**Category:** fix
**User Impact:** Sidebar mention numerals now match the user's
theme/accent color and appear for mentions inside threads, not just
top-level channel messages. Hover-to-preview on channel rows is
unchanged.
**Problem:** Follow-ups to #6696:
1. The mention numeral used a fixed red `--notification` token that
ignored the user's theme and accent selection.
2. The numeral read `appBadgeCount`, which deliberately excludes
threaded replies (Home's badge subtotal counts those toward the Dock
badge). Mentions inside threads therefore never surfaced a numeral on
the channel row — only the generic thread-activity dot.
**Solution:**
1. The badge now reuses the primary accent pair (`bg-primary` /
`text-primary-foreground`), the same treatment as the DM count badge, so
it follows whatever accent the user applies — including the pinned
neutral accent of the Buzz themes. The now-unused `--notification`
tokens and Tailwind utilities are removed.
2. Non-DM rows now count every unread mention/broadcast — threaded or
top-level — via a new `highPriorityCount` channel projection, replacing
the boolean `highPriorityUnread` across the TS contract, the Tauri
SQLite store, the e2e mock bridge, and the native test rig. The Dock/app
badge projection (`appBadgeCount`) is unchanged, so Dock totals do not
double-count thread activity that Home already counts.
The hover-to-preview channel activity popover is untouched; e2e coverage
now pins the combination (thread mention → numeral, no dot, popover
still opens and lists the mentioning reply).
<details>
<summary>File changes</summary>
**desktop/src/features/channels/useUnreadChannels.ts**
Non-DM sidebar counts switch from `appBadgeCount` to the
mention/broadcast-inclusive `highPriorityCount`; the high-priority
channel set derives from the same count.
**desktop/src/features/sidebar/ui/SidebarSection.tsx**
Badge drops the fixed notification classes and inherits the
accent-following default.
**desktop/src/shared/styles/globals/theme.css /
desktop/tailwind.config.js**
Remove the unused fixed `--notification` tokens and semantic utilities.
**desktop/src/shared/api/tauriObservedUnread.ts /
desktop/src-tauri/src/observed_unread.rs**
Projection contract: `highPriorityUnread: bool` → `highPriorityCount:
u64`, aggregated per unread high-priority event.
**desktop/src/testing/e2eBridge.ts /
desktop/src/features/channels/observedUnreadNativeRig.mjs**
Mock/native-rig projections mirror the new count field.
**desktop/src/features/channels/observedUnreadNative.test.mjs**
Native badge-lane test seeds a high-priority event to match the
numeral's new semantics.
**desktop/tests/e2e/badge.spec.ts**
Top-level mention test now asserts the badge equals the applied accent
(seeded `#22c55e` under an adversarial theme). New test: in-thread
mention shows the numeral, no dot, and the hover preview popover still
lists the mentioning reply.
**desktop/tests/e2e/channel-activity-popover.spec.ts /
desktop/tests/e2e/thread-unread.spec.ts**
Seeded fixtures that mention the user now expect the numeral (which
subsumes the dot).
</details>
## Reproduction steps
1. Pick any theme + accent color in Settings → Appearance.
2. Receive a top-level message mentioning you in an inactive channel →
the row shows a numeral pill in your accent color.
3. Receive a reply **inside a thread** that mentions you in an inactive
channel → the row shows the numeral (previously only a dot).
4. Hover the row → the channel activity preview still opens and lists
the mentioning reply.
5. Switch accents/themes → the pill re-colors accordingly; the Dock
badge count is unchanged from before.
## Verification
- `tsc --noEmit`, Biome, `check:px-text` — clean
- Desktop unit tests: 179/179 channel-suite; full suite has one
pre-existing failure from #6590 (`useRetainedProjectGitViews.test.mjs`
loader error, fails on clean `main`)
- Tauri Rust: `observed_unread` tests + clippy + fmt — clean
- Playwright smoke: badge (19), channel-activity-popover (10),
thread-unread (13), plus channels/inbox/stream/messaging/mentions suites
— all green
## Screenshots
Screenshots are posted in the PR discussion using immutable
repository-hosted image URLs.
Signed-off-by: tulsi <tulsi@block.xyz>
## Summary
- show relevant unread threads and active agents when hovering a channel
- keep channel-level unread emphasis separate from thread activity dots
- make activity rows navigate to the thread and remove demo-only data
## Test plan
- `just ci` (all stages passed except the final duplicate native check,
which ran out of disk after its earlier clippy pass)
- `cd desktop && pnpm exec playwright test
tests/e2e/channel-activity-popover.spec.ts --project=smoke`
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Signed-off-by: kenny lopez <klopez4212@gmail.com>
