0.13.4 - Disappering names and messages after linking

[deleuzei]

My primary Signal account is on my Android. I linked it to my desktop Debian 12.
Upon linking, all the custom names I had set for contacts that I knew only by username disappeared, along with their messages, mostly consisting of the notification that a timer has been set. Contacts for whom I had a number, and whose names were set in my system contacts on android were untouched.

During the sync on my Debian, I got these warnings:
WARN SyncHelper - Sync contacts contained invalid contact, ignoring: Missing contact address!
WARN SyncHelper - Sync contacts contained invalid contact, ignoring: Missing contact address!
WARN SyncHelper - Sync contacts contained invalid contact, ignoring: Missing contact address!

So I can only assume that app "resolved" the "invalid contacts" by removing their custom names

java --version
java 21.0.3 2024-04-16 LTS
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 21.0.3+7-LTS-152)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0.3+7-LTS-152, mixed mode, sharing)

signal-cli --version
signal-cli 0.13.4