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Wes d9dc76c0aa fix(desktop): bound initial timeline retention (#5603)
## Summary

- let Virtua own the initial visible timeline range instead of passing
every loaded row to `keepMounted`
- populate the existing bounded retention window after the virtualizer
reports its first settled viewport
- cover a 10,000-row timeline to prevent an all-history initial mount
regression

## Why

`useTimelineRetention` initialized its retained-key set with every
loaded timeline key. Those indices were passed to Virtua's
`keepMounted`, effectively defeating virtualization during initial
channel positioning until `onScrollEnd` pruned the set.

On a large real channel this grew WebContent into multiple gigabytes and
blocked the renderer main thread for 20+ seconds while WebKit laid out
and painted the retained rows. Starting with no retained rows restores
Virtua's visible-range mount; the existing reader-neighborhood and
visual-tail retention is populated once the viewport is measured.

## Validation

- `node --import ./test-loader.mjs --experimental-strip-types --test
src/features/messages/ui/useTimelineRetention.test.mjs`
- pre-push hook at `8e86a189de7e9a8f2cb119396c8f912ed9dacd6e`:
branch-skew, desktop-check, desktop-typecheck, and all 4,671 desktop
tests passed
- manual ablation against PR #5599 on the affected profile: catastrophic
channel-switch stalls disappeared

## Authorship disclosure

Carl implemented and is posting this change on Wes's behalf.

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Signed-off-by: Wes <wesbillman@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Carl <c7ebe626f000404285d3686e1dc74cc07cc60a9754a150041ba132e14bd3e2ec@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
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