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feat: support global mentions and starred messages - #43303
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The mentioned- and starred-message endpoints now accept an optional roomId. Without it, they query messages across the user’s subscribed rooms of types c, p, and d. The model queries paginate results and exclude hidden messages.
The model interface and implementation add paginated queries for visible mentions and starred messages across room IDs. Both queries exclude hidden messages.
Optional roomId API paths packages/rest-typings/src/v1/chat.ts, apps/meteor/server/api/lib/messages.ts, apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/chat.ts, .changeset/wide-corners-fold.md
The REST schemas make roomId optional. When it is omitted, the API queries the user’s subscriptions to rooms of types c, p, and d; the updated end-to-end tests check successful responses. The changeset records minor releases for four packages.
sequenceDiagram
participant API as Chat API
participant Service as Message query functions
participant Subscriptions
participant Messages
API->>Service: Request without roomId
Service->>Subscriptions: Get room IDs for types c, p, d
Subscriptions-->>Service: Eligible room IDs
Service->>Messages: Query mentions or stars across room IDs
Messages-->>Service: Paginated results and total count
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RocketChat/Rocket.Chat issue 42689 requests a cross-room starred-messages view. This change adds the API path for starred messages across subscribed rooms.
Suggested labels: type: feature
Suggested reviewers: sampaiodiego, ggazzo
Merge Risk: Moderate · up to dfff0
Before merging, protect activity results from revoked room access and make pagination stable so users do not see unauthorized, missing, or duplicate messages.
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The title "feat: support global mentions and starred messages" matches the main change. The PR makes roomId optional for chat.getMentionedMessages and chat.getStarredMessages. When roomId is omitted, …
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For [#39651], both API functions accept optional roomId. The supplied-room path retains room lookup and canAccessRoomAsync. The global path selects active subscriptions with room types c, p, o…
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The service changes, model methods and typings, REST schemas, changeset, and end-to-end tests directly support [#39651]. No unrelated product behavior is demonstrated.
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The title "feat: support global mentions and starred messages" matches the main change. The PR makes roomId optional for chat.getMentionedMessages and chat.getStarredMessages. When roomId is omitted, both endpoints return messages across the user's subscribed rooms. The title is specific and uses the conventional commit format. It omits the cross-room scope and the livechat exclusion, which is acceptable for a title.
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For [#39651], both API functions accept optional roomId. The supplied-room path retains room lookup and canAccessRoomAsync. The global path selects active subscriptions with room types c, p, or d, which excludes livechat and VoIP subscriptions. The model queries filter hidden messages, use $in room IDs, and apply shared pagination with { ts: -1 } as the default sort. REST tests verify successful requests without roomId for mentions and starred messages.
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Filter subscription types without removing the BANNED exclusion.
findByUserIdAndTypes does not exclude BANNED subscriptions. Use a database query that preserves the existing status predicate while adding the type filter.
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Review comment at @apps/meteor/server/api/lib/messages.ts around lines 7 - 10:
Update getActivityRoomIds to filter subscriptions in the database by user ID and
types c, p, and d while preserving the exclusion of BANNED subscriptions, then
return the matching room IDs.
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Review comments at @packages/rest-typings/src/v1/chat.ts:
- Around line 595-600: Update the tests for chat.getMentionedMessages and
chat.getStarredMessages that omit roomId: expect HTTP 200 and a successful
response with messages as an array instead of expecting a 400 invalid-parameters
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- Around line 7-10: Update getActivityRoomIds to filter subscriptions in the
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1 issue found across 3 files (changes from recent commits).
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<violation number="1" location="apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/chat.ts:3706">
P2: These global-feed tests only verify the response shape, not that global activity is returned. Seed a mentioned/starred message in the subscribed test room and assert its ID (and ideally a non-subscribed/livechat message is excluded), otherwise the new behavior can regress to an always-empty page while the tests still pass.</violation>
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P2: These global-feed tests only verify the response shape, not that global activity is returned. Seed a mentioned/starred message in the subscribed test room and assert its ID (and ideally a non-subscribed/livechat message is excluded), otherwise the new behavior can regress to an always-empty page while the tests still pass.
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<comment>These global-feed tests only verify the response shape, not that global activity is returned. Seed a mentioned/starred message in the subscribed test room and assert its ID (and ideally a non-subscribed/livechat message is excluded), otherwise the new behavior can regress to an always-empty page while the tests still pass.</comment>
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@@ -3703,15 +3703,18 @@ describe('[Chat]', () => {
after(() => deleteRoom({ type: 'c', roomId: testChannel._id }));
- it('should return an error when the required "roomId" parameter is not sent', async () => {
+ it('should return mentioned messages when "roomId" is not sent', async () => {
const res = await request
.get(api('chat.getMentionedMessages'))
</file context>
When messages share a timestamp across rooms, sorting only by ts does not guarantee their order. Offset pages can then repeat or omit messages. Add _id as a secondary sort key for both global queries. (mongodb.com)
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Update the sort options for both global message queries to use `_id` as a
secondary key after `ts`, ensuring stable ordering across offset pages; preserve
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Major · Security & Privacy · Heavy lift
Supported by static analysis
Script executed:
grep -n "projection-path" -A80 apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/abac.ts | head -200
sed -n '1,120p' apps/meteor/server/api/lib/messages.ts
rg -n "abac" packages/authorization/src/canAccessRoom.ts | head -40
rg -n "removeUserFromRoom|kick" ee/packages/abac/src | head -40
Repository: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
Length of output: 8336
Script executed:
set -u
printf'%s\n''--- canAccessRoomAsync ---'
nl -ba packages/authorization/src/canAccessRoom.ts | sed -n '1,150p'printf'%s\n''--- ABAC removal implementation and callers ---'
nl -ba ee/packages/abac/src/index.ts | sed -n '1300,1430p'
nl -ba ee/packages/abac/src/index.ts | sed -n '1460,1510p'printf'%s\n''--- direct attribute helper and test references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'addAbacAttributesToUserDirectly' -e 'removeUserFromRoom' -e 'findByUserId' apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/abac.ts ee/packages/abac apps/meteor/server packages | head -240
printf'%s\n''--- cross-room subscription-based listings ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.{ts,tsx}' -e 'getActivityRoomIds' -e 'findPaginatedVisibleByMention(' -e 'findStarredByUser(' -e 'Subscriptions.findByUserId' apps/meteor/server packages apps/meteor/ee ee/packages | head -240
Repository: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
Length of output: 44672
Script executed:
set -u
printf'%s\n''--- subject attribute change bindings ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.{ts,tsx}' -e 'onSubjectAttributesChanged' -e 'reevaluateUsers(' -e 'addAbacAttributesToUserDirectly' -e 'Abac_Attributes' apps/meteor ee/packages packages | head -240
printf'%s\n''--- test helper implementation ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -- 'export async function addAbacAttributesToUserDirectly' apps/meteor
printf'%s\n''--- room removal and subscription deletion ---'
nl -ba apps/meteor/server/lib/rooms/removeUserFromRoom.ts | sed -n '1,180p'
rg -n -F --glob '*.{ts,tsx}' -e 'removeUserFromRoom(' -e 'Room.removeUserFromRoom' ee/packages/abac apps/meteor/server | head -180
printf'%s\n''--- direct attribute mutation handlers near relevant matches ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.{ts,tsx}' -e 'abacAttributes' -e 'userAbacAttributes' apps/meteor/server ee/packages/abac/src | head -260
Repository: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
Length of output: 41366
Script executed:
set -u
printf'%s\n''--- exact messages authorization import binding ---'
nl -ba apps/meteor/server/lib/authorization/canAccessRoom.ts | sed -n '1,220p'printf'%s\n''--- import and declarations ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.{ts,tsx}' -e 'from "./canAccessRoom"' -e 'from "./lib/authorization/canAccessRoom"' -e 'canAccessRoomAsync' apps/meteor/server/lib/authorization apps/meteor/server/api/lib/messages.ts | head -120
Repository: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
Length of output: 2048
Check room access before querying messages.
The concern is valid for a stale subscription. canAccessRoomAsync denies access to an ABAC room when the user lacks its required attributes, but the global mention and starred-message paths trust active subscription IDs without applying that check. ABAC normally removes non-compliant users, but removal errors are caught and do not guarantee that the subscription is deleted. Filter the selected room IDs through the room access check before querying messages.
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Review comment at @apps/meteor/server/api/lib/messages.ts at line 9:
Filter the room IDs selected from active subscriptions through
canAccessRoomAsync before using them to query messages, so stale subscriptions
without current room access are excluded while preserving the existing
subscription-status and room-type filters.
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Summary
roomIdoptional forchat.getMentionedMessagesandchat.getStarredMessages.roomIdis omitted, fetch paginated messages across the user’s subscribed public channels, private groups, and direct messages.Issue
Closes #39651
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