fix(mobile): preserve thread replies through refresh failures (#7757)

## Summary

A failed mobile thread refresh could briefly remove replies and show “0
replies” even though Riverpod still retained the previous result. Read
the retained reply value directly and merge it with pending local
replies through errors and retries. When a reopened thread has no
retained result, show loading or failure instead of a false zero count.
Error status remains visible alongside retained replies.

No additional cache or retention is introduced. Current main
intentionally disposes thread queries on close; reopening still fetches
fresh data. The recorded symptom is reproduced by the failed-refresh
test, but the recording alone does not establish its network trigger.

### Related issue

Related to #4831 (thread refresh and disposal behavior), incorporated
into main through #6691. No duplicate for this rendering defect found.

### Testing

- Reproduced disappearing cached replies in widget tests before the fix;
the new retry/recovery, terminal-error, reopen/loading, initial-error,
and empty-result tests now pass.
- Provider coverage verifies cached and pending local replies survive a
failed refresh and confirmation still clears the local overlay.
- All five new widget regressions, the existing
hydration/scroll-position regression, all nine thread-provider tests,
Flutter analysis, and the final-head full mobile pre-push gate passed
(2,261 tests passed; four skipped).
- Phone-width and large-text rendering checked with synthetic messages.
[Before/after
screenshots](https://github.com/block/buzz/pull/7757#issuecomment-5743469556).
- All final-head GitHub checks passed, including mobile tests, Android
debug APK, iOS simulator app, and unsigned iOS release builds.
- Codex code review and security review are clean for `4e5f606ae`; the
earlier accessibility finding is fixed and resolved. Builderbot review
was requested but has not returned a result.
- Broad local `just ci` could not finish: unchanged ACP timing tests
failed, including `keepalive_resets_idle_past_deadline` on the
lower-concurrency retry. The separate ACP run passed all 941 tests.
Initial parallel mobile runs also hit timing flakes; the final-head full
mobile gate passed. No unrelated native code was changed.

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Signed-off-by: Tom Brow <tomb@block.xyz>
This commit is contained in:
Tom Brow
2026-09-19 11:00:47 -07:00
committed by GitHub
parent 4ee9f8b35a
commit ef2aa1ae38
6 changed files with 286 additions and 20 deletions

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@@ -128,14 +128,15 @@ class ThreadDetailPage extends HookConsumerWidget {
final liveChannelEvents =
ref.watch(channelMessagesProvider(channelId)).value ??
const <NostrEvent>[];
final replyMessages = repliesState.whenData((events) {
return formatTimeline(
mergeThreadEvents(events, liveChannelEvents),
currentPubkey: currentPubkey,
);
});
final fetchedReplies = replyMessages.value;
// Loading/error states can still carry replies from the last query.
// whenData drops that retained value during retries.
final replyEvents = repliesState.value;
final fetchedReplies = replyEvents == null
? null
: formatTimeline(
mergeThreadEvents(replyEvents, liveChannelEvents),
currentPubkey: currentPubkey,
);
final hasFetchedReplies = fetchedReplies != null;
// A terminal query error cannot produce a more authoritative list. Keep
// loading states provisional, but let the hydrated route snapshot drive
@@ -892,6 +893,7 @@ class ThreadDetailPage extends HookConsumerWidget {
itemPositionsListener: itemPositionsListener,
bottomInset: timelineBottomInset,
replies: replies,
relayReplyState: relayReplyState,
localSendAnimations: localSendAnimations,
trackActiveScrollPosition: trackActiveScrollPosition,
headIsDeleted: liveDeletionHidesHead,

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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class _ThreadMessageList extends StatelessWidget {
final ItemPositionsListener itemPositionsListener;
final double bottomInset;
final List<TimelineMessage> replies;
final AsyncValue<List<NostrEvent>> relayReplyState;
final Map<String, DateTime> localSendAnimations;
final Widget Function(Widget child) trackActiveScrollPosition;
final bool headIsDeleted;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ class _ThreadMessageList extends StatelessWidget {
required this.itemPositionsListener,
required this.bottomInset,
required this.replies,
required this.relayReplyState,
required this.localSendAnimations,
required this.trackActiveScrollPosition,
required this.headIsDeleted,
@@ -51,6 +53,18 @@ class _ThreadMessageList extends StatelessWidget {
required this.childrenByParent,
});
String get _replySummary {
if (!relayReplyState.hasValue && replies.isEmpty) {
return relayReplyState.isLoading
? 'Loading replies…'
: 'Couldn’t load replies';
}
final count =
'${replies.length} ${replies.length == 1 ? 'reply' : 'replies'}';
if (!relayReplyState.hasError) return count;
return '$count · ${relayReplyState.isLoading ? 'Retrying…' : 'Couldn’t refresh'}';
}
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
const headIndex = 0;
@@ -136,13 +150,19 @@ class _ThreadMessageList extends StatelessWidget {
),
child: Row(
children: [
Text(
'${replies.length} ${replies.length == 1 ? 'reply' : 'replies'}',
style: context.textTheme.labelMedium
?.copyWith(
color: context.colors.onSurfaceVariant,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w600,
),
Flexible(
child: Semantics(
liveRegion: true,
child: Text(
_replySummary,
style: context.textTheme.labelMedium
?.copyWith(
color:
context.colors.onSurfaceVariant,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w600,
),
),
),
),
const SizedBox(width: Grid.xxs),
Expanded(

