FEATURE: Silence Close Notifications User Setting (#26072)

This change creates a user setting that they can toggle if
they don't want to receive unread notifications when someone closes a
topic they have read and are watching/tracking it.

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/preferences/tracking.js

@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ export default class extends Controller {
       "tracked_category_ids",
       "watched_first_post_category_ids",
       "watched_precedence_over_muted",
+      "topics_unread_when_closed",
     ];
 
     if (this.siteSettings.tagging_enabled) {

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/models/user.js

@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ let userOptionFields = [
   "sidebar_link_to_filtered_list",
   "sidebar_show_count_of_new_items",
   "watched_precedence_over_muted",
+  "topics_unread_when_closed",
 ];
 
 export function addSaveableUserOptionField(fieldName) {

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/preferences/tracking.hbs

@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
         }}
       />
     </div>
+
+    <PreferenceCheckbox
+      @labelKey="user.topics_unread_when_closed"
+      @checked={{this.model.user_option.topics_unread_when_closed}}
+    />
   </div>
 </div>
 

app/models/post_timing.rb

@@ -7,26 +7,33 @@ class PostTiming < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates_presence_of :post_number
   validates_presence_of :msecs
 
-  def self.pretend_read(topic_id, actual_read_post_number, pretend_read_post_number)
+  def self.pretend_read(topic_id, actual_read_post_number, pretend_read_post_number, user_ids = nil)
     # This is done in SQL cause the logic is quite tricky and we want to do this in one db hit
     #
-    DB.exec(
-      "INSERT INTO post_timings(topic_id, user_id, post_number, msecs)
+    user_ids_condition = user_ids.present? ? "AND user_id = ANY(ARRAY[:user_ids]::int[])" : ""
+    sql_query = <<-SQL
+      INSERT INTO post_timings(topic_id, user_id, post_number, msecs)
               SELECT :topic_id, user_id, :pretend_read_post_number, 1
               FROM post_timings pt
               WHERE topic_id = :topic_id AND
-                    post_number = :actual_read_post_number AND
-                    NOT EXISTS (
+                    post_number = :actual_read_post_number
+                    #{user_ids_condition}
+                    AND NOT EXISTS (
                         SELECT 1 FROM post_timings pt1
                         WHERE pt1.topic_id = pt.topic_id AND
                               pt1.post_number = :pretend_read_post_number AND
                               pt1.user_id = pt.user_id
                     )
-             ",
+    SQL
+
+    params = {
       pretend_read_post_number: pretend_read_post_number,
       topic_id: topic_id,
       actual_read_post_number: actual_read_post_number,
-    )
+    }
+    params[:user_ids] = user_ids if user_ids.present?
+
+    DB.exec(sql_query, params)
 
     TopicUser.ensure_consistency!(topic_id)
   end

app/models/user_option.rb

@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ end
 #  sidebar_show_count_of_new_items      :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
 #  watched_precedence_over_muted        :boolean
 #  chat_separate_sidebar_mode           :integer          default(0), not null
+#  topics_unread_when_closed            :boolean          default(TRUE), not null
 #
 # Indexes
 #

app/serializers/user_option_serializer.rb

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ class UserOptionSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
              :seen_popups,
              :sidebar_link_to_filtered_list,
              :sidebar_show_count_of_new_items,
-             :watched_precedence_over_muted
+             :watched_precedence_over_muted,
+             :topics_unread_when_closed
 
   def auto_track_topics_after_msecs
     object.auto_track_topics_after_msecs || SiteSetting.default_other_auto_track_topics_after_msecs

app/services/topic_status_updater.rb

@@ -90,6 +90,21 @@ TopicStatusUpdater =
         # actually read the topic
         PostTiming.pretend_read(topic.id, old_highest_read, topic.highest_post_number)
       end
+
+      if status.closed? && status.enabled?
+        sql_query = <<-SQL
+          SELECT DISTINCT post_timings.user_id
+          FROM post_timings
+          JOIN user_options ON user_options.user_id = post_timings.user_id
+          WHERE post_timings.topic_id = :topic_id
+            AND user_options.topics_unread_when_closed = 'f'
+        SQL
+        user_ids = DB.query_single(sql_query, topic_id: topic.id)
+
+        if user_ids.present?
+          PostTiming.pretend_read(topic.id, old_highest_read, topic.highest_post_number, user_ids)
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     def message_for(status)

