Video thumbnail does not load when only one video attachment is in a message

(#2615) Bug Fixed desktop media

Observed behaviour

The thumbnail remains a blur. If you send more than one copy of the video into a message the thumbnails appear just fine.

Reproduction steps

  1. Download this sample video: stayin_alive.mp4
  2. Attach one copy of this video into a message.
  3. Send the message.

Build information

canary build 718 (9cc2c6a), Electron 41.2.2, Windows 11 10.0.26200 (x64), desktop canary 0.0.205, Electron 41.2.2, Chrome 146.0.7680.188, Node 24.14.1, locale en-GB

Platform

Windows

Details

Expected behaviour The sole video should be able to embed its thumbnail.
Screen_Rec_2026-05-12_00-32-59_1000.webm | 3.4 MB
stayin_alive.mp4 | 1.9 MB
  1. Rex changed the status from Needs triage to Fixed

3 comments

Sign in with Fluxer to comment and vote.
Comment by Fullest
FullestReviewer 1 vote
Can reproduce CR: canary build 718 (9cc2c6a), Electron 41.2.2, Linux 7.0.4-100.fc43.x86_64 (x64), desktop canary 0.0.204, Electron 41.2.2, Chrome 146.0.7680.188, Node 24.14.1, locale en-US
Comment by ternera
terneraMod 1 vote
Can reproduce CR - canary build 718 (9cc2c6a), Electron 41.2.2, Windows 11 10.0.26200 (x64), desktop canary 0.0.205, Electron 41.2.2, Chrome 146.0.7680.188, Node 24.14.1, locale en-US