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Cleaner chatbox link previews when a preview cannot load

Incomplete loading skeletons are removed; your clickable URL stays.

In Team Chat / Chatbox, Omni can show a rich preview when you paste a link. Sometimes the preview never finishes loading — older versions left a gray skeleton in the message.

chatbox-link-preview-before.png

What changed?

  1. Incomplete previews are removed — if a preview is still loading, failed, or has no usable data, Omni clears the skeleton.
  2. Your link stays clickable — the URL remains in the message so teammates can open it.
  3. Healthy previews are unchanged — when Open Graph data loads successfully, the title, description, and image still appear.
chatbox-link-preview-after.png

What you will see

  1. Open a conversation in Team Chat (or any Chatbox composer).
  2. Paste a URL. If a preview cannot finish, the gray loading card disappears and only the clickable link remains.
  3. When a preview loads successfully, you still get the rich card:
chatbox-link-preview-loaded.png
Tip: This cleanup also applies when editing or sending messages that still contain an unfinished preview — Omni strips it automatically so history stays clean.
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