From 994fcd631900b0307cb47e8d44d5fda25f4e04a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:56:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update native OIDC callback url to be RFC8252 compliant

By switching the double slash for a single one

Fixes https://github.com/element-hq/element-desktop/issues/1889

Signed-off-by: Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com>
---
 src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.tsx | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.tsx b/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.tsx
index af75347b7bb..0f650e7dbb8 100644
--- a/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.tsx
+++ b/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.tsx
@@ -472,6 +472,12 @@ export default class ElectronPlatform extends VectorBasePlatform {
     public getOidcCallbackUrl(): URL {
         const url = super.getOidcCallbackUrl();
         url.protocol = "io.element.desktop";
+        // Trim the double slash into a single slash to comply with https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8252#section-7.1
+        // Chrome seems to have a strange issue where non-standard protocols prevent URL object mutations on pathname
+        // field, so we cannot mutate `pathname` reliably and instead have to rewrite the href manually.
+        if (url.pathname.startsWith("//")) {
+            url.href = url.href.replace(url.pathname, url.pathname.slice(1));
+        }
         return url;
     }
 }