Matthew Hodgson
Matthew Hodgson
Cross-linking to vector-im/element-web#2996 as the "encyclopaedia of UISI causes" bug, which complements this more use-case driven bug.
A draft for a spec for incremental backup of encrypted keys on the server (#3661) now exists at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MOoIA9qEKIhUQ3UmKZG-loqA8e0BzgWKKlKRUGMynVc/ [edit: superceded by [MSC1219](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1538)]
this would also help solve vector-im/element-web#2671
fwiw the intention on highlights was always to only highlight the content that triggered the bing rather than the whole line - the "whole line goes red" was a quick...
(removing the highlight colour entirely, as per the current PR, seems like a major step backwards?)
#897 might be related?
This is getting really nasty with federation glitches recently. It'd almost be better to drop events with ancient timestamps than append them to the live timeline.
in terms of UI for when old messages flood in: how about showing up a /!\ status prompt saying `"you received old messages from timestamp"`?
increasing the priority as (proportionally speaking) this is starting to be a major cause of UISIs for me
https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/2713 is an alt approach.