The Google Messages application encountered an unexpected error. When communicating with one user, messages from communications with another user can be added to the current message sent to him.
When starting a new conversation, the app may insert messages from another chat, sometimes sent months or even years ago. In some cases, random messages will appear next to photos or snippets of letters in group chats. In other cases, messages may be delivered to unintended recipients. One Pixel 9a user said that while trying to make a vet appointment with their dog, they received an old message containing sensitive family information. These can be snippets of personal conversations or confirmation codes.
Google confirmed at least one of the incidents and asked affected users to provide more information. The bug was discovered on Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy smartphones; it shows RCS format enabled and disabled. Clearing the cache, restarting the smartphone, enabling/disabling RCS, and reinstalling Google Messages have no effect in most cases. While one user reported that the problem disappeared after resetting the smartphone to factory settings without restoring old messages; for others, reinstalling Google Messages did help.
Google has yet to officially comment on the systemic nature of the error.
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