling and fires exactly once.
- Removed/replaced URLs cannot leak stale snapshot tags or media refs.
- Thumbnail upload failure toasts and sends with the surviving favicon.
- Edit mode does not resolve/upload previews or gate Save.
- Fragment variants share a canonical preview while original fragment
links remain clickable.
- Existing ready-preview, suppression, bare-link fallback, and
multi-preview behavior remains covered.

## Reproduction steps

1. Open a channel and paste a supported external URL into the composer.
2. Press Enter immediately, before preview metadata/media finishes
settling.
3. Before this fix, the event could be sent without its preview snapshot
(or confirmed-draft auto-send could be lost). With this fix, submit
waits behind the disabled state and fires once with the matching
snapshot tag.
4. Remove or replace the URL and press Enter inside the debounce window.
The sent event contains tags only for URLs still present in the
submitted content.

## Validation

All required PR checks are green, including Desktop Core, Desktop Smoke
E2E shards, Desktop E2E Integration shards, macOS build, security
checks, and DCO.

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Signed-off-by: Taylor Ho <taylorkmho@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Wes <wesbillman@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Wes <wesbillman@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Carl <c7ebe626f000404285d3686e1dc74cc07cc60a9754a150041ba132e14bd3e2ec@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
2026-08-10 20:27:30 -07:00
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