Message Reactions Not Working in Direct Messaging

Bug: Message Reactions Not Working in Direct Messaging

Description:
I’ve noticed an issue with the reaction feature in Direct Messaging. When I try to react to a message, nothing happens. The reaction does not appear on the message, and there doesn’t seem to be any indication that the reaction has been registered.

I initially noticed this myself, but my moderator has also independently reported experiencing the exact same issue, so it does not appear to be isolated to my account.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open Direct Messaging.

2. Open an existing conversation or start a new conversation.

3. Find a message sent by another user.

4. Attempt to add a reaction to the message.

5. Select a reaction/emote.

6. Nothing happens and the reaction is not added to the message.

Expected behaviour:
After selecting a reaction, the chosen reaction should be added to the message and displayed underneath or alongside the message. Other participants in the conversation should also be able to see the reaction.

Actual behaviour:
Selecting a reaction appears to do nothing. No reaction is displayed and there is no visible confirmation that the reaction was successfully added.

Additional information:

• The issue occurs in Direct Messaging.

• I have personally experienced the issue.

• My moderator has also reported the same problem.

• This suggests the issue may affect multiple users rather than being specific to one account.

• There does not appear to be any error message or warning when the reaction fails.

Could you please investigate the Direct Messaging reaction functionality and check whether there is an issue with the reaction system, JavaScript, or the backend request responsible for adding reactions?

Thanks!

Yes, I was made aware of this by Jimmy when using Chrome, that the reactions don’t work. Thanks, this will be fixed in the upcoming version.