Element-android: Sending messages is slow

Created on 1 Oct 2020 · 10Comments · Source: vector-im/element-android

Describe the bug
Sending messages sometimes takes ten seconds or more.

To Reproduce

Send a message
Wait for the message to be send

Expected behavior
Sending messages should feel snappy like in other messengers.

Screenshots
I recoded a video

Smartphone (please complete the following information):

Device: Oneplus One
OS: Lineage OS 16 with microg

Additional context

App version and store 1.0.8 Fdroid
Homeserver: matrix.mawalabs.de

I had htop open on my server while sending and synapse did not take up an unusual amount or resources.

Source

mawalu

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Most helpful comment

I found that the more you use the app it gradually gets more and more slow. You can make it fast again by going into settings, general, and clicking clear cache.

cloudrac3r on 6 Oct 2020

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All 10 comments

Yes, we are working to improve that. Thanks for opening the ticket

bmarty on 3 Oct 2020

I found that the more you use the app it gradually gets more and more slow. You can make it fast again by going into settings, general, and clicking clear cache.

cloudrac3r on 6 Oct 2020

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Related: #1057, and the comments on #1476

cloudrac3r on 6 Oct 2020

Since I Installed Element I never was able to send a Message.
I'm Only able to read Messages. I had to change the Messanger.
I do not have got any error messages.

Mannshoch on 7 Oct 2020

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@mannshoch
maybe: https://github.com/vector-im/element-android/issues/1798

github-tomster on 26 Oct 2020

I also had this problem with messages taking 15-30 seconds to send when it's instantaneous on desktop.

I found that the more you use the app it gradually gets more and more slow. You can make it fast again by going into settings, general, and clicking clear cache.

Doing this indeed solved the problem... but for how long.

TheFrenchGhosty on 31 Oct 2020

This is now far better if you install the version 1.0.10.

bmarty on 12 Nov 2020

Thanks! Looks like SchildiChat, the fork I use, has updated to use 1.0.10 as a base. If I have any more problems I'll report back here, otherwise, please assume everything is good!

cloudrac3r on 13 Nov 2020

@cloudrac3r

I found that the more you use the app it gradually gets more and more slow. You can make it fast again by going into settings, general, and clicking clear cache.

This doesn't work for me as well as https://github.com/vector-im/element-android/issues/1476#issuecomment-646923269. It doesn't improve in any sense the performance again.