From a8d9d630bc6a3b8697305653c0259e00ab9681ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 17:27:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: handle legacy matrix polls (#1088) (thanks @sibbl)

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                  |  3 +++
 .../matrix/src/matrix/poll-types.test.ts      | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
 extensions/matrix/src/matrix/poll-types.ts    | 17 ++++++++++++--
 extensions/matrix/src/matrix/send.test.ts     |  9 ++++++--
 4 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 extensions/matrix/src/matrix/poll-types.test.ts

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4baf10ea1..59ddcd117 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Docs: https://docs.clawd.bot
 ### Changes
 - macOS: strip prerelease/build suffixes when parsing gateway semver patches. (#1110) — thanks @zerone0x.
 
+### Fixes
+- Matrix: send voice/image-specific media payloads and keep legacy poll parsing. (#1088) — thanks @sibbl.
+
 ## 2026.1.16-2
 
 ### Changes
diff --git a/extensions/matrix/src/matrix/poll-types.test.ts b/extensions/matrix/src/matrix/poll-types.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2d885622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/matrix/src/matrix/poll-types.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { parsePollStartContent } from "./poll-types.js";
+
+describe("parsePollStartContent", () => {
+  it("parses legacy m.poll payloads", () => {
+    const summary = parsePollStartContent({
+      "m.poll": {
+        question: { "m.text": "Lunch?" },
+        kind: "m.poll.disclosed",
+        max_selections: 1,
+        answers: [
+          { id: "answer1", "m.text": "Yes" },
+          { id: "answer2", "m.text": "No" },
+        ],
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(summary?.question).toBe("Lunch?");
+    expect(summary?.answers).toEqual(["Yes", "No"]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/extensions/matrix/src/matrix/poll-types.ts b/extensions/matrix/src/matrix/poll-types.ts
index 96b29352b..d25c4e686 100644
--- a/extensions/matrix/src/matrix/poll-types.ts
+++ b/extensions/matrix/src/matrix/poll-types.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,18 @@ export type PollAnswer = {
   id: string;
 } & TextContent;
 
-export type PollStartContent = TimelineEvents[typeof M_POLL_START];
+export type PollStartSubtype = {
+  question: TextContent;
+  kind?: PollKind;
+  max_selections?: number;
+  answers: PollAnswer[];
+};
+
+export type LegacyPollStartContent = {
+  "m.poll"?: PollStartSubtype;
+};
+
+export type PollStartContent = TimelineEvents[typeof M_POLL_START] | LegacyPollStartContent;
 
 export type PollSummary = {
   eventId: string;
@@ -65,7 +76,9 @@ export function getTextContent(text?: TextContent): string {
 }
 
 export function parsePollStartContent(content: PollStartContent): PollSummary | null {
-  const poll = content[M_POLL_START] ?? content[ORG_POLL_START];
+  const poll = (content as Record<string, PollStartSubtype | undefined>)[M_POLL_START]
+    ?? (content as Record<string, PollStartSubtype | undefined>)[ORG_POLL_START]
+    ?? (content as Record<string, PollStartSubtype | undefined>)["m.poll"];
   if (!poll) return null;
 
   const question = getTextContent(poll.question);
diff --git a/extensions/matrix/src/matrix/send.test.ts b/extensions/matrix/src/matrix/send.test.ts
index 1d9c746e4..71ba3c79f 100644
--- a/extensions/matrix/src/matrix/send.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/matrix/src/matrix/send.test.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ vi.mock("../../../../src/web/media.js", () => ({
   }),
 }));
 
+vi.mock("../../../../src/media/image-ops.js", () => ({
+  getImageMetadata: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(null),
+  resizeToJpeg: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
 let sendMessageMatrix: typeof import("./send.js").sendMessageMatrix;
 
 const makeClient = () => {
@@ -65,13 +70,13 @@ describe("sendMessageMatrix media", () => {
     const uploadArg = uploadContent.mock.calls[0]?.[0];
     expect(Buffer.isBuffer(uploadArg)).toBe(true);
 
-    const content = sendMessage.mock.calls[0]?.[2] as {
+    const content = sendMessage.mock.calls[0]?.[1] as {
       url?: string;
       msgtype?: string;
       format?: string;
       formatted_body?: string;
     };
-    expect(content.msgtype).toBe("m.file");
+    expect(content.msgtype).toBe("m.image");
     expect(content.format).toBe("org.matrix.custom.html");
     expect(content.formatted_body).toContain("caption");
     expect(content.url).toBe("mxc://example/file");