From ba720efe616aa810798208691ef2ff10e4bb9372 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greyson Parrelli <greyson@signal.org>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 09:50:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Skip quotes with authors that lack ACI and E164 during
 archive export.

---
 .../thoughtcrime/securesms/backup/v2/ArchiveErrorCases.kt    | 4 ++++
 .../securesms/backup/v2/exporters/ChatItemArchiveExporter.kt | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/backup/v2/ArchiveErrorCases.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/backup/v2/ArchiveErrorCases.kt
index 28948db128..61df38a6c4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/backup/v2/ArchiveErrorCases.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/backup/v2/ArchiveErrorCases.kt
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ object ExportOddities {
     return log(sentTimestamp, "Quote author was not found in the exported recipients. Removing the quote.")
   }
 
+  fun quoteAuthorHasNoAciOrE164(sentTimestamp: Long): String {
+    return log(sentTimestamp, "Quote author has neither an ACI nor an E164. Removing the quote.")
+  }
+
   fun emptyQuote(sentTimestamp: Long): String {
     return log(sentTimestamp, "Quote had no text or attachments. Removing it.")
   }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/backup/v2/exporters/ChatItemArchiveExporter.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/backup/v2/exporters/ChatItemArchiveExporter.kt
index bb350f6e5c..5fa60a272d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/backup/v2/exporters/ChatItemArchiveExporter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/backup/v2/exporters/ChatItemArchiveExporter.kt
@@ -1179,6 +1179,11 @@ private fun BackupMessageRecord.toRemoteQuote(exportState: ExportState, attachme
     return null
   }
 
+  if (exportState.recipientIdToAci[this.quoteAuthor] == null && exportState.recipientIdToE164[this.quoteAuthor] == null) {
+    Log.w(TAG, ExportOddities.quoteAuthorHasNoAciOrE164(this.dateSent))
+    return null
+  }
+
   val localType = QuoteModel.Type.fromCode(this.quoteType)
   val remoteType = when (localType) {
     QuoteModel.Type.NORMAL -> {