Voice Memo recording stops when orientation changes.

[RayJW]

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• I am submitting a bug report for existing functionality that does not work as intended
• This isn't a feature request or a discussion topic

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Bug description

When recording a voice memo, the recording stops if the orientation of the phone changes. This is particularly annoying because great parts of the memo can be lost if for example someone is walking while recording and doesn't realize that the recording stopped.

Steps to reproduce

• Start recording a voice memo and either lock the recording (swipe up) or leave your finger on it.
• Turn phone to differing orientation.

Actual result: The recording will stop as soon as the app turns, without any notice or anything.

Expected result: The recording should keep going, especially if the recording is in a locked state (swipe up) but also in the normal state with the finger still pressed IMHO. Everything else feels unintuitive.

Device info

Device: iPhone 13 Pro Max

iOS version: 17.1

Signal version: 6.48.0.7 (But it has been happening for months as far as I remember and on non betas as well).

Link to debug log

https://debuglogs.org/ios/6.48.0/271d9d13020f3893d0f1539ac0f070197153758893d4dec1ce4d4aad8ed4667e.zip

[Miguel-Signal]

Hi @RayJW,

We are aware of the problem and we are currently looking for a solution. Although our engineers are working on a fix, unfortunately I can't give a specific schedule for resolution. You might see a fix in the release notes for future versions of Signal.

Thanks again for your help in reporting this!

[RayJW]

That's great to hear! Thanks, for coming back to me so fast, and I will keep my eyes peeled for a fix :) Thank you all for fighting the good fight!