[Question] [Feature wish] ¿Empty contact in "DMs" screen? -- feature wish: If contact has been removed but chat still exists, expose more informational info and partial/ full public key. #226

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opened 2026-10-27 15:44:46 +01:00 by adam · 1 comment
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Ahoj,

in the "Msgs" -> "DM" screen, I have a chat where now nothing is written as contact name (empty field), and when I open it it just shows User as contact name.

Does this happen because the contact was removed from the contact list, and nothing can be resolved anymore, so there is a chat lying around that cannot be attributed anymore to any contact?

If so, it could be useful to display instead something like <unknown contact> and the first few bytes of the has of that contact in the DMs overview, and in the details the full public key (copy-able!, to be able to look it up elsewhere).

Regards!

Ahoj, in the "Msgs" -> "DM" screen, I have a chat where now _nothing_ is written as contact name (empty field), and when I open it it just shows `User` as contact name. Does this happen because the contact was removed from the contact list, and nothing can be resolved anymore, so there is a chat lying around that cannot be attributed anymore to any contact? If so, it could be useful to display instead something like `<unknown contact>` and the first few bytes of the has of that contact in the DMs overview, and in the details the full public key (copy-able!, to be able to look it up elsewhere). Regards! <!-- github-sync-id:4343059415 -->
adam closed this issue 2026-10-27 15:44:46 +01:00
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Fixed in v0.9.14

A chat without a contact name shows its short key, e.g. -- [AB12], on the device and in the WebUI. In the WebUI such chats also show their messages again (before they opened empty).

## Fixed in v0.9.14 A chat without a contact name shows its short key, e.g. `-- [AB12]`, on the device and in the WebUI. In the WebUI such chats also show their messages again (before they opened empty). <!-- github-comment-id:5837311985 -->
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Reference: adam/meshcore#226