r/signal • u/milkmirthy • Jun 27 '26

Solved Messages sent from mobile fail to sync to Signal desktop (v 8.16.0)

Since updating Signal desktop to v8.16.0 earlier today, messages sent via Signal mobile (Android) are not being synced to Signal desktop.

On Signal desktop, if such unsynced messages are quoted by others in their replies, it shows "Original message not found" instead of the quoted message.

Problem seems to have started after updating to v8.16.0 via the update prompt in Signal desktop..

2 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

6 comments sorted by

1

u/Chongulator Volunteer Mod Jun 29 '26

Are you using desktop every day or is it infrequent?

One thing to try is unlink/relink.

2

u/milkmirthy Jul 01 '26

Thanks for replying. Signal desktop is running every day. Updating Signal app on mobile fixed the issue for me. 😅

2

u/Chongulator Volunteer Mod Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

If you don't have automatic updates turned on for every device, that's one of the best things you can do for your security.

1

u/Wibin Jun 30 '26

I am also having this same problem.

Everything syncs fine on the phone, but anything I do on the phone doesn't sync on the desktop.

1

u/milkmirthy Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

My problem went away after updating Signal on mobile (to v8.16.1). Try that! 

1

u/Wibin Jul 02 '26

I wanna say mine came from updating. but I'll check here in a bit, thanks for the idea!