Long loading on the initial "on-boarding" view (~5 minutes)

[serious-angel]

Steps to reproduce

1. Install the application from F-Droid;
2. Launch the application;
3. Press "Sign In" button.

Outcome

What did you expect?

A short or absence of any loading, and the form with inputs shown for username, password etc.

What happened instead?

Long loading (~5 minutes) animation with features scrolling horizontally (carousel) before the next step with actual fields for username, password etc.

Your phone model

M2007J3SG

Operating system version

MIUI 14.0.1 on Android 12

Application version and app store

1.6.20 (40106203) from F-Droid

Homeserver

Synapse v1.121.1

Will you send logs?

No

Are you willing to provide a PR?

No

[serious-angel]

The issue could be related to the following lines:

element-android/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/onboarding/OnboardingViewModel.kt

Lines 692 to 702 in 8529813

	currentJob = viewModelScope.launch {
	setState { copy(isLoading = true) }
	runCatching { startAuthenticationFlowUseCase.execute(homeServerConnectionConfig) }.fold(
	onSuccess = {
	onAuthenticationStartedSuccess(trigger, homeServerConnectionConfig, it, serverTypeOverride)
	postAction()
	},
	onFailure = { onAuthenticationStartError(it, trigger) }
	)
	setState { copy(isLoading = false) }
	}

I would share the log if it would be possible to obtain the log file to be sent by the app without root permissions - just as a file attached to the issue by hand.

[serious-angel]

It's worth to mention that the similar long loading happens if pressed back on the login form finally opened, to return to the "on-boarding" view, and then "Sign In' again.