# Download for too big messages are not displayed in right chat

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/download-for-too-big-messages-are-not-displayed-in-right-chat/4042>\
**Category:** Mutual Help\
**Tags:** android\
**Created:** [August 21, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/download-for-too-big-messages-are-not-displayed-in-right-chat/4042 "2025-08-21T16:13:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ebert](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@ebert](https://forum.delta.chat/u/ebert)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/download-for-too-big-messages-are-not-displayed-in-right-chat/4042/1 "2025-08-21T16:13:18Z")

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on 2.10.0 Android

**Expected behavior**

show download question in the right chat **UPDATE** : if message to a contact from one device receives the other

**Actual behavior**

download question is displayed in an extra chat only for accepting

**Steps to reproduce the problem**

1. **UPDATE** Have two devices and one contact
2. Set size limit for auto message download to 640k **UPDATE** : on receiving device
3. Receive a message that is greater than 640k **UPDATE** : sent from your other device
4. The message will not be displayed in sender’s chat **UPDATE** : on receiving device  
instead you have to accept it under this new chat with the email symbol only containing the question to download this big message. This chat does not contain anything after accepting.

 ![The two blue chats are somehow connected. The first is the actual chat. The second is only for accepting too big messages.](https://support.delta.chat/uploads/default/original/2X/7/70205bcafedf0722792b7c6e8baa3ced7d586322.png)

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**Author:** ![Simon](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/simon/32/287_2.png) [@Simon](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Simon)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 6:41am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/download-for-too-big-messages-are-not-displayed-in-right-chat/4042/2 "2025-08-24T06:41:05Z")

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known issue: [We don't know any metadata of large messages before fully downloading · Issue #5888 · chatmail/core · GitHub](https://github.com/chatmail/core/issues/5888)

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**Author:** ![ebert](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@ebert](https://forum.delta.chat/u/ebert)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/download-for-too-big-messages-are-not-displayed-in-right-chat/4042/3 "2026-01-09T14:40:35Z")

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What I do not understand is why it creates a new profile with exact that contact name.  
The only difference to the original profile is that grey profile logo.  
So it -can- be sorted into a second chat belonging to the correct account but it is a second chat.

The blue profiles in my screenshot have the same name. The mint ones are other profiles.

And this happens without downloading anything.

(Still in version 2.34.0)