Hi again (2/2),

Another self-chat mode quirk: clawdis sends read receipts (blue ticks) for every incoming whatsapp message I receive.

In two-phone mode this makes sense, because the bot is a separate entity that "reads" the message. In self-chat mode, this means everyone who messages me sees blue ticks instantly, and I can't see which of my messages are unread.

I'd patched this locally by auto-detecting self-chat mode and skip sending read receipts. Local implementation duplicates computing isSelfChatMode (like in #34); but if both make it in would instead extract to a shared helper (see below for both cases).

Happy to submit a small PR alongside the other one if this looks right!

Thomas

Issue writeup

• Expected: In self-chat mode, read receipts behave normally (sent when I actually view messages on my phone)
• Actual: All incoming WhatsApp messages are immediately marked as read
• Cause: sock.readMessages() is called unconditionally for all processed messages
• Proposed fix: Detect self-chat mode and skip read receipts.
• Implementation:
  • If issue Self-chat mode: bot triggers on @mentions of user's own number in groups #34 is accepted / resolved, then could extract isSelfChatMode to a shared helper that both src/web/auto-reply.ts and src/web/inbound.ts import and use

     // src/utils.ts or src/config/config.ts
     export function isSelfChatMode(selfE164: string | null, allowFrom?: string[]): boolean {
       if (!selfE164 || !allowFrom?.length) return false;
       return allowFrom.some((n) => normalizeE164(n) === selfE164);
     }

• Else, standalone fix is to recompute isSelfChatMode in src/web/inbound.ts

  const isSelfChatMode = selfE164 && allowFrom?.some((n) => normalizeE164(n) === selfE164);

  if (id && !isSelfChatMode) {
    await sock.readMessages([...]);
  }