element-hq / element-hq/element-web

Phantom typing notifications

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O-Occasional S-Minor T-Defect
Dominant language
TypeScript
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Description

### Steps to reproduce

1. View a room for the first time in a while
2. If a user was typing the last time you viewed it, you still see a typing notif for them - even if they stopped typing hours ago.
3. Eventually that typing notif times out.

### Outcome

#### What did you expect?

Reliable typing notifs

#### What happened instead?

Phantom typing notifs.

### Operating system

_No response_

### Browser information

_No response_

### URL for webapp

_No response_

### Application version

Element Nightly version: 2024022801 Crypto version: Rust SDK 0.7.0 (b1918e9), Vodozemac 0.5.1

### Homeserver

matrix.org

### Will you send logs?

Yes

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue by opening a room in Element Nightly after a long absence, using matrix.org if available, and observe whether a previous typing notification remains. Trace the typing-notification lifecycle from the reproduction steps, then verify that stopped typing activity is not shown when returning to the room and that current typing notifications still work.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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