GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 512546
Not possible to simply unset status message
Last modified: 2008-04-19 21:53:21 UTC
Original bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/174882 Steps to reproduce: 1) Add a GTalk account. 2) While "Available", set a status message 3) Now you cannot clear the message for example by selecting "Available" again, nor by setting an empty message. 4) To unset the message you must change your status to something else like Busy and then back to Available. Nothing major but an annoyance nevertheless.
Seems to work now using empathy HEAD. Please reopen if it doesn't for you.