Element Desktop went blank while reading rooms

[Twi1ightSparkle]

Steps to reproduce

Cannot reliably reproduce, but it does happen now-and-then

Outcome

What did you expect?

Not a white screen

What happened instead?

I was reading rooms using Shift+Alt+Arrows and Element suddenly went all white. It came back a second after I pressed Ctrl+Shift+I to open the dev console to rageshake.

I have also seen this a few times in the past but can't remember what I was doing then.

This issue has also been reported by a customer.

Their report:

I'm seeing this "Message search initialisation failed" error on my Element Desktop client that's logged into our test on-prem server.

That blank screen instance happened when I tried editing my "Also, I'm seeing..." message above and clicking save. This is on Windows 10. My versions are: Element version: 1.11.86 Crypto version: Rust SDK 0.7.2 (517d99b), Vodozemac 0.7.0

A CTRL-SHIFT-R didn't do anything in the window. I had to quit the client and relaunch.

Operating system

Debian 12

Application version

Element version: 1.11.87 Crypto version: Rust SDK 0.7.2 (517d99b), Vodozemac 0.7.0

How did you install the app?

Element Debian APT repo

Homeserver

element.io Synapse 1.120.2

Will you send logs?

Yes

[richvdh]

Duplicate of #680?

[richvdh]

Or #672

[richvdh]

Or #824