[QA] Emotes | emote prop remains when user selects an scene emote

[balducciv]

🛠️ Build version:

v0.115.0 alpha

📔 Issue Description:

The prop object of the emote remains stuck even after the user switches to a scene emote. If user then moves around, other users will see the emote prop on the user until the user plays a different emote.
So far, this was reproduced not on the user's own avatar but while watching other user's avatars on the scene.

👣 STR:

Scenario 1: scene emote -> backpack emote

Preconditions:
Have two users, user A and user B. User A will do the STR, user B will be watching.
STR:

1. With user A, select the action to water the plants
2. while the emote is playing, select another emote with B, for example RAD TV Chill without stopping the water plants emote.
3. do not change emote and move the avatar around the scene.

Actual result: user B will see the user A stuck with the emote prop of RAD TV Chill. Even if user reloads, this behavior will continue until user plays a different emote.

** scenario 2:**

1. With user A, play an emote, for example the RAD TV Chill, and be near the scene emote to water plants or the roast marshmallow.
2. while the emote is playing, select the action to water the plants
3. do not change emote and move the avatar.

✔️ Expected Result:

The scene emote to cancel the emote the user is playing.

❌ Actual Result with evidence:

When the user is playing an emote, and then selects a scene emote, the prop of the emote remains visible.

Roast Marshmallow scene emote

emote.issue.1.windows.mp4

emote.issue.1.mac.mp4

Water plants scene emore

emote.issue.2.windows.mp4

emote.issue.2.mac.mp4

STR 2: backpack emote -> scene emote

User A

STR.2.-.user.A.mp4

User B (issue reproduced)

Windows Logs

Player.log

➗ Reproduction:

🔁 Always - (note)

While it may be tricky to reproduce, it is 100% reproduced on MacOS

⚠️ Intermittent - (note)

❓ Unknown - (note)

🖥️ Operative system and additional Notes:

[Ludmilafantaniella]

22.12.2025_17.14.55_REC.mp4

I reproduced it once in ~10 tries. The good news is the state recovers when triggering another emote, so it's not permanently frozen.