App crashes if you click a link after patching.

[BloodBlight]

Bug Description

After doing an apt update and patching, including one for signal-desktop, the app will continue to work. However, if you are sent a link, and then click that link, the app will crash to the desktop.

This is not a new issue, it has done this for a long time. Just getting around to reporting it.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Have app open.
2. Install patch from Linux repo.
3. Receive message with link.
4. Click link.

Actual Result:

App crashes.

Expected Result:

Link should be opened in using the system default web browser.

Screenshots

Platform Info

Signal Version:

N/A

Operating System:

Linux Mint 20.03

Linked Device Version:

N/A

Link to Debug Log

https://debuglogs.org/desktop/5.47.0/36844af4a9ae83a76d2f14734983ef2f1398b8ff96c8c47647e328c4d3c52c0d.gz

Crash appears to have happened here:

INFO  2022-06-29T19:29:23.414Z GET (REST) https://cdn.signal.org/[REDACTED]7kw 200 Success
INFO  2022-06-29T19:29:23.446Z GET (WS) https://chat.signal.org/v1/profile/[REDACTED]941/[REDACTED]9b6 200 Success
INFO  2022-06-29T19:29:23.446Z getProfile: setting sealedSender to ENABLED for conversation [REDACTED]941 ([REDACTED]8db)
INFO  2022-06-29T19:29:23.446Z GET (REST) https://cdn.signal.org/[REDACTED]ixQ
INFO  2022-06-29T19:29:23.487Z GET (REST) https://cdn.signal.org/[REDACTED]ixQ 200 Success
INFO  2022-06-29T19:29:23.885Z NotificationService not updating notifications. Notifications are enabled; app is focused; there is no notification data
INFO  2022-06-29T19:29:24.184Z checkExpiringMessages: checking for expiring messages
INFO  2022-06-29T19:29:24.185Z checkExpiringMessages: found no messages to expire
*** Me restarting the app.  I think! ***
INFO  2022-06-29T19:29:29.991Z app ready
INFO  2022-06-29T19:29:29.991Z starting version 5.47.0
INFO  2022-06-29T19:29:29.992Z media access status [object Undefined] [object Undefined]
INFO  2022-06-29T19:29:29.992Z got fast theme-setting value dark
INFO  2022-06-29T19:29:29.993Z got fast theme-setting value dark
INFO  2022-06-29T19:29:29.993Z got fast spellcheck setting true
INFO  2022-06-29T19:29:29.994Z getSystemTraySetting had no flags and did no DB lookups. Returning DoNotUseSystemTray

[indutny-signal]

Unfortunately, this is a known issue and there is not much we can do about it. It might be best to close signal when updating it because so many things could go wrong and the app would crash in almost all of these cases. Sorry!

[hlascelles]

Same issue (and still an issue): #6049