docs-matrix-spec/content/client-server-api/modules/read_markers.md
Richard van der Hoff b07fe504ed
Stop rendering CS modules and room version fragments as standalone pages (#1317)
This is actually doing two things:

 * creating `{fragments,modules}/index.md` turns the fragments and modules into
   page resources, rather than pages in their own right. We have to update the
   shortcodes to match.

 * adding `headless: true` means that we don't render the pages.

The net effect is that we don't render pages like
https://spec.matrix.org/v1.4/rooms/fragments/v1-auth-rules/ and
https://spec.matrix.org/v1.4/client-server-api/modules/account_data/.
2022-11-08 17:27:44 +00:00

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Fully read markers

The history for a given room may be split into three sections: messages the user has read (or indicated they aren't interested in them), messages the user might have read some but not others, and messages the user hasn't seen yet. The "fully read marker" (also known as a "read marker") marks the last event of the first section, whereas the user's read receipt marks the last event of the second section.

Events

The user's fully read marker is kept as an event in the room's account data. The event may be read to determine the user's current fully read marker location in the room, and just like other account data events the event will be pushed down the event stream when updated.

The fully read marker is kept under an m.fully_read event. If the event does not exist on the user's account data, the fully read marker should be considered to be the user's read receipt location.

{{% event event="m.fully_read" %}}

Client behaviour

The client cannot update fully read markers by directly modifying the m.fully_read account data event. Instead, the client must make use of the read markers API to change the values.

{{< changed-in v="1.4" >}} m.read.private receipts can now be sent from /read_markers.

The read markers API can additionally update the user's read receipt (m.read or m.read.private) location in the same operation as setting the fully read marker location. This is because read receipts and read markers are commonly updated at the same time, and therefore the client might wish to save an extra HTTP call. Providing m.read and/or m.read.private performs the same task as a request to /receipt/{receiptType}/{eventId}.

{{% http-api spec="client-server" api="read_markers" %}}

Server behaviour

The server MUST prevent clients from setting m.fully_read directly in room account data. The server must additionally ensure that it treats the presence of m.read and m.read.private in the /read_markers request the same as how it would for a request to /receipt/{receiptType}/{eventId}.

Upon updating the m.fully_read event due to a request to /read_markers, the server MUST send the updated account data event through to the client via the event stream (eg: /sync), provided any applicable filters are also satisfied.