From 9c20bf22ce47de52796bd1d44db80554f56a856e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Baker <dave@matrix.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 10:45:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix soft-crash on bad permalinks

Fixes https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/12880
---
 src/linkify-matrix.js | 18 +++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/linkify-matrix.js b/src/linkify-matrix.js
index cff7a93d08..ee9f703136 100644
--- a/src/linkify-matrix.js
+++ b/src/linkify-matrix.js
@@ -200,13 +200,17 @@ matrixLinkify.options = {
         switch (type) {
             case "url": {
                 // intercept local permalinks to users and show them like userids (in userinfo of current room)
-                const permalink = parsePermalink(href);
-                if (permalink && permalink.userId) {
-                    return {
-                        click: function(e) {
-                            matrixLinkify.onUserClick(e, permalink.userId);
-                        },
-                    };
+                try {
+                    const permalink = parsePermalink(href);
+                    if (permalink && permalink.userId) {
+                        return {
+                            click: function(e) {
+                                matrixLinkify.onUserClick(e, permalink.userId);
+                            },
+                        };
+                    }
+                } catch (e) {
+                    // OK fine, it's not actually a permalink
                 }
                 break;
             }