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type: module
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weight: 50
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### Fully read markers
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The history for a given room may be split into three sections: messages
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the user has read (or indicated they aren't interested in them),
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messages the user might have read some but not others, and messages the
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user hasn't seen yet. The "fully read marker" (also known as a "read
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marker") marks the last event of the first section, whereas the user's
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read receipt marks the last event of the second section.
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#### Events
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The user's fully read marker is kept as an event in the room's [account
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data](#client-config). The event may be read to determine the user's
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current fully read marker location in the room, and just like other
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account data events the event will be pushed down the event stream when
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updated.
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The fully read marker is kept under an `m.fully_read` event. If the
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event does not exist on the user's account data, the fully read marker
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should be considered to be the user's read receipt location.
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{{m\_fully\_read\_event}}
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#### Client behaviour
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The client cannot update fully read markers by directly modifying the
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`m.fully_read` account data event. Instead, the client must make use of
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the read markers API to change the values.
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The read markers API can additionally update the user's read receipt
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(`m.read`) location in the same operation as setting the fully read
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marker location. This is because read receipts and read markers are
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commonly updated at the same time, and therefore the client might wish
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to save an extra HTTP call. Providing an `m.read` location performs the
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same task as a request to `/receipt/m.read/$event:example.org`.
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{{read\_markers\_cs\_http\_api}}
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#### Server behaviour
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The server MUST prevent clients from setting `m.fully_read` directly in
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room account data. The server must additionally ensure that it treats
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the presence of `m.read` in the `/read_markers` request the same as how
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it would for a request to `/receipt/m.read/$event:example.org`.
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Upon updating the `m.fully_read` event due to a request to
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`/read_markers`, the server MUST send the updated account data event
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through to the client via the event stream (eg: `/sync`), provided any
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applicable filters are also satisfied.
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