Notifications in groups, and what is unread

The Notifications tab reads grouped notifications (/api/v2/notifications):
likes and boosts of one post, or follows of one hour, are one card naming
both accounts of a pair, or the newest and how many others, with their
avatars. A notification the stream tells joins its group and waits on top.
The tab's badge counts what is unread; opening the tab moves the
notifications marker to the newest shown, which reads it on PrivaPub.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LsXgEaXee4GCU1hwYgPJXw

Components/Content.razor

@@ -34,8 +34,18 @@
 
 			@if (Post.Notification is { } notification)
 			{
-				<p class="inline-flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2 min-w-0 text-xs">
+				<p class="inline-flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2 min-w-0 text-xs" data-notification="@notification.Type" data-count="@Post.GroupCount">
 					<i aria-hidden="true" class="@NotificationIcon(notification.Type)"></i>
+					@if (Post.GroupAccounts.Count > 1)
+					{
+						<span class="flex" aria-hidden="true">
+							@foreach (var account in Post.GroupAccounts.Take(4))
+							{
+								@* alt="": the names are in the text next to them. *@
+								<img alt="" class="h-5 w-5 -ml-2 first:ml-0 rounded-full object-cover ring-2 ring-base-100" src="@(account.Avatar ?? "imgs/icon-192.png")" title="@account.Name" />
+							}
+						</span>
+					}
 					<span>@NotificationText(notification)</span>
 					<span class="opacity-60" title="@NerdRow.Time(notification.CreatedAt)">@notification.CreatedAt.GetPassedTime(Localizer)</span>
 				</p>
@@ -663,8 +673,17 @@
 	string NotificationText(Notification notification)
 	{
 		var name = notification.Account?.Name;
+		var others = Post.GroupCount - 1;
+		// two are both named; more are the newest and a count
+		var second = others == 1 && Post.GroupAccounts.Count > 1 ? Post.GroupAccounts[1].Name : null;
 		return notification.Type switch
 		{
+			"favourite" when second is not null => Localizer["{0} and {1} favourited your post", name, second],
+			"reblog" when second is not null => Localizer["{0} and {1} boosted your post", name, second],
+			"follow" when second is not null => Localizer["{0} and {1} followed you", name, second],
+			"favourite" when others > 0 => Localizer["{0} and {1} others favourited your post", name, others],
+			"reblog" when others > 0 => Localizer["{0} and {1} others boosted your post", name, others],
+			"follow" when others > 0 => Localizer["{0} and {1} others followed you", name, others],
 			"favourite" => Localizer["{0} favourited your post", name],
 			"reblog" => Localizer["{0} boosted your post", name],
 			"mention" => Localizer["{0} mentioned you", name],

Components/Feed/FeedTabs.razor

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 						<Header>
 							<i class="@type.GetTimelineTypeIcon()" aria-hidden="true"></i>
 							<span class="@(type == Filter.TimelineType ? null : "hidden xl:inline")">@TabName(type)</span>
+							@if (type is TimelineType.Notifications && UnreadNotifications > 0)
+							{
+								<DBadge Size="DSize.Xs" Color="DColor.Primary" title="@Localizer["{0} unread", UnreadNotifications]" data-unread>@UnreadNotifications</DBadge>
+							}
 						</Header>
 					</DTab>
 				}
@@ -92,6 +96,8 @@
 	[Parameter, EditorRequired] public FeedFilter Filter { get; set; }
 	[Parameter] public List<ViewGroup> Groups { get; set; } = [];
 	[Parameter] public List<MastodonList> Lists { get; set; } = [];
+	/// <summary>Groups of notifications newer than the persona's marker; a badge on the Notifications tab.</summary>
+	[Parameter] public int UnreadNotifications { get; set; }
 	[Parameter] public IEnumerable<NerdRow> Stats { get; set; } = [];
 	[Parameter] public bool IsComposing { get; set; }
 	[Parameter] public EventCallback OnCompose { get; set; }

