My, your waves

package.json

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "@babel/preset-typescript": "^7.26.0",
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.26.7",
     "@ecency/render-helper": "^2.4.25",
-    "@ecency/sdk": "^2.0.33",
+    "@ecency/sdk": "^2.0.34",
     "@esteemapp/dhive": "0.15.0",
     "@esteemapp/react-native-autocomplete-input": "^4.2.1",
     "@esteemapp/react-native-multi-slider": "^1.1.0",

src/components/comment/view/commentView.tsx

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ const CommentView = ({
   onUpvotePress,
   handleParaSelection,
   onTagPress,
+  onAuthorPress,
 }) => {
   const intl = useIntl();
 
@@ -314,8 +315,8 @@ const CommentView = ({
           customStyle={{ alignItems: 'flex-start', paddingLeft: 12 }}
           showDotMenuButton={true}
           handleOnDotPress={() => handleOnMenuPress(comment)}
-          avatarOnPress={handleOnUserPress}
-          profileOnPress={_openProfilePage}
+          avatarOnPress={onAuthorPress || handleOnUserPress}
+          profileOnPress={onAuthorPress || _openProfilePage}
           secondaryContentComponent={_renderComment()}
         />
       </View>

src/components/comments/container/commentsContainer.tsx

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const CommentsContainer = ({
   postType,
   handleCommentDelete,
   onTagPress,
+  onAuthorPress,
 }) => {
   const navigation = useNavigation();
   const postsCachePrimer = postQueries.usePostsCachePrimer();
@@ -321,6 +322,7 @@ const CommentsContainer = ({
       isLoading={isLoading}
       postType={postType}
       onTagPress={onTagPress}
+      onAuthorPress={onAuthorPress}
     />
   );
 };

src/components/comments/view/commentsView.tsx

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const CommentsView = ({
   isLoading,
   postType,
   onTagPress,
+  onAuthorPress,
 }) => {
   const [selectedComment, setSelectedComment] = useState(null);
   const intl = useIntl();
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ const CommentsView = ({
         fetchedAt={fetchedAt}
         incrementRepliesCount={incrementRepliesCount}
         onTagPress={onTagPress}
+        onAuthorPress={onAuthorPress}
       />
     );
   };

src/providers/chat/mattermost.ts

@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ export const getChannelUnreadTotal = (channel: any): number => {
     return 0;
   }
 
+  // Channels that have never been viewed (null/undefined last_viewed_at)
+  // should not count unreads — prevents auto-joined channels from
+  // inflating the badge with all historical messages.
+  const lastViewed = channel?.last_viewed_at ?? channel?.last_view_at;
+  if (lastViewed == null) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   const unreadMentionValues = [
     channel?.unread_mentions,
     channel?.mention_count,

src/providers/queries/postQueries/wavesQueries.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   getWavesByHostQueryOptions,
   getWavesFollowingQueryOptions,
   getWavesByTagQueryOptions,
+  getWavesByAccountQueryOptions,
   useDeleteComment,
   WaveEntry,
 } from '@ecency/sdk';
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ import { useAuthContext } from '../../sdk';
 type WavesQueryOptions =
   | ReturnType<typeof getWavesByHostQueryOptions>
   | ReturnType<typeof getWavesFollowingQueryOptions>
-  | ReturnType<typeof getWavesByTagQueryOptions>;
+  | ReturnType<typeof getWavesByTagQueryOptions>
+  | ReturnType<typeof getWavesByAccountQueryOptions>;
 
 export const useWavesQuery = (sdkQueryOptions: WavesQueryOptions, host: string) => {
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();

src/screens/chats/container/chatsContainer.tsx

@@ -126,13 +126,23 @@ const ChatsContainer = () => {
   // ============================================================================
 
