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Goal

Refs AND-1672

Brings the grouped list fixes from #6838 to v6, and fixes the event handling gaps found when comparing with iOS. The channel transformer part of the ticket is still open, so the ticket stays open.

Implementation

  • Group badges move for unread channels that are not loaded, using the stored channel (backport of Update grouped channel lists on partial updates to unwatched channels #6838). Badges don't move for hidden or disabled channels, which the backend doesn't count.
  • A partial update reads last_message_at from the event and keeps the later of the local and the event value. A channel that is not in the list is checked against the cutoff when its last activity is known: it has a local copy and the event carries last_message_at. Otherwise only its group is checked, and the list checks the cutoff after the watch. An active channel's state keeps the later value too. The backend change that adds the field isn't released yet; until then the event has no last_message_at and only the group is checked.
  • A disabled channel is removed from grouped lists, and re-enabling it adds it back.
  • A new message un-hides a channel only when the server does: a regular message or a reply that is not shadowed, has no campaign id, and was not sent in a blocked channel or by a blocked user. The channel state, the stored channel and grouped lists use the same rule. Channel updates, truncations and notification.message_new keep the stored hidden and blocked state, since their channels carry no state of the current user.
  • A grouped list queried without watch no longer watches a partially updated channel. It adds the stored copy with the update applied, or skips a channel it has no local copy of.
  • A channel that an event adds to a list without active channel state now gets its state and is stored with the query, like channels from a query result.
  • After a reconnect, a grouped list queried with presence goes back to its first page instead of keeping its pages, since /sync doesn't subscribe the kept channels to presence events.
  • The grouped reconnect e2e test reconnects once before scrolling and opens the tab while online. The e2e network helper now turns on Wi-Fi before mobile data, so the app doesn't reconnect on mobile data and then lose time when Wi-Fi takes over.

Testing

Manual, on a grouped channel list, changing channels from another client or the dashboard:

  1. Disable a listed channel: it leaves the tab. Enable it again: it comes back.
  2. Hide a channel, then send a message in it from a user the current user blocked: it stays hidden. Send a regular message from another user: it comes back.
  3. On a grouped list queried without watch, partially update a channel so it moves into the group. A channel that was never loaded is not watched and shows after the next refresh. A channel stored locally appears without a watch request.

Validation:

  • ./gradlew spotlessCheck detekt apiCheck testDebugUnitTest passes.
  • GroupedChannelListTests#test_tabKeepsLoadedPagesAndScrollPosition_afterReconnection passed on the first attempt in 3 of 3 local runs (1080x1920, app data cleared before each run).

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Hidden channels now reappear only for eligible regular messages and replies.
    • Messages from blocked users, campaign messages, shadowed messages, and blocked channels no longer reveal hidden channels.
    • Grouped channel lists now handle disabled channels and partial updates more reliably.
    • Unread counts remain accurate when channel updates arrive for active, stored, or unavailable channels.
    • Offline/online reconnection behavior in grouped channel lists is more reliable.

…hannels that are not loaded

A stored copy's last activity can be stale, so a partial update on a channel that is not in the list only checks its group, and the list checks the cutoff after the watch. The group badge delta takes the old group and unread state from the stored channel when the channel has no active state, which is the usual case for this event.
The backend leaves disabled channels out of grouped queries. A channel update or partial update that disables a listed channel now removes it, re-enabling it adds it back, and events for a disabled channel no longer add it.
…the server

A new message shows a hidden channel again only when it is a regular message or a reply that is not shadowed, has no campaign id, and was not sent in a blocked channel or by a blocked user. The channel state, the stored channel and grouped lists follow the same rule.
…d lists queried with watch

A grouped list queried without watch now skips a partial update on a channel it has no local copy of. The channel shows when its page loads.
After a fresh login no sync date is stored, so the test's only reconnect reset the pages. One reconnect after opening the tab stores the sync date first.
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SDK Size Comparison 📏

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stream-chat-android-client 5.26 MB 5.33 MB 0.07 MB 🟢
stream-chat-android-offline 5.49 MB 5.55 MB 0.05 MB 🟢
stream-chat-android-ui-components 10.64 MB 10.79 MB 0.15 MB 🟢
stream-chat-android-compose 12.87 MB 13.18 MB 0.31 MB 🟡

A tab asks for its next page when it is shown, and a request rejected while offline is not sent again. Going offline right after opening the tab could leave the list at its first page.
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Message events now unhide channels only when they meet the visibility checks, including checks for message type, campaign status, blocked channels, and blocked senders. Grouped event handling applies hidden and disabled state checks, and partial updates follow grouped-query watch settings. Unread-count migration uses cached or stored channel state. The Compose sample reconnection test changes the order of tab initialization, connectivity cycling, and scrolling.

