From d850c95099662c33249a1ad547a3e41270698fe3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 12:24:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Respect user cancelling upload flow by dismissing spinner
 (#10373)

---
 src/ContentMessages.ts | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ContentMessages.ts b/src/ContentMessages.ts
index b5309d8ee2c..f022f5e4f89 100644
--- a/src/ContentMessages.ts
+++ b/src/ContentMessages.ts
@@ -378,8 +378,13 @@ export default class ContentMessages {
         if (!this.mediaConfig) {
             // hot-path optimization to not flash a spinner if we don't need to
             const modal = Modal.createDialog(Spinner, undefined, "mx_Dialog_spinner");
-            await this.ensureMediaConfigFetched(matrixClient);
-            modal.close();
+            await Promise.race([this.ensureMediaConfigFetched(matrixClient), modal.finished]);
+            if (!this.mediaConfig) {
+                // User cancelled by clicking away on the spinner
+                return;
+            } else {
+                modal.close();
+            }
         }
 
         const tooBigFiles: File[] = [];