   const _getUnreadMeta = useCallback((channel: any) => {
+    const _zeroUnread = {
+      unreadMentions: 0,
+      unreadMessages: 0,
+      unreadCount: 0,
+      totalUnread: 0,
+    };
+
     if (channel?.is_muted) {
-      return {
-        unreadMentions: 0,
-        unreadMessages: 0,
-        unreadCount: 0,
-        totalUnread: 0,
-      };
+      return _zeroUnread;
+    }
+
+    // Channels that have never been viewed (null/undefined) should
+    // not show unreads — prevents auto-joined channels from showing
+    // all historical messages as new
+    const lastViewed = channel?.last_viewed_at ?? channel?.last_view_at;
+    if (lastViewed == null) {
+      return _zeroUnread;
     }
 
     const unreadMentionValues = [
@@ -603,7 +613,27 @@ const ChatsContainer = () => {
 
         const joined = await joinMattermostChannel(channelId);
         const joinedId = _getChannelId(joined) || channelId;
-        const mergedChannel = { ...resolved?.resolvedChannel, ...channel, ...joined };
+
+        // Mark channel as viewed immediately after joining so historical
+        // messages don't inflate the unread count for newly joined users
+        let viewedSuccessfully = false;
+        try {
+          await markMattermostChannelViewed(joinedId);
+          viewedSuccessfully = true;
+        } catch {
+          // non-critical — channel will show unreads until manually opened
+        }
+
+        const mergedChannel = {
+          ...resolved?.resolvedChannel,
+          ...channel,
+          ...joined,
+          ...(viewedSuccessfully && {
+            unread_messages: 0,
+            unread_mentions: 0,
+            mention_count: 0,
+          }),
+        };
         const communityIdentifier = safeExtractCommunityIdentifier(mergedChannel);
 
         setChannels((prev) => {
@@ -621,6 +651,9 @@ const ChatsContainer = () => {
           return [mergedChannel, ...prev];
         });
 
+        // Refresh global badge to reflect the mark-as-viewed
+        _refreshGlobalUnreadChatCount();
+
         navigation.navigate(
           ROUTES.SCREENS.CHAT_THREAD as never,
           {

src/screens/waves/children/wavesHeader.tsx

@@ -7,20 +7,35 @@ export type WavesFeedType = 'for-you' | 'following';
 
 interface WavesHeaderProps {
   activeTag: string | null;
+  activeAuthor: string | null;
   onClearTag: () => void;
+  onClearAuthor: () => void;
 }
 
-export const WavesHeader = ({ activeTag, onClearTag }: WavesHeaderProps) => {
-  if (!activeTag) {
+export const WavesHeader = ({
+  activeTag,
+  activeAuthor,
+  onClearTag,
+  onClearAuthor,
+}: WavesHeaderProps) => {
+  if (!activeTag && !activeAuthor) {
     return null;
   }
 
   return (
     <View style={styles.tagChipRow}>
-      <TouchableOpacity style={styles.tagChip} onPress={onClearTag}>
-        <Text style={styles.tagChipText}>#{activeTag}</Text>
-        <Icon iconType="MaterialIcons" name="close" size={16} style={styles.tagChipClose} />
-      </TouchableOpacity>
+      {!!activeTag && (
+        <TouchableOpacity style={styles.tagChip} onPress={onClearTag}>
+          <Text style={styles.tagChipText}>#{activeTag}</Text>
+          <Icon iconType="MaterialIcons" name="close" size={16} style={styles.tagChipClose} />
+        </TouchableOpacity>
+      )}
+      {!!activeAuthor && (
+        <TouchableOpacity style={styles.tagChip} onPress={onClearAuthor}>
+          <Text style={styles.tagChipText}>@{activeAuthor}</Text>
+          <Icon iconType="MaterialIcons" name="close" size={16} style={styles.tagChipClose} />
+        </TouchableOpacity>
+      )}
     </View>
   );
 };

src/screens/waves/screen/wavesScreen.tsx

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   getWavesByHostQueryOptions,
   getWavesFollowingQueryOptions,
   getWavesByTagQueryOptions,
+  getWavesByAccountQueryOptions,
 } from '@ecency/sdk';
 import {
   Comments,
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ const WavesFeed = ({
   queryKey,
   listRef,
   onTagPress,
+  onAuthorPress,
   onOptionsPress,
   onScrollