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### Read and unread markers
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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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{{% event event="m.fully_read" %}}
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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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{{< changed-in v="1.4" >}} `m.read.private` receipts can now be sent from
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`/read_markers`.
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The read markers API can additionally update the user's read receipt
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(`m.read` or `m.read.private`) location in the same operation as setting
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the fully read marker location. This is because read receipts and read
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markers are commonly updated at the same time, and therefore the client
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might wish to save an extra HTTP call. Providing `m.read` and/or
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`m.read.private` performs the same task as a request to
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[`/receipt/{receiptType}/{eventId}`](#post_matrixclientv3roomsroomidreceiptreceipttypeeventid).
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{{% http-api spec="client-server" api="read_markers" %}}
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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` and `m.read.private` in the `/read_markers`
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request the same as how it would for a request to
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[`/receipt/{receiptType}/{eventId}`](#post_matrixclientv3roomsroomidreceiptreceipttypeeventid).
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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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#### Unread markers
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{{% added-in v="1.12" %}}
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Clients may use "unread markers" to allow users to label rooms for later
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attention irrespective of [read receipts](#receipts) or
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[fully read markers](#fully-read-markers).
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##### Events
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The user's unread marker in a room is kept under an `m.marked_unread`
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event in the room's [account data](#client-config). The event may be read
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to determine the user's current unread marker state in the room. Just
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like other account data events, the event will be pushed down the event
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stream when updated.
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{{% event event="m.marked_unread" %}}
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##### Client behaviour
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Clients MUST update unread markers by directly modifying the `m.marked_unread`
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room account data event. When marking a room as unread, clients SHOULD NOT change
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the `m.fully_read` marker, so that the user's read position in the room is
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retained.
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When the `unread` field is `true`, clients SHOULD visually annotate the room
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to indicate that it is unread. Exactly how this is achieved is left as an
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implementation detail. It is RECOMMENDED that clients use a treatment similar
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to how they represent rooms with unread notifications.
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Clients SHOULD reset the unread marker by setting `unread` to `false` when
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opening a room to display its timeline.
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Clients that offer functionality to mark a room as _read_ by sending a read
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receipt for the last event, SHOULD reset the unread marker simultaneously.
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If the `m.marked_unread` event does not exist on the user's account data,
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clients MUST behave as if `unread` was `false`.
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##### Server behaviour
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Servers have no additional requirements placed on them by this submodule.
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