Ah success !
I think the issue was that the #Langis version I was using was built on a pre-release. So may have simply been a bug.
Now both the signal and langis versions have incremented, and are sitting on the same "normal release"
I did notice molly is a few versions behind.
Signal could have been directly distributed on #fdroid without Google spyware 
Well, restoring my #signal backup fails. Changed android ROMs, hence the need. I can even get so far as seeing the restored conversations. But trying to open one leads to the app crashlooping. I've tried to repeat the process a few times without success.
I tried different signal apps: #langis, #molly, signal from aurora store, signal apk from the website. No dice.
So no signal for now, bleuhrg πŸ˜’
My #xmpp and #matrix restores worked fine.
Anyone else having trouble with #Langis consuming a lot of battery while sitting in the background doing nothing?
Hop, j'ai configurΓ© mon nom d'utilisateur dans #Langis 7.

From #SignalApp:
This version of Signal will expire in 10 days. Update to the most recent version.

Oh, screw you signal. Why hasn't #Langis been updated in 3 months anyways?

Donc si je bloque #Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) #Langis / #Signal ne fonctionne plus ... c'est une blague ... ​​
Tien donc via #RethinkDNS je vois que #Langis / #Signal tente de joindre 1.1.1.1 (#Cloudflare) ​​ j'aime pas Γ§a.
@jeremy use the degooglised #langis ! It rhymes with #gis πŸ˜›