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A blocked hidden channel can become visible after a regular message notification. Preserve its stored blocked flag when the notification omits it before merging.

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🟡 Minor · Preserve the stored blocked value when the event omits it. · EventHandlerSequential.kt:691-695

stream-chat-android-state/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/state/event/handler/internal/EventHandlerSequential.kt:691-695
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Preserve the stored blocked value when the event omits it.

If the cached channel has extraData["blocked"] == true, mergeChannelFromEvent replaces its metadata with the event metadata. When that metadata omits blocked, hiddenAfter treats a regular message as eligible to unhide the channel and persists hidden = false. The grouped handler's guard does not protect this sequential persistence path.

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-                    val channel = batch.getCurrentChannel(event.cid)
-                        ?.mergeChannelFromEvent(event.channel) ?: event.channel
+                    val currentChannel = batch.getCurrentChannel(event.cid)
+                    val channel = currentChannel
+                        ?.mergeChannelFromEvent(event.channel)
+                        ?.copy(
+                            extraData = event.channel.extraData.toMutableMap().apply {
+                                if (!containsKey("blocked")) {
+                                    currentChannel.extraData["blocked"]?.let { put("blocked", it) }
+                                }
+                            },
+                        ) ?: event.channel
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merging event metadata preserves the cached channel’s extraData["blocked"] value
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  • stream-chat-android-compose-sample/src/androidTestE2eDebug/kotlin/io/getstream/chat/android/compose/tests/GroupedChannelListTests.kt
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  • stream-chat-android-state/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/state/utils/internal/ChannelVisibility.kt
  • stream-chat-android-state/src/test/java/io/getstream/chat/android/state/channel/controller/WhenHandleEvent.kt
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  • stream-chat-android-state/src/test/java/io/getstream/chat/android/state/event/handler/grouped/internal/GroupedUnreadChannelsUpdaterTest.kt
  • stream-chat-android-state/src/test/java/io/getstream/chat/android/state/event/handler/internal/EventHandlerSequentialHiddenChannelTest.kt
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  • stream-chat-android-state/src/test/java/io/getstream/chat/android/state/plugin/logic/querychannels/internal/QueryChannelsLogicGroupedWatchTest.kt
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…the event

The partial channel now carries last_message_at, and a partial update keeps the later of the local and the event value. A stored channel that is not in the list is checked against the cutoff when the event carries its last message time; without it, only the group is checked, as before.
…ithout watch

A partial update on a stored channel that moves into a grouped list queried without watch now adds the stored copy with the update applied, instead of watching the channel.
A reconnection soon after the previous one can take longer than the 5 second wait of the next assertion, so the test now waits 3 seconds after going back online, as it does after the first reconnection.
The channel in notification.message_new is shared by all members, so it has no hidden or blocked value. The stored values are now kept after the merge, so a message that does not un-hide the channel keeps it hidden.
When mobile data connected first, Wi-Fi took over the default network a few seconds later and slowed down the requests the app had in flight, so the reconnect sync could miss the next assertion. Wi-Fi now connects first, and the grouped reconnection test no longer needs its extra wait.
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The channel state of an active channel now takes the later of its own and the event's last_message_at, like the merged channel the grouped list checks, so both agree on the channel's last activity.
The backend does not count hidden or disabled channels in grouped unread counts, so a group change of such a channel no longer moves a badge.
A channel that an event adds to a list without active state is now added like a channel from a query result: its state is created and the query is stored, so later events and restarts keep it up to date. A channel with active state is still only tracked, so a stored copy does not replace its live state.
…ations

The channels in channel.updated and channel.truncated events are shared by all members, so they carry no hidden or blocked value. The stored values are now kept, like for notification.message_new, so a later message that does not un-hide the channel keeps it hidden.
The /sync request cannot subscribe to presence, and the grouped query only subscribes the channels it returns. A grouped list queried with presence now goes back to its first page after a reconnect, so all its channels get presence events again.
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andremion merged commit f124d93 into v6 Oct 21, 2026
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