🚧(frontend) debug transcript segment organization

for the big monday demo, push a draft commit.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ and this project adheres to
 - ♿(frontend) improve contrast for selected options #863
 - ♿️(frontend) announce copy state in invite dialog #877
 - 📝(frontend) align close dialog label in rooms locale #878
+- 🩹(backend) use case-insensitive email matching in the external api #887
+- 🐛(frontend) ensure transcript segments are sorted by their timestamp #899
 
 ## [1.3.0] - 2026-01-13
 

src/backend/core/external_api/viewsets.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from logging import getLogger
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.hashers import check_password
-from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+from django.core.exceptions import SuspiciousOperation, ValidationError
 from django.core.validators import validate_email
 
 import jwt
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class ApplicationViewSet(viewsets.GenericViewSet):
             )
 
         try:
-            user = models.User.objects.get(email=email)
+            user = models.User.objects.get(email__iexact=email)
         except models.User.DoesNotExist as e:
             if (
                 settings.APPLICATION_ALLOW_USER_CREATION
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ class ApplicationViewSet(viewsets.GenericViewSet):
                 )
             else:
                 raise drf_exceptions.NotFound("User not found.") from e
+        except models.User.MultipleObjectsReturned as e:
+            raise SuspiciousOperation(
+                "Multiple user accounts share a common email."
+            ) from e
 
         now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
         scope = " ".join(application.scopes or [])

src/backend/core/tests/test_external_api_token.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_api_applications_generate_token_success(settings):
     """Valid credentials should return a JWT token."""
     settings.APPLICATION_JWT_SECRET_KEY = "devKey"
-    user = UserFactory(email="user@example.com")
+    UserFactory(email="User.Family@example.com")
     application = ApplicationFactory(
         active=True,
         scopes=[ApplicationScope.ROOMS_LIST, ApplicationScope.ROOMS_CREATE],
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def test_api_applications_generate_token_success(settings):
             "client_id": application.client_id,
             "client_secret": plain_secret,
             "grant_type": "client_credentials",
-            "scope": user.email,
+            "scope": "user.family@example.com",
         },
         format="json",
     )

src/frontend/src/features/subtitle/component/Subtitles.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import { useSubtitles } from '../hooks/useSubtitles'
 import { css, cva } from '@/styled-system/css'
 import { styled } from '@/styled-system/jsx'
@@ -13,101 +13,63 @@ export interface TranscriptionSegment {
   id: string
   text: string
   language: string
-  startTime: number
+  startTime?: number
   endTime: number
   final: boolean
   firstReceivedTime: number
   lastReceivedTime: number
 }
 
+export interface TranscriptionSegmentWithParticipant
+  extends TranscriptionSegment {
+  participant: Participant
+}
+
 export interface TranscriptionRow {
   id: string
   participant: Participant
   segments: TranscriptionSegment[]
-  startTime: number
+  startTime?: number
   lastUpdateTime: number
+  lastReceivedTime: number
 }
 
 const useTranscriptionState = () => {
-  const [transcriptionRows, setTranscriptionRows] = useState<
-    TranscriptionRow[]
+  const [transcriptionSegments, setTranscriptionSegments] = useState<
+    TranscriptionSegmentWithParticipant[]
   >([])
-  const [lastActiveParticipantIdentity, setLastActiveParticipantIdentity] =
-    useState<string | null>(null)
 
-  const updateTranscriptions = (
+  const updateTranscriptionSegments = (
     segments: TranscriptionSegment[],
     participant?: Participant
   ) => {
+    console.log(participant, segments)
+
     if (!participant || segments.length === 0) return
 
-    setTranscriptionRows((prevRows) => {
-      const updatedRows = [...prevRows]
-      const now = Date.now()
+    if (segments.length > 1) {
+      console.warn('Unexpected error more segments')
+      return
+    }
 
-      const shouldAppendToLastRow =
-        lastActiveParticipantIdentity === participant.identity &&
-        updatedRows.length > 0
+    const segment = segments[0]
 