MastodonJsonContext.cs

@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ namespace decePubClient;
 [JsonSerializable(typeof(Tag))]
 [JsonSerializable(typeof(List<Tag>))]
 [JsonSerializable(typeof(List<TrendLink>))]
+[JsonSerializable(typeof(GroupedNotifications))]
+[JsonSerializable(typeof(MarkersForm))]
+[JsonSerializable(typeof(UnreadCount))]
 public partial class MastodonJsonContext : JsonSerializerContext
 {
 }

Models/APIs.cs

@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ public static class APIs
 		public static string GET_M_ListTimeline(string listId) => $"api/v1/timelines/list/{Uri.EscapeDataString(listId)}";
 		public const string GET_ScheduledStatuses = "api/v1/scheduled_statuses";
 		public const string GET_FollowedTags = "api/v1/followed_tags";
+		public const string GET_GroupedNotifications = "api/v2/notifications";
+		public const string GET_UnreadNotifications = "api/v2/notifications/unread_count";
+		public const string POST_Markers = "api/v1/markers";
 		public const string GET_TrendingTags = "api/v1/trends/tags";
 		public const string GET_TrendingStatuses = "api/v1/trends/statuses";
 		public const string GET_TrendingLinks = "api/v1/trends/links";

Models/FeedPost.cs

@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ public class FeedPost
 	/// <summary>The post shown; null for a notification without one (a follow).</summary>
 	public Status Status { get; set; }
 	public Account BoostedBy { get; init; }
-	public Notification Notification { get; init; }
+	public Notification Notification { get; set; }
+	/// <summary>For a notification standing for a group (likes of one post, follows of one hour): how many, and a few of
+	/// the accounts, newest first.</summary>
+	public int GroupCount { get; set; } = 1;
+	public List<Account> GroupAccounts { get; set; } = [];
 	public Conversation Conversation { get; init; }
 	/// <summary>A located post: within its range of the reader, never on the Mastodon API.</summary>
 	public bool Located { get; init; }
@@ -43,12 +47,38 @@ public class FeedPost
 
 	public static FeedPost Of(Notification notification) => new()
 	{
-		Key = notification.Id,
+		Key = notification.GroupKey ?? notification.Id,
 		CursorId = notification.Id,
 		Status = notification.Status?.Reblog ?? notification.Status,
-		Notification = notification
+		Notification = notification,
+		GroupAccounts = notification.Account is null ? [] : [notification.Account]
 	};
 
+	/// <summary>A group of notifications as one item: its newest notification, how many it holds, and a few accounts.</summary>
+	public static FeedPost Of(NotificationGroup group, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, Account> accounts, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, Status> statuses)
+	{
+		var sample = group.SampleAccountIds.Select(accounts.GetValueOrDefault).Where(a => a is not null).ToList();
+		var status = group.StatusId is null ? null : statuses.GetValueOrDefault(group.StatusId);
+		return new()
+		{
+			Key = group.GroupKey,
+			CursorId = group.MostRecentNotificationId,
+			Status = status?.Reblog ?? status,
+			Notification = new Notification
+			{
+				Id = group.MostRecentNotificationId,
+				Type = group.Type,
+				CreatedAt = group.LatestPageNotificationAt,
+				Account = sample.FirstOrDefault(),
+				Status = status,
+				Emoji = group.Emoji,
+				GroupKey = group.GroupKey
+			},
+			GroupCount = Math.Max(1, group.NotificationsCount),
+			GroupAccounts = sample
+		};
+	}
+
 	public static FeedPost Of(Conversation conversation) => new()
 	{
 		Key = conversation.Id,

