element-hq / element-hq/element-web
Read markers jumping around
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
### Steps to reproduce
1. Where are you starting? What can you see?
In a large room with lots of people reading messages.
### Outcome
#### What did you expect?
I would expect the read markers to remain still, especially when the number of people who have read a message does not increase.
#### What happened instead?
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ebe5c124-ce0b-4495-b3ba-2326668643c0
The read markers move around, even when new people's icons are not being added.
### Operating system
Debian 13
### Browser information
Firefox 152.0.6
### URL for webapp
develop.element.io
### Application version
Element version: 707fbd960a11-js-040fc6026bef Crypto version: Rust SDK 0.18.0 (6fe03c1), Vodozemac 0.10.0
### Homeserver
matrix.org
### Will you send logs?
No
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue at develop.element.io in a large room with many readers, using the listed Firefox and Debian environment. Observe the read markers while the number of people who have read a message stays unchanged; done means the markers remain still rather than moving around.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100