From 91d5e6345c3e4e107e85a219fceb97921d59446d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Devon Hudson Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 13:13:34 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Add wording to denote the extension as a catch up mechanism --- proposals/4360-sliding-sync-extension-threads.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/proposals/4360-sliding-sync-extension-threads.md b/proposals/4360-sliding-sync-extension-threads.md index 21a259ead..93e36f8a2 100644 --- a/proposals/4360-sliding-sync-extension-threads.md +++ b/proposals/4360-sliding-sync-extension-threads.md @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ events in the timeline has to be paginated through to attempt discovery of any t This is both cumbersome for the client and slow. This MSC proposes an 'extension' to Sliding Sync that allows clients to opt-in to receiving real-time updates to threads -in the user's joined rooms. +in the user's joined rooms. The new `extension` provides a mechanism for clients to quickly and easily "catch up" to any +missed thread updates. To handle the case in which there have been many thread updates and there are too many to return in Sliding Sync, a new companion endpoint is proposed to allow backpaginating thread updates across all