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@@ -130,11 +130,10 @@ final threadRepliesWithLocalProvider = Provider.autoDispose
}
}
if (localReplies.isEmpty) return relayReplies;
return relayReplies.when(
data: (events) => AsyncData(_mergeReplies(events, localReplies)),
loading: () => AsyncData(localReplies),
error: (error, stackTrace) => AsyncData(localReplies),
);
// This provider supplies display events; the original query remains
// the source of loading/error status. Preserve its retained value when
// merging optimistic replies during a failed refresh or retry.
return AsyncData(_mergeReplies(authoritative ?? const [], localReplies));
});
/// Union two event lists by id, newest-wins, in timeline order.

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@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ import 'package:buzz/shared/widgets/masked_avatar_badge.dart';
import 'package:buzz/shared/widgets/skeleton.dart';
import 'package:shared_preferences/shared_preferences.dart';
part 'thread_reply_refresh_cases.dart';
const _channelId = '11111111-2222-4333-8444-555555555555';
const _huddleChannelId = '8d764100-fd8f-44cf-9c98-6d8fbd739b8c';
const _otherChannelId = '22222222-3333-4444-8555-666666666666';
@@ -471,6 +473,7 @@ double? effectiveFontSizeForText(
}
void main() {
threadReplyRefreshTests();
setUp(() async {
SharedPreferences.setMockInitialValues({});
_testPrefs = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();

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@@ -215,6 +215,53 @@ void main() {
},
);
test(
'local replies preserve cached authoritative replies after refresh failure',
() async {
final cached = _reply('cached', 1000);
final local = _reply('local', 1001);
final session = _FakeRelaySession()..replies = [cached];
final container = ProviderContainer(
retry: (_, _) => null,
overrides: [relaySessionProvider.overrideWith(() => session)],
);
addTearDown(container.dispose);
final combined = container.listen(
threadRepliesWithLocalProvider(args),
(_, _) {},
);
await container.read(threadRepliesProvider(args).future);
container.read(threadLocalRepliesProvider(args).notifier).add(local);
await container.pump();
final refresh = Completer<List<NostrEvent>>();
session.nextQueryGate = refresh;
container.invalidate(threadRepliesProvider(args));
await container.pump();
expect(combined.read().value?.map((event) => event.id), [
'cached',
'local',
]);
refresh.completeError(Exception('Refresh failed'));
await container.pump();
expect(container.read(threadRepliesProvider(args)).hasError, isTrue);
expect(combined.read().value?.map((event) => event.id), [
'cached',
'local',
]);
expect(container.read(threadLocalRepliesProvider(args)), [local]);
session.replies = [cached, local];
container.invalidate(threadRepliesProvider(args));
await container.read(threadRepliesProvider(args).future);
await container.pump();
expect(combined.read().value?.map((event) => event.id), [
'cached',
'local',
]);
await Future<void>.delayed(Duration.zero);
expect(container.read(threadLocalRepliesProvider(args)), isEmpty);
},
);
test('reopening a disposed thread performs a fresh load', () async {
final (container, fakeSession, subscription) = makeHarness([
_reply('r1', 1000),

