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When opening a thread, loadThreadMessages fetched the thread's messages from the server but discarded the thread parent message (the getThreadMessages response includes it, but it was filtered out by m.tmid). Because of that, reactions (or edits) made to the thread's main message while the room stream missed them never reached the local threads record, so they didn't display in the thread view.

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https://rocketchat.atlassian.net/browse/NATIVE-1404

How to test or reproduce

  • Log in on two devices (or app + web) with different users.
  • User A: send a message in a channel and reply to it in a thread.
  • User B: react to the thread's main message (from the channel or web).
  • User A: with the app in background or the room closed, wait a moment, then open the thread.
  • Check the thread's main message: the reaction should be visible at the top of the thread view.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved thread message loading so parent messages and replies are handled consistently.
    • Ensured reaction updates on thread parents are reflected in the app when newer data is available.
    • Prevented duplicate parent messages from appearing among thread replies.
    • Improved handling when a thread parent is unavailable, allowing loading to complete successfully.
    • Excluded invalid or unprocessable messages from thread results to prevent loading issues.

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loadThreadMessages now loads the thread parent, creates or updates its threads record when needed, and includes it in the database batch. Tests cover parent persistence, reaction updates, reply-only storage, missing parents, and decryption input.

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Thread parent persistence

Layer / File(s) Summary
Thread loading and upsert
app/lib/methods/loadThreadMessages.ts
The loader finds the parent, filters invalid messages, and prepares a new or stale threads record. It includes the record with thread message writes in the database batch.
Thread loading validation
app/lib/methods/loadThreadMessages.test.ts
Typed fixtures and database mocks support tests for thread creation, reaction updates, unchanged records, reply-only writes, missing parents, invalid message filtering, and decryption input.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4e950

The fix now persists the thread’s parent message so reactions and edits can appear when a thread is opened. It is mergeable with owner awareness of a bounded risk that mismatched room/thread identifiers or local database write failures could leave stale or incorrectly linked thread state.

Suggested labels: type: bug

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In `@app/lib/methods/loadThreadMessages.ts`:
- Line 55: Update loadThreadMessages.ts:55 so loadThreadMessages explicitly
returns Promise<void>. In loadThreadMessages.test.ts, add an explicit return
shape for the fixture at line 45, reuse an interface if appropriate, add the
reply fixture return shape at line 55, and declare setupDatabase at line 60 as
returning void.
- Line 61: Update the message transformation in loadThreadMessages to filter out
null results from normalizeMessage/buildMessage before passing the collection to
Encryption.decryptMessages. Use a type predicate so the decrypted-message input
is correctly narrowed to non-null messages, preserving valid parent and reply
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In `@app/lib/methods/loadThreadMessages.test.ts`:
- Line 183: Update the test around mockedMethodCall and buildReply so
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app/lib/methods/loadThreadMessages.ts (2)

55-55: LGTM!

Also applies to: 61-64, 109-112


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Do not block this change on the async executor.

The configured Oxlint rules do not enable noAsyncPromiseExecutor. The outer try/catch handles errors from the awaited operations and calls reject. No lint or functional failure is established.

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