element-hq / element-hq/element-ios

Notifications about read messages don't disappear

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A-Notifications T-Enhancement Z-GetYourUpdates
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Swift
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Description

### Your use case

#### What would you like to do?

I have quite a few rooms with "noisy" notifications on. Most of the time, I'm working on Element Desktop, and I read the messages corresponding to those important notifications here.

When I leave my desk and take my phone, it's full of Element notifications. A few of them are relevant, but they're drowned in irrelevant ones (since I already read those messages on my computer).

Removing notifications for messages I have already read would de-clutter the experience and make notifications much less distracting.

#### Why would you like to do it?

I would like to have only relevant notifications on my phone so I don't spend too much time manually triaging them.

#### How would you like to achieve it?

I would expect iOS to automatically remove the notifications of the messages I have already read (whether it is on the same device or another one) :)

### Have you considered any alternatives?

N/A

### Additional context

N/A

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are identified in the issue. Start by locating Element iOS's notification and read-state handling, then verify that notifications for messages read on either device are removed while unrelated unread notifications remain.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
ios, swift
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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