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Messages from the inactive tab marked as read #6658
Description
Summary
Steps to reproduce:
- Login to platform
- Open Chat → Direct message with someone
- Open new tab → Open general channel
- Return to the first tab
- Someone text message to general channel
Actual Result
In the left panel general chat will be marked as unread and the badge will immediately disappear.
Expected Result
In the left panel the general chat has undread message badge
Activity
MichaelUray commentedon Oct 18, 2026
Since #6681 (and its follow-up #6971), the chat view pauses read processing while its browser tab is hidden or the window is out of focus. Messages that arrive in a channel open in a background tab now stay unread until you return to that tab. This looks resolved, so the issue could be closed.
MichaelUray commentedon Oct 20, 2026
@kakRostropovich — based on the check described above, this looks resolved in the current code. Could you please close this issue if you agree? If you think it is not fixed yet, please describe what still goes wrong (steps, expected vs. actual behaviour), so it can be looked at again.