fix: Rerun the full securejoin protocol if the address was outdated (#8358)

Alternative to https://github.com/chatmail/core/pull/8355/, fixes
https://github.com/chatmail/core/issues/8329

This fixes the following bug:

Scanning QR for existing contact doesn't update relay list

Two chat partners suddenly lost connectivity to all of their relays. They added another relay, which is accessible, and set it as main. Of course, they still couldn't communicate, because there was no way to announce a new relay list to each other (clients know only about old relays so they try to send updates there).

That's why the friends used a different channel (e.g. met IRL) to send their QR codes once again.

Expected behavior: They would expect that clients update their relay lists according to the contact info inside the QR codes, and they can continue talking in Delta.

Actual behavior: But Delta Chat client doesn't update a list of announced relays on scanning a QR in case a contact already exists. It simply opens the existing chat without altering any contact info.

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Co-authored-by: holger krekel <holger@merlinux.eu>
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2026-06-25 16:59:08 +00:00
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co-authored by holger krekel
parent 09d5d0bddf
commit abb84efc37
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@@ -704,3 +704,25 @@ def test_withdraw_securejoin_qr(acfactory):
and "Ignoring RequestWithAuth message because of invalid auth code." in event.msg
):
break
def test_qr_scan_updates_new_relay_address(acfactory):
alice, bob = acfactory.get_online_accounts(2)
bob_alice_chat = bob.secure_join(alice.get_qr_code())
alice.wait_for_securejoin_inviter_success()
bob.wait_for_securejoin_joiner_success()
for ac in [alice, bob]:
old_addr = ac.get_config("configured_addr")
ac.add_transport_from_qr(acfactory.get_account_qr())
ac.set_config("configured_addr", ac.list_transports()[1]["addr"])
ac.delete_transport(old_addr)
bob.secure_join(alice.get_qr_code())
alice.wait_for_securejoin_inviter_success()
bob.wait_for_securejoin_joiner_success()
bob_alice_chat.send_text("hi")
snapshot = alice.wait_for_incoming_msg().get_snapshot()
assert snapshot.text == "hi"