Models/Mastodon/Notification.cs

@@ -12,6 +12,45 @@ public class Notification
 	public Account Account { get; set; }
 	public Status Status { get; set; }
 	public string Emoji { get; set; }
+	/// <summary>The group it belongs to (likes and boosts of one post, follows within an hour), or ungrouped-{id}.</summary>
+	public string GroupKey { get; set; }
+}
+
+/// <summary>/api/v2/notifications: notifications folded into groups, with the accounts and posts they name.</summary>
+public class GroupedNotifications
+{
+	public List<Account> Accounts { get; set; } = [];
+	public List<Status> Statuses { get; set; } = [];
+	public List<NotificationGroup> NotificationGroups { get; set; } = [];
+}
+
+public class NotificationGroup
+{
+	public string GroupKey { get; set; }
+	public int NotificationsCount { get; set; }
+	public string Type { get; set; }
+	public string MostRecentNotificationId { get; set; }
+	public string PageMinId { get; set; }
+	public string PageMaxId { get; set; }
+	public DateTime LatestPageNotificationAt { get; set; }
+	public List<string> SampleAccountIds { get; set; } = [];
+	public string StatusId { get; set; }
+	public string Emoji { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class MarkersForm
+{
+	public MarkerForm Notifications { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class MarkerForm
+{
+	public string LastReadId { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class UnreadCount
+{
+	public int Count { get; set; }
 }
 
 /// <summary>A direct conversation: its participants and its last post.</summary>

Pages/Index.razor

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	</aside>
 
 	<section class="flex flex-col gap-3 min-h-0 flex-1 lg:h-full">
-		<FeedTabs Filter="Filter" Groups="groups" Lists="lists" Stats="FeedStats()" IsComposing="isComposing" OnCompose="() => isComposing = !isComposing"
+		<FeedTabs Filter="Filter" Groups="groups" Lists="lists" UnreadNotifications="unreadNotifications" Stats="FeedStats()" IsComposing="isComposing" OnCompose="() => isComposing = !isComposing"
 				  OnChanged="ChangeFeed" />
 
 		<div class="relative flex-1 min-h-0 neo-inset neo-xs rounded-xl">
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
 	List<FeedPost> pending = [];
 	List<ViewGroup> groups = [];
 	List<MastodonList> lists = [];
+	int unreadNotifications;
 	string maxId;
 	string minId;
 	string loadError;
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@
 		minId = page.MinId;
 		lastPollAt = DateTime.UtcNow;
 		await Streaming.Follow(StreamOf(Filter), cancellationToken);
+		await ReadNotifications(cancellationToken);
 		StateHasChanged();
 		await Locate(posts, cancellationToken);
 		if (feedModule is not null)
@@ -329,6 +331,21 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	/// <summary>On the Notifications tab, what is shown is read (the marker moves to the newest); elsewhere the tab's badge
+	/// counts what is unread.</summary>
+	async Task ReadNotifications(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+	{
+		if (Filter.TimelineType is not TimelineType.Notifications)
+		{
+			unreadNotifications = await TimelineService.UnreadNotifications(cancellationToken);
+			return;
+		}
+		var newest = posts.Concat(pending).Select(p => p.Notification?.Id).Where(id => id is not null).Max(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+		if (newest is not null)
+			await TimelineService.ReadNotificationsUpTo(newest, cancellationToken);
+		unreadNotifications = 0;
+	}
+
 	/// <summary>The stream that tells this feed's new posts, or null for a feed PrivaPub does not stream.</summary>
 	static StreamSubscription StreamOf(FeedFilter filter) => filter.TimelineType switch
 	{
@@ -348,12 +365,29 @@
 		switch (message.Event)
 		{
 			case "update" when message.Status is { } status && Filter.TimelineType is not TimelineType.Notifications:
-			case "notification" when message.Notification is not null && Filter.TimelineType is TimelineType.Notifications:
-				var post = message.Status is { } s ? FeedPost.Of(s) : FeedPost.Of(message.Notification);
+				var post = FeedPost.Of(status);
 				if (posts.Concat(pending).Any(p => p.Key == post.Key))
 					return;
 				pending.Insert(0, post);
 				break;
+			case "notification" when message.Notification is { } notification && Filter.TimelineType is TimelineType.Notifications:
+				// a notification of a group already shown joins it, and the group waits on top as new
+				var key = notification.GroupKey ?? notification.Id;
+				var group = pending.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Key == key) ?? posts.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Key == key);
+				if (group is null)
+				{
+					pending.Insert(0, FeedPost.Of(notification));
+					break;
+				}
+				group.GroupCount++;
+				group.Notification = notification;
+				group.GroupAccounts = [.. group.GroupAccounts.Prepend(notification.Account).Where(a => a is not null).DistinctBy(a => a.Id).Take(8)];
+				if (posts.Remove(group))
+					pending.Insert(0, group);
+				break;
+			case "notification" when Filter.TimelineType is not TimelineType.Notifications:
+				unreadNotifications++;
+				break;
 			case "delete" when message.DeletedId is { } id:
 				posts.RemoveAll(p => p.Key == id || p.Status?.Id == id);
 				pending.RemoveAll(p => p.Key == id || p.Status?.Id == id);
@@ -373,6 +407,7 @@
 		var shown = pending;
 		pending = [];
 		posts.InsertRange(0, shown);
+		await ReadNotifications(loadCancellation?.Token ?? default);
 		minId = shown.FirstOrDefault()?.CursorId ?? minId;
 		await feedModule.InvokeVoidAsync("scrollToTop", ScrollId);
 		await Locate(shown, loadCancellation?.Token ?? default);

