Prevent markRead when the last message is a server-rejected local-only echo

[gpunto]

Goal

Sending into a frozen channel returns 201 with the message echoed back as type: "error", which the SDK stores as COMPLETED while the server persists nothing. The mark-read guard from #6431 only checks syncStatus != COMPLETED, so every subsequent channel open calls markRead on a channel the server sees as empty, emitting message.read events with no last_read_message_id (customer-escalated). Aligns with the iOS fix in stream-chat-swiftui#1452.

Closes AND-1395

Implementation

• Add Message.isLocalOnly() (@InternalStreamChatApi): not yet synced, or a type the server never persists (error, ephemeral). Matches iOS ChatMessage.isLocalOnly.
• MessageListController.markLastMessageReadInternal: widen the own-message guard from syncStatus != COMPLETED to isLocalOnly(). The guard returns before updating lastSeenMessageId, so mark-read recovers naturally once a real message arrives.
• MessageComposerController.enqueueSendMessage: skip the post-send markMessageRead when the echoed message is local-only, since its id doesn't exist server side.

Testing

• Unit tests: error/ephemeral last message doesn't mark read (with a peer message underneath so filtering can't make the test pass vacuously), a synced message after an error one still marks read, post-send markMessageRead skipped for an error echo, isLocalOnly() truth table.
• Verified on device against a real frozen channel: before the fix each channel open fired POST /read {"message_id":""} and the server emitted message.read without last_read_message_id; after the fix the guard rejects the echo and no call is made.

Manual testing steps

1. Create a frozen channel with the logged-in user as its only member and no messages, e.g. with the Stream CLI:

   getstream api chat GetOrCreateChannel --type messaging --id frozen-test \
     --request '{"data":{"created_by_id":"<user-id>","frozen":true,"members":[{"user_id":"<user-id>"}]}}'
   

2. Send a message into it with ChatClient.instance().sendMessage(...) from a temporary debug button (the UI blocks the composer on frozen channels). The call succeeds and the result is the echo with type: "error" and syncStatus: COMPLETED.
3. Open the channel a few times, watching logcat with tag MessageListController and the HTTP log.
4. Without the fix, each open fires POST /channels/.../read with {"message_id":""} and the server emits message.read with no last_read_message_id. With the fix, each open logs [markLastMessageRead] ... rejected (own local-only) and makes no call.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved read-status handling for locally generated, ephemeral, and failed messages.
  • Prevented error and pending messages from being incorrectly marked as read.
  • Ensured confirmed messages are marked read according to channel settings.
• Tests
  • Added coverage for message synchronization states, error echoes, ephemeral messages, empty lists, and confirmed messages.

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SDK Size Comparison 📏

SDK	Before	After	Difference	Status
stream-chat-android-client	5.26 MB	5.32 MB	0.05 MB	🟢
stream-chat-android-offline	5.49 MB	5.54 MB	0.04 MB	🟢
stream-chat-android-ui-components	10.64 MB	10.75 MB	0.11 MB	🟢
stream-chat-android-compose	12.87 MB	12.96 MB	0.09 MB	🟢

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Issues
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89.7% Coverage on New Code
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Walkthrough

The PR adds Message.isLocalOnly() and uses it to control read marking after sends and at the bottom of the message list. Tests cover incomplete, ephemeral, error, regular, and system messages.

Changes

Local-only message read-state handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Local-only message contract and tests stream-chat-android-client/src/main/java/.../MessageUtils.kt, stream-chat-android-client/src/test/java/.../MessageUtilsTest.kt	Adds Message.isLocalOnly() for incomplete, ephemeral, and error messages. Parameterized tests cover the supported combinations.
Composer send read marking stream-chat-android-ui-common/src/main/kotlin/.../MessageComposerController.kt, stream-chat-android-ui-common/src/test/kotlin/.../MessageComposerControllerTests.kt	Successful sends skip read marking for local-only echoes. Tests cover regular, pending, and error messages.
Message-list read marking stream-chat-android-ui-common/src/main/kotlin/.../MessageListController.kt, stream-chat-android-ui-common/src/test/kotlin/.../MessageListControllerTests.kt	The message list skips read marking for the current user’s local-only final message. Tests cover error, ephemeral, empty, and subsequent regular messages.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to f8855

The change can leave persisted messages with pending edits or deletions incorrectly treated as local-only, preventing their read state from being updated and potentially leaving users with stale unread indicators. The classification should be corrected or explicitly accepted before merge.

Suggested labels: pr:test

Poem

I’m a rabbit with messages, tidy and bright,
Local-only echoes now pause read-state write.
Error and ephemeral notes stay in their lane,
Regular messages mark read again.
Hop, hop—the tests make the behavior plain!

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Inline comments:
In
`@stream-chat-android-client/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/utils/message/MessageUtils.kt`:
- Around line 217-218: Update Message.isLocalOnly() so persisted messages with
SYNC_NEEDED are not classified as local-only; distinguish genuinely unsent
messages from messages pending edits or deletions, while preserving the
ephemeral and error checks. Add coverage verifying SYNC_NEEDED messages remain
eligible for markMessageRead.

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• stream-chat-android-client/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/utils/message/MessageUtils.kt
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• stream-chat-android-ui-common/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/chat/android/ui/common/feature/messages/composer/MessageComposerController.kt
• stream-chat-android-ui-common/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/chat/android/ui/common/feature/messages/list/MessageListController.kt
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