From ee4e056125a3f95aff73d887b33932731dd6d2fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JC Brand <jc@opkode.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 21:43:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #2718: Message is not displayed if it contains an
 invalid URL

---
 CHANGES.md                 |  1 +
 src/templates/hyperlink.js | 11 +++++++++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b02c2618c..b6248a060 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 - #2423: Could not find dependency "converse-controlbox" for plugin "converse-muc"
 - #2647: Singleton mode doesn't work
 - #2704: Send button doesn't work in a multi-user chat
+- #2718: Message is not displayed if it contains an invalid URL
 - #2725: Send new presence status to all connected MUCs
 - #2728: Not sending headers with upload request
 - #2733: OMEMO Messages received while client closed not decrypted
diff --git a/src/templates/hyperlink.js b/src/templates/hyperlink.js
index b82ae5e4a..8955b86f9 100644
--- a/src/templates/hyperlink.js
+++ b/src/templates/hyperlink.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { html } from "lit";
+import log from '@converse/headless/log';
 import { api } from  "@converse/headless/core";
+import { html } from "lit";
 
 function onClickXMPPURI (ev) {
     ev.preventDefault();
@@ -7,7 +8,13 @@ function onClickXMPPURI (ev) {
 }
 
 export default (uri, url_text) => {
-    let normalized_url = uri.normalize()._string;
+    let normalized_url;
+    try {
+        normalized_url = uri.normalize()._string;
+    } catch (e) {
+        log.error(e);
+        return url_text;
+    }
     const pretty_url = uri._parts.urn ? normalized_url : uri.readable();
     const visible_url = url_text || pretty_url;
     if (!uri._parts.protocol && !normalized_url.startsWith('http://') && !normalized_url.startsWith('https://')) {