app/services/user_updater.rb

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class UserUpdater
     sidebar_link_to_filtered_list
     sidebar_show_count_of_new_items
     watched_precedence_over_muted
+    topics_unread_when_closed
   ]
 
   NOTIFICATION_SCHEDULE_ATTRS = -> do

config/locales/client.en.yml

@@ -1774,6 +1774,7 @@ en:
         after_10_minutes: "after 10 minutes"
 
       notification_level_when_replying: "When I post in a topic, set that topic to"
+      topics_unread_when_closed: "Consider topics unread when they are closed"
 
       invited:
         title: "Invites"

db/migrate/20240307231053_add_topics_unread_when_closed_to_user_options.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddTopicsUnreadWhenClosedToUserOptions < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    add_column :user_options, :topics_unread_when_closed, :boolean, default: true, null: false
+  end
+end

spec/requests/api/schemas/json/user_get_response.json

@@ -794,6 +794,9 @@
             },
             "seen_popups": {
               "type": ["array", "null"]
+            },
+            "topics_unread_when_closed": {
+              "type": "boolean"
             }
           },
           "required": [
@@ -828,7 +831,8 @@
             "text_size_seq",
             "title_count_mode",
             "timezone",
-            "skip_new_user_tips"
+            "skip_new_user_tips",
+            "topics_unread_when_closed"
           ]
         }
       },

spec/system/page_objects/pages/topic.rb

@@ -214,11 +214,20 @@ module PageObjects
         find(".topic-notifications-button .select-kit-header").click
       end
 
+      def click_admin_menu_button
+        find("#topic-footer-buttons .topic-admin-menu-button").click
+      end
+
       def watch_topic
         click_notifications_button
         find('li[data-name="watching"]').click
       end
 
+      def close_topic
+        click_admin_menu_button
+        find(".topic-admin-popup-menu ul.topic-admin-menu-topic li.topic-admin-close").click
+      end
+
       def has_read_post?(post)
         post_by_number(post).has_css?(".read-state.read", visible: :all, wait: 3)
       end

spec/system/topics_unread_when_closed_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+describe "Topics unread when closed", type: :system do
+  fab!(:topics) { Fabricate.times(10, :post).map(&:topic) }
+  let(:topic_list) { PageObjects::Components::TopicList.new }
+  let(:topic_page) { PageObjects::Pages::Topic.new }
+
+  context "when closing a topic" do
+    fab!(:admin)
+    fab!(:user)
+
+    it "close notifications do not appear when disabled" do
+      user.user_option.update!(topics_unread_when_closed: false)
+      sign_in(user)
+      topic = topics.third
+      topic_page.visit_topic(topic)
+      topic_page.watch_topic
+      expect(topic_page).to have_read_post(1)
+
+      # Close the topic as an admin
+      TopicStatusUpdater.new(topic, admin).update!("closed", true)
+
+      # Check that the user did not receive a new post notification badge
+      visit("/latest")
+      expect(topic_list).to have_no_unread_badge(topics.third)
+    end
+
+    it "close notifications appear when enabled (the default)" do
+      user.user_option.update!(topics_unread_when_closed: true)
+      sign_in(user)
+      topic = topics.third
+      topic_page.visit_topic(topic)
+      topic_page.watch_topic
+      expect(topic_page).to have_read_post(1)
+
+      # Close the topic as an admin
+      TopicStatusUpdater.new(topic, admin).update!("closed", true)
+
+      # Check that the user did receive a new post notification badge
+      visit("/latest")
+      expect(topic_list).to have_unread_badge(topics.third)
+    end
+  end
+end