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@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
part of 'channel_detail_page_test.dart';
void threadReplyRefreshTests() {
const args = ThreadRepliesArgs(channelId: _channelId, rootId: 'refresh-root');
final root = _textMsg(
id: args.rootId,
pubkey: 'alice',
content: 'Refresh root',
);
final reply = _textMsg(
id: 'cached-reply',
pubkey: 'bob',
content: 'Cached reply',
createdAt: 1001,
extraTags: [
['e', args.rootId, '', 'reply'],
],
);
Future<(NavigatorState, ProviderContainer)> mount(
WidgetTester tester,
Future<List<NostrEvent>> Function() load, {
bool retry = false,
TextScaler textScaler = TextScaler.noScaling,
}) async {
await tester.pumpWidget(
_buildTestable(
messages: [root],
textScaler: textScaler,
threadReplyLoaders: {args.rootId: load},
providerRetry: (_, _) =>
retry ? const Duration(milliseconds: 200) : null,
),
);
await tester.pumpAndSettle();
final context = tester.element(find.byType(ChannelDetailPage));
return (Navigator.of(context), ProviderScope.containerOf(context));
}
void open(NavigatorState navigator) {
final head = formatTimeline([root]).single;
navigator.push(
MaterialPageRoute<void>(
builder: (_) => ThreadDetailPage(
threadHead: head,
allMessages: [head],
channelId: _channelId,
currentPubkey: 'self',
isMember: true,
isArchived: false,
),
),
);
}
testWidgets(
'thread refresh keeps cached replies through retry and recovery',
(tester) async {
var calls = 0;
final refresh = Completer<List<NostrEvent>>();
final retry = Completer<List<NostrEvent>>();
final (navigator, container) = await mount(tester, () {
calls++;
return switch (calls) {
1 => Future.value([reply]),
2 => refresh.future,
_ => retry.future,
};
}, retry: true);
open(navigator);
await tester.pumpAndSettle();
expect(find.text('1 reply'), findsOneWidget);
container.invalidate(threadRepliesProvider(args));
await tester.pump();
expect(find.text('1 reply'), findsOneWidget);
refresh.completeError(Exception('Transient refresh failure'));
await tester.pump();
for (var frame = 0; frame < 20; frame++) {
await tester.pump(const Duration(milliseconds: 16));
expect(find.text('0 replies'), findsNothing, reason: 'frame $frame');
expect(
find.byKey(const ValueKey('thread-message-group-cached-reply')),
findsOneWidget,
);
expect(container.read(threadRepliesProvider(args)).value, [reply]);
}
expect(calls, 3);
retry.complete([
reply,
_textMsg(
id: 'fresh-reply',
pubkey: 'bob',
content: 'Fresh reply',
createdAt: 1002,
extraTags: [
['e', args.rootId, '', 'reply'],
],
),
]);
await tester.pumpAndSettle();
expect(find.text('2 replies'), findsOneWidget);
expect(
find.byKey(const ValueKey('thread-message-group-fresh-reply')),
findsOneWidget,
);
},
);
testWidgets('thread refresh error keeps cached replies visible', (
tester,
) async {
final semantics = tester.ensureSemantics();
var calls = 0;
final refresh = Completer<List<NostrEvent>>();
tester.view.physicalSize = const Size(320, 844);
tester.view.devicePixelRatio = 1;
addTearDown(tester.view.resetPhysicalSize);
addTearDown(tester.view.resetDevicePixelRatio);
final (navigator, container) = await mount(
tester,
() => ++calls == 1 ? Future.value([reply]) : refresh.future,
textScaler: const TextScaler.linear(2),
);
open(navigator);
await tester.pumpAndSettle();
container.invalidate(threadRepliesProvider(args));
await tester.pump();
refresh.completeError(Exception('Refresh failed'));
await tester.pumpAndSettle();
expect(
find.byKey(const ValueKey('thread-message-group-cached-reply')),
findsOneWidget,
);
expect(find.text('0 replies'), findsNothing);
expect(find.text('1 reply · Couldn’t refresh'), findsOneWidget);
expect(
tester
.getSemantics(find.text('1 reply · Couldn’t refresh'))
.getSemanticsData()
.flagsCollection
.isLiveRegion,
isTrue,
);
expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
expect(container.read(threadRepliesProvider(args)).hasError, isTrue);
semantics.dispose();
});
testWidgets('thread reopen shows loading until the fresh query completes', (
tester,
) async {
var calls = 0;
final reopened = Completer<List<NostrEvent>>();
final (navigator, _) = await mount(
tester,
() => ++calls == 1 ? Future.value([reply]) : reopened.future,
);
open(navigator);
await tester.pumpAndSettle();
navigator.pop();
await tester.pumpAndSettle();
open(navigator);
await tester.pumpAndSettle();
expect(calls, 2);
expect(find.text('0 replies'), findsNothing);
expect(find.text('Loading replies…'), findsOneWidget);
reopened.complete([reply]);
await tester.pumpAndSettle();
expect(find.text('1 reply'), findsOneWidget);
expect(find.text('Loading replies…'), findsNothing);
});
testWidgets('thread initial error is distinct from an empty thread', (
tester,
) async {
final query = Completer<List<NostrEvent>>();
final (navigator, _) = await mount(tester, () => query.future);
open(navigator);
await tester.pumpAndSettle();
query.completeError(Exception('Initial load failed'));
await tester.pumpAndSettle();
expect(find.text('0 replies'), findsNothing);
expect(find.text('Couldn’t load replies'), findsOneWidget);
});
testWidgets('thread successful empty query displays zero replies', (
tester,
) async {
final (navigator, _) = await mount(tester, () async => []);
open(navigator);
await tester.pumpAndSettle();
expect(find.text('0 replies'), findsOneWidget);
expect(find.text('Loading replies…'), findsNothing);
expect(find.text('Couldn’t load replies'), findsNothing);
});
}