[Pkg-xmpp-devel] Bug#951333: telegram-purple: Logs error "Query Failed - 71: RPC_CALL_FAIL 400: CHANNEL_INVALID", lost posting functionality

[Gunnar Wolf]

Package: telegram-purple
Version: 1.4.1-1+b1
Severity: important

After several months of using telegram-purple (thanks for it!) via
bitlbee, I started receiving the following message in thelog, with
frequencies that go from every ten seconds to every ten minutes:

    10:33:27 @root | purple - Error: Query Failed - 71: RPC_CALL_FAIL 400: CHANNEL_INVALID
    10:38:52 @root | purple - Error: Query Failed - 71: RPC_CALL_FAIL 400: CHANNEL_INVALID
    10:46:48 @root | purple - Error: Query Failed - 71: RPC_CALL_FAIL 400: CHANNEL_INVALID
    10:50:53 @root | purple - Error: Query Failed - 71: RPC_CALL_FAIL 400: CHANNEL_INVALID

I am not sure on the exact impact this has, bu I can at least say:

- One particular channel I subscribe to (https://t.me/sysarmymx) no
  longer marks messages as read

- I receive the messages, but cannot post to the group (my messages
  are silently dropped)

- A couple of days ago, _all_ of my posting and personal messaging
  ability failed (could only read what was being posted)

I have tried unsubscribing and subscribing again, to no avail.

Thank you very much,

-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.3.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages telegram-purple depends on:
ii  libc6         2.29-3
ii  libgcrypt20   1.8.5-3
ii  libglib2.0-0  2.62.2-3
ii  libpng16-16   1.6.37-1
ii  libpurple0    2.13.0-2.2+b1
ii  libwebp6      0.6.1-2+b1
ii  zlib1g        1:1.2.11.dfsg-1+b1

telegram-purple recommends no packages.

telegram-purple suggests no packages.

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