Links in Signal Stories buggy/no longer functional in current Android

[mfuhrmann]

• I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates
• I am submitting a bug report for existing functionality that does not work as intended
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• This isn't a feature request or a discussion topic

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Bug description

Spawned out of https://community.signalusers.org/t/links-in-signal-stories-buggy-no-longer-functional-in-current-android-version-7-7-2/

Steps to reproduce

• create story with an URL link
• share it
• try to click the link in the story

Actual result: The link does not open. The story just closes.
Expected result: The link should get opened.

Screenshots

Don't have some. But easy to reproduce.

Device info

Device: Google Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 8 Pro
Android version: 14
Signal version: 7.8.1, 7.7.2,

Link to debug log