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send queue: reply to a local echo
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Description
It would be nice to be able to send a local reply to a local echo, so that while offline, it's possible to answer to a local echo.
Even better: it might be nice that the reply is *threaded*. This goes with a few complications, though: it would require that the thread-focused timeline supports the root being a local echo, which it doesn't support at the moment. And, it should properly handle the transition of the thread root from local to remote too, after it has been remote echoed. This last part might be a bit tricky.
- [ ] add support for an (unthreaded) reply to a local echo
- [ ] add support for a threaded timeline to focus on a local event (i.e. use a `TimelineItemEventId`)
- [ ] *then* add support for a threaded reply to a local echo
Part of #4869.
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Research direction
Start by tracing how replies to local echoes are represented and how the thread-focused timeline selects its root. Implement the unthreaded local-echo reply first, then address local-event timeline focus and threaded replies, including the transition when the root becomes remotely echoed. Done means the three checklist items work without breaking the local-to-remote transition.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- backend-api-design
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100