Resources/AllStrings.it.resx

@@ -1196,4 +1196,25 @@
   <data name="closed, polling" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>chiuso, interrogo</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="{0} and {1} others favourited your post" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>{0} e altri {1} hanno apprezzato il tuo post</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="{0} and {1} others boosted your post" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>{0} e altri {1} hanno condiviso il tuo post</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="{0} and {1} others followed you" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>{0} e altri {1} ti seguono</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="{0} unread" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>{0} da leggere</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="{0} and {1} favourited your post" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>{0} e {1} hanno apprezzato il tuo post</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="{0} and {1} boosted your post" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>{0} e {1} hanno condiviso il tuo post</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="{0} and {1} followed you" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>{0} e {1} ti seguono</value>
+  </data>
 </root>

Resources/AllStrings.resx

@@ -1196,4 +1196,25 @@
   <data name="closed, polling" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>closed, polling</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="{0} and {1} others favourited your post" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>{0} and {1} others favourited your post</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="{0} and {1} others boosted your post" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>{0} and {1} others boosted your post</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="{0} and {1} others followed you" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>{0} and {1} others followed you</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="{0} unread" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>{0} unread</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="{0} and {1} favourited your post" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>{0} and {1} favourited your post</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="{0} and {1} boosted your post" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>{0} and {1} boosted your post</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="{0} and {1} followed you" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>{0} and {1} followed you</value>
+  </data>
 </root>

Services/TimelineService.cs

@@ -78,25 +78,47 @@ namespace decePubClient.Services
 			};
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>Notifications folded into groups (/api/v2/notifications): likes and boosts of one post, follows of one
+		/// hour, each an item with its count and a few of its accounts. Paged by notification ids from the Link header.</summary>
 		async Task<WebResult> Notifications(string maxId, string minId, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 		{
-			using var response = await httpService.Get(APIs.Mastodon.GET_Notifications, Paging([], maxId, minId), cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+			using var response = await httpService.Get(APIs.Mastodon.GET_GroupedNotifications, Paging([], maxId, minId), cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
 			if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
 				return await response.Content.ReadWebResult(response.StatusCode, localizer, cancellationToken);
 
