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fix: message duplication when some messages have the same creation timestamp#1421

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message-insertion
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fix: message duplication when some messages have the same creation timestamp#1421
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To reproduce an existing bug:

  1. Have several (3+) messages with the same creation timestamp in a channel (you can send them quickly with the server-side API)
  2. Set up a situation when channels are queried twice (e.g. <StrictMode /> is enabled and the effect in ChannelList runs twice)
  3. Observe duplicating messages

The issue is that when inserting items into a sorted array with duplicating creation date, the insertion index points next to a fairly random message with the same creation date. That is not necessarily the message with same id, it could be any other message with the same creation id. So, instead of updating an existing message, we add it again.

This is fixed by performing an additional look-around when inserting a message, searching for the message with the same creation date and the same id. It adds very little overhead, since the search range is very limited. If the message with the same key is found, it is returned as an insertion index.

Comment on lines 368 to 378
// In case there are several array elements with the same comparable value, search around the insertion
// point to possibly find an element with the same key. If found, prefer it.
// This, for example, prevents duplication of messages with the same creation date.
if (selectKey) {
const needleKey = selectKey(needle);
for (let i = left; sortedArray[i] === comparableNeedle; i += sortDirection === 'ascending' ? -1 : +1) {
if (selectKey(sortedArray[i]) === needleKey) {
return i;
}
}
}
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Comment on lines -422 to -425
if (newMessages[insertionIndex - 1] && newMessage.id === newMessages[insertionIndex - 1].id) {
newMessages[insertionIndex - 1] = newMessage;
return newMessages;
}
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We no longer need to check this case: if a message needs to be updated, insertionIndex is guaranteed to point at it.

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@myandrienko myandrienko merged commit b7b019a into master Dec 18, 2024
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@myandrienko myandrienko deleted the message-insertion branch December 18, 2024 17:20
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