Synced messages appear as new on synced devices (notification spam)

Hi,

At least on Android and GNU/Linux, messages received via the SWARM sync feature that already have been read on one device appear as new, i.e. they trigger notifications.

This is especially annoying when not using a device for some time (offline); when reconnecting to the Jami network all the past messages stored on other devices will be synced and cause a massive amount of notifications.

I'm opening the issue here since it seems to affect all the clients (at least Android and GNU/Linux).

Thanks.

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Yes

for now, the lastRead information is not synced and stored per device.

This is a bit tricky to synchronize, but it's planned.

changed due date to February 28, 2023

added to epic &49 (closed)

changed epic to &50 (closed)

This might be related, but on my and my contacts' devices (Android), if there is trouble syncing messages, then sometimes the contacts will be in bold (indicating unread messages in history) every single time I or they open the app. They can become read if you scroll enough, but they don't stay that way. Thr reason I'm not sure it's related is because the notification part does not occur (at least, recently). Sometimes it would, in the past, have an "unread" message appear in a notification along with one for a newly received message, but tapping "mark as read" in the notification itself would do nothing and it would have to be manually dismissed.

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moved to jami-daemon#815 (closed)