-			var notifications = await response.MastodonReadFromJsonAsync<List<Notification>>(cancellationToken) ?? [];
+			var grouped = await response.MastodonReadFromJsonAsync<GroupedNotifications>(cancellationToken) ?? new GroupedNotifications();
+			var accounts = grouped.Accounts.DistinctBy(a => a.Id).ToDictionary(a => a.Id);
+			var statuses = grouped.Statuses.DistinctBy(s => s.Id).ToDictionary(s => s.Id);
 			var (nextMaxId, prevMinId) = response.PageCursors();
 			return new WebResult
 			{
 				Data = new FeedPage
 				{
-					Posts = [.. notifications.Select(FeedPost.Of)],
-					MaxId = notifications.Count < PageSize ? null : nextMaxId ?? notifications.LastOrDefault()?.Id,
-					MinId = prevMinId ?? notifications.FirstOrDefault()?.Id ?? minId
+					Posts = [.. grouped.NotificationGroups.Select(g => FeedPost.Of(g, accounts, statuses))],
+					MaxId = grouped.NotificationGroups.Count == 0 ? null : nextMaxId,
+					MinId = prevMinId ?? grouped.NotificationGroups.FirstOrDefault()?.MostRecentNotificationId ?? minId
 				}
 			};
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>How many groups of notifications are unread (newer than the notifications marker).</summary>
+		public async Task<int> UnreadNotifications(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+		{
+			using var response = await httpService.Get(APIs.Mastodon.GET_UnreadNotifications, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+			return response.IsSuccessStatusCode ? (await response.MastodonReadFromJsonAsync<UnreadCount>(cancellationToken))?.Count ?? 0 : 0;
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>Moves the notifications marker to the newest one seen, which reads everything up to it.</summary>
+		public async Task<WebResult> ReadNotificationsUpTo(string notificationId, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+		{
+			using var response = await httpService.Post(APIs.Mastodon.POST_Markers, new MarkersForm { Notifications = new MarkerForm { LastReadId = notificationId } },
+				cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+			if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+				return await response.Content.ReadWebResult(response.StatusCode, localizer, cancellationToken);
+
+			return new WebResult();
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>Direct conversations, newest first; PrivaPub answers one page.</summary>
 		async Task<WebResult> Conversations(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 		{

tests/e2e/Actions/NotificationTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
+
+using decePubClient.E2E.Support;
+
+using Microsoft.Playwright;
+
+namespace decePubClient.E2E.Actions
+{
+	// Notifications as groups: two likes of one post are one card naming both, the tab's badge counts what is unread, and
+	// reading the tab moves the marker so PrivaPub counts nothing unread
+	public sealed class NotificationTests(Browser browser)
+	{
+		[Fact]
+		public async Task Two_likes_of_one_post_are_one_card_and_reading_them_clears_the_badge()
+		{
+			var personas = Pasture.Personas();
+			Assert.SkipWhen(personas.Count < 3, "the town has fewer than three personas");
+			var (author, first, second) = (personas[0], personas[1], personas[2]);
+			var post = (await PersonaApi.Call(author, "/api/v1/statuses", HttpMethod.Post,
+				new JsonObject { ["status"] = $"like me {Guid.NewGuid():N}"[..16], ["visibility"] = "public" }))!;
+			var id = post["id"]!.GetValue<string>();
+			await using var session = await SignIn.As(browser, author);
+			var page = session.Page;
+			try
+			{
+				await PersonaApi.Call(first, $"/api/v1/statuses/{id}/favourite", HttpMethod.Post);
+				await PersonaApi.Call(second, $"/api/v1/statuses/{id}/favourite", HttpMethod.Post);
+				await Results.Cell("client.render.notification-group", "privapub", author.UserName, async () =>
+				{
+					await page.GotoAsync($"{Pasture.Site}/");
+					await page.EvaluateAsync("() => localStorage.removeItem('FeedFilter')");
+					await page.GotoAsync($"{Pasture.Site}/");
+					await page.Locator("[data-unread]").WaitForAsync(new() { Timeout = 30000 });
+
+					await page.GetByRole(AriaRole.Tab).Filter(new() { Has = page.Locator(".ion-md-notifications") }).ClickAsync();
+					var card = page.Locator($"article[data-uri='{post["uri"]!.GetValue<string>()}']").Filter(new() { Has = page.Locator("[data-notification='favourite']") });
+					await card.WaitForAsync(new() { Timeout = 30000 });
+					await Assertions.Expect(card.Locator("[data-notification='favourite']")).ToHaveAttributeAsync("data-count", "2");
+					await Assertions.Expect(card).ToContainTextAsync($"{second.Name} and {first.Name} favourited your post");
+					Assert.True(await Pasture.Eventually(async () =>
+						(await PersonaApi.Call(author, "/api/v2/notifications/unread_count"))!["count"]!.GetValue<int>() == 0, 15), "reading the tab left notifications unread");
+					await Assertions.Expect(page.Locator("[data-unread]")).ToHaveCountAsync(0);
+					await session.AssertGuards();
+				}, page);
+			}
+			finally
+			{
+				await PersonaApi.Call(author, $"/api/v1/statuses/{id}", HttpMethod.Delete);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}