From bda9664cb9c88f042816197beb9e47ffe435c584 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greyson Parrelli <greyson@signal.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 13:55:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Check audio permission before enabling audio in video
 recording.

---
 .../org/signal/camera/CameraScreenViewModel.kt     | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/feature/camera/src/main/java/org/signal/camera/CameraScreenViewModel.kt b/feature/camera/src/main/java/org/signal/camera/CameraScreenViewModel.kt
index e270ef9782..44eca2aff3 100644
--- a/feature/camera/src/main/java/org/signal/camera/CameraScreenViewModel.kt
+++ b/feature/camera/src/main/java/org/signal/camera/CameraScreenViewModel.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package org.signal.camera
 
+import android.Manifest
 import android.app.Activity
 import android.content.Context
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager
 import android.content.ContextWrapper
 import android.graphics.Bitmap
 import android.graphics.Matrix
@@ -248,8 +250,16 @@ class CameraScreenViewModel : ViewModel() {
       }
     }
 
-    val activeRecording = pendingRecording
-      .withAudioEnabled()
+    val hasAudioPermission = context.checkSelfPermission(Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
+
+    val configuredRecording = if (hasAudioPermission) {
+      pendingRecording.withAudioEnabled()
+    } else {
+      Log.w(TAG, "RECORD_AUDIO permission not granted, recording without audio")
+      pendingRecording
+    }
+
+    val activeRecording = configuredRecording
       .start(ContextCompat.getMainExecutor(context)) { recordEvent ->
         when (recordEvent) {
           is VideoRecordEvent.Start -> {