Comment 43 for bug 408530

Thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. This is how the error comes up for me:

1) Double-click a contact in the buddy list to open a new IM window or a new tab in the existing window (observed with both)
2) Type a message (doesn't have to be a URL)
3) Press Enter

Results:

1) Empathy immediately freezes up; the message does not appear in the IM window.
2) After several seconds Empathy closes
3) Upon restart of Empathy, the IM window reappears with most or all (observed both) ongoing chats preserved
4) The message that caused the crash appears twice in the IM window.