From da93da4191ddf6e23ba99808e8381a33032da8b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Newman <mozzius@protonmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:48:56 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix display of link cards in DMs (#11458)

---
 src/components/Post/Embed/ExternalEmbed/index.tsx     | 4 ++--
 src/components/Post/Embed/StandardSiteEmbed/index.tsx | 5 ++---
 src/components/Post/Embed/index.tsx                   | 6 +++++-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/Post/Embed/ExternalEmbed/index.tsx b/src/components/Post/Embed/ExternalEmbed/index.tsx
index f920359477..4432eb6632 100644
--- a/src/components/Post/Embed/ExternalEmbed/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Post/Embed/ExternalEmbed/index.tsx
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export const ExternalEmbed = ({
       style={[a.rounded_md]}
       onPress={onPress}
       onLongPress={onShareExternal}>
-      {({hovered}) => (
+      {({hovered, pressed}) => (
         <View
           style={[
             a.transition_color,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export const ExternalEmbed = ({
             a.overflow_hidden,
             a.w_full,
             a.border,
-            t.atoms.bg,
+            pressed && t.atoms.bg,
             style,
             hovered
               ? t.atoms.border_contrast_high
diff --git a/src/components/Post/Embed/StandardSiteEmbed/index.tsx b/src/components/Post/Embed/StandardSiteEmbed/index.tsx
index 64e93e4c68..bb4c030fcc 100644
--- a/src/components/Post/Embed/StandardSiteEmbed/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Post/Embed/StandardSiteEmbed/index.tsx
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ export const StandardSiteEmbed = ({
         a.rounded_lg,
         a.w_full,
         a.border,
-        t.atoms.bg,
         interacted ? t.atoms.border_contrast_high : t.atoms.border_contrast_low,
         preview && a.pointer_events_none,
         style,
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ export const StandardSiteEmbed = ({
         })}
         onFocus={onInteract}
         onBlur={onInteractOut}>
-        {() => (
+        {({pressed}) => (
           <View
             style={[
               a.w_full,
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ export const StandardSiteEmbed = ({
                 borderBottomLeftRadius: a.rounded_lg.borderRadius,
                 borderBottomRightRadius: a.rounded_lg.borderRadius,
               },
-              interacted ? t.atoms.bg_contrast_25 : t.atoms.bg,
+              interacted ? t.atoms.bg_contrast_25 : pressed && t.atoms.bg,
             ]}>
             {imageUri ? (
               <Image
diff --git a/src/components/Post/Embed/index.tsx b/src/components/Post/Embed/index.tsx
index 02d20caf12..da930dc6fb 100644
--- a/src/components/Post/Embed/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Post/Embed/index.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ export function Embed({embed: rawEmbed, ...rest}: EmbedProps) {
     }
     case 'post_with_media': {
       return (
-        <View style={rest.style}>
+        <View
+          style={[
+            rest.style,
+            rest.viewContext === PostEmbedViewContext.ChatMessage && a.gap_sm,
+          ]}>
           <MediaEmbed embed={embed.media} {...rest} />
           <RecordEmbed embed={embed.view} {...rest} />
         </View>