-      if (shouldAppendToLastRow) {
-        const lastRowIndex = updatedRows.length - 1
-        const lastRow = updatedRows[lastRowIndex]
-
-        const existingSegmentIds = new Set(lastRow.segments.map((s) => s.id))
-        const newSegments = segments.filter(
-          (segment) => !existingSegmentIds.has(segment.id)
-        )
-        const updatedSegments = lastRow.segments.map((existing) => {
-          const update = segments.find((s) => s.id === existing.id)
-          return update && update.final ? update : existing
-        })
-
-        updatedRows[lastRowIndex] = {
-          ...lastRow,
-          segments: [...updatedSegments, ...newSegments],
-          lastUpdateTime: now,
-        }
-      } else {
-        const newRow: TranscriptionRow = {
-          id: `${participant.identity}-${now}`,
-          participant,
-          segments: [...segments],
-          startTime: Math.min(...segments.map((s) => s.startTime)),
-          lastUpdateTime: now,
-        }
-        updatedRows.push(newRow)
-      }
-
-      return updatedRows
-    })
-
-    setLastActiveParticipantIdentity(participant.identity)
-  }
-
-  const clearTranscriptions = () => {
-    setTranscriptionRows([])
-    setLastActiveParticipantIdentity(null)
-  }
-
-  const updateParticipant = (_name: string, participant: Participant) => {
-    setTranscriptionRows((prevRows) => {
-      return prevRows.map((row) => {
-        if (row.participant.identity === participant.identity) {
-          return {
-            ...row,
-            participant,
-          }
-        }
-        return row
-      })
+    setTranscriptionSegments((prevSegments) => {
+      const existingSegmentIds = new Set(prevSegments.map((s) => s.id))
+      if (existingSegmentIds.has(segment.id)) return prevSegments
+      return [
+        ...prevSegments,
+        {
+          participant: participant,
+          ...segment,
+        },
+      ]
     })
   }
 
   return {
-    transcriptionRows,
-    updateTranscriptions,
-    clearTranscriptions,
-    updateParticipant,
+    updateTranscriptionSegments,
+    transcriptionSegments,
   }
 }
 
@@ -192,24 +154,54 @@ const SubtitlesWrapper = styled(
 export const Subtitles = () => {
   const { areSubtitlesOpen } = useSubtitles()
   const room = useRoomContext()
-  const { transcriptionRows, updateTranscriptions, updateParticipant } =
+
+  const { transcriptionSegments, updateTranscriptionSegments } =
     useTranscriptionState()
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!room) return
-    room.on(RoomEvent.TranscriptionReceived, updateTranscriptions)
+    room.on(RoomEvent.TranscriptionReceived, updateTranscriptionSegments)
     return () => {
-      room.off(RoomEvent.TranscriptionReceived, updateTranscriptions)
+      room.off(RoomEvent.TranscriptionReceived, updateTranscriptionSegments)
     }
-  }, [room, updateTranscriptions])
+  }, [room, updateTranscriptionSegments])
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!room) return
-    room.on(RoomEvent.ParticipantNameChanged, updateParticipant)
-    return () => {
-      room.off(RoomEvent.ParticipantNameChanged, updateParticipant)
+  const transcriptionRows = useMemo(() => {
+    if (transcriptionSegments.length === 0) return []
+
+    const rows: TranscriptionRow[] = []
+    let currentRow: TranscriptionRow | null = null
+
+    for (const segment of transcriptionSegments) {
+      const shouldStartNewRow =
+        !currentRow ||
+        currentRow.participant.identity !== segment.participant.identity
+
+      if (shouldStartNewRow) {
+        currentRow = {
+          id: `${segment.participant.identity}-${segment.firstReceivedTime}`,
+          participant: segment.participant,
+          segments: [segment],
+          startTime: segment.startTime,
+          lastUpdateTime: segment.lastReceivedTime,
+          lastReceivedTime: segment.lastReceivedTime,
+        }
+        rows.push(currentRow)
+      } else if (currentRow) {
+        currentRow.segments.push(segment)
+        currentRow.lastUpdateTime = Math.max(
+          currentRow.lastUpdateTime,
+          segment.lastReceivedTime
+        )
+        currentRow.lastReceivedTime = Math.max(
+          currentRow.lastReceivedTime,
+          segment.lastReceivedTime
+        )
+      }
     }
-  }, [room, updateParticipant])
+
+    return rows
+  }, [transcriptionSegments])
 
   return (
     <SubtitlesWrapper areOpen={areSubtitlesOpen}>