file transfers are no longer queued if they fail

[ara4n]

we should have the normal abort/retry button if a file transfer fails. pretty sure we used to have this.

Steps to reproduce

• Be on bad connectivity (e.g. network conditioner)
• Try to upload a file
• Kill the connectivity entirely
• Note that the file transfer fails with "failed to upload"
• Look for a "retry unsent messages" button, which used to exist, but no longer exists (but only for file transfers).

Outcome

What did you expect?

File transfers should get queued and retried under bad connectivity, just as normal messages do.

What happened instead?

The file is silently discarded and the user has to manually set up the upload again when they think they might have better connectivity.

Operating system

macOS

Browser information

Chrome 106

URL for webapp

https://develop.element.io

Homeserver

matrix.org

Will you send logs?

No

[amywalkerdev]

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[ara4n]

I've filled in the form (although I thought the problem was already captured in the minimal form; i'm afraid that if i spot a regression while in a rush i'm liable to try to get it on the radar, even if with a partial description, as it's better that than it get lost entirely).

[ara4n]

This is particularly hellacious in combination with #22998. You try to upload an image, and it blocks before it even gives you a 'send' button. And then it fails, you don't even get a 'retry' button and have to start over, which blocks again... 🤦🏻

[gaelledel]

This currently works for messages that failed to send. We should therefore display the same banner for anything else including photos, videos, attachments etc...
As a second phase, we will probably modify this and adopt the same behaviour/style as EX. This will come with the timeline rework using Compound.