element-hq / element-hq/element-web
Jumping timeline and recurring unread marker at the bottom
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
### Steps to reproduce
Swtiching rooms caused the unread marker to reappear at the bottom and the timeline to glitch
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/83139ca9-b80b-4ddf-833e-596d30fdbc3c
### Outcome
#### What did you expect?
No glitch.
No unread marker.
- No unread marker at the bottom of the chat.
#### What happened instead?
Glitch.
unread marker.
- unread marker at the bottom of the chat.
### Operating system
Linux mint
### Application version
Element Nightly version: 2026083101
### How did you install the app?
element.io/get-started
### Homeserver
matrix.org
### Will you send logs?
No
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue while switching rooms in Element Nightly on Linux Mint, focusing on the timeline and unread marker at the bottom of the chat. Compare the observed behavior with the attached video; done means the timeline no longer glitches and the unread marker does not reappear at the bottom.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100