Spec for MSC2867 (Marking rooms as unread)

Relates to: matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals#2867
Signed-off-by: Johannes Marbach <n0-0ne+github@mailbox.org>

content/client-server-api/_index.md

@@ -2746,7 +2746,7 @@ that profile.
 | [Event Annotations and reactions](#event-annotations-and-reactions) | Optional  | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional |
 | [Event Context](#event-context)                            | Optional  | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional |
 | [Event Replacements](#event-replacements)                  | Optional  | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional |
-| [Fully read markers](#fully-read-markers)                  | Optional  | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional |
+| [(Un)read markers](#unread-markers)                        | Optional  | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional |
 | [Guest Access](#guest-access)                              | Optional  | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional |
 | [Moderation Policy Lists](#moderation-policy-lists)        | Optional  | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional |
 | [OpenID](#openid)                                          | Optional  | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional |

content/client-server-api/modules/read_markers.md

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+### (Un)read markers
 
-### Fully read markers
+#### Fully read markers
 
 The history for a given room may be split into three sections: messages
 the user has read (or indicated they aren't interested in them),
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ user hasn't seen yet. The "fully read marker" (also known as a "read
 marker") marks the last event of the first section, whereas the user's
 read receipt marks the last event of the second section.
 
-#### Events
+##### Events
 
 The user's fully read marker is kept as an event in the room's [account
 data](#client-config). The event may be read to determine the user's
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ should be considered to be the user's read receipt location.
 
 {{% event event="m.fully_read" %}}
 
-#### Client behaviour
+##### Client behaviour
 
 The client cannot update fully read markers by directly modifying the
 `m.fully_read` account data event. Instead, the client must make use of
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ might wish to save an extra HTTP call. Providing `m.read` and/or
 
 {{% http-api spec="client-server" api="read_markers" %}}
 
-#### Server behaviour
+##### Server behaviour
 
 The server MUST prevent clients from setting `m.fully_read` directly in
 room account data. The server must additionally ensure that it treats
@@ -53,3 +54,44 @@ Upon updating the `m.fully_read` event due to a request to
 `/read_markers`, the server MUST send the updated account data event
 through to the client via the event stream (eg: `/sync`), provided any
 applicable filters are also satisfied.
+
+#### Unread markers
+
+Clients may use "unread markers" to allow users to label rooms for later
+attention irrespective of [read receipts](#receipts) or
+[fully read markers](#fully-read-markers).
+
+##### Events
+
+The user's unread marker in a room is kept under an `m.marked_unread`
+event in the room's [account data](#client-config). The event may be read
+to determine the user's current unread marker state in the room, and just
+like other account data events the event will be pushed down the event
+stream when updated.
+
+{{% event event="m.marked_unread" %}}
+
+##### Client behaviour
+
+Clients MUST update unread markers by directly modifying the `m.marked_unread`
+account data event. When marking a room as unread, clients SHOULD NOT change
+the `m.fully_read` marker so that the user's read position in the room is
+retained.
+
+When the `unread` field is `true`, clients SHOULD visually annotate the room
+to indicate that it is unread. Exactly how this is achieved is left as an
+implementation detail. It is RECOMMENDED that clients use a treatment similar
+to how they represent rooms with unread notifications.
+
+Clients SHOULD reset the unread marker by setting `unread` to `false` when
+opening a room to display its timeline.
+
+Clients that offer functionality to mark a room as _read_ by sending a read
+receipt for the last event, SHOULD reset the unread marker simultaneously.
+
+If the `m.marked_unread` event does not exist on the user's account data,
+clients MUST behave as if `unread` was `false`.
+
+##### Server behaviour
+
+Servers have no additional requirements placed on them by this submodule.

data/event-schemas/examples/m.marked_unread.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "$ref": "core/event.json",
+  "type": "m.marked_unread",
+  "content": {
+    "unread": true
+  }
+}

data/event-schemas/schema/m.marked_unread.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+    "type": "object",
+    "title": "Unread Marker Event",
+    "description": "The current state of the user's unread marker in a room. This event appears in the user's room account data for the room the marker is applicable for.",
+    "allOf": [{
+        "$ref": "core-event-schema/event.yaml"
+    }],
+    "properties": {
+        "content": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "unread": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "description": "Whether the room is marked unread or not."
+                }
+            },
+            "required": ["unread"]
+        },
+        "type": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["m.marked_unread"]
+        }
+    },
+    "required": ["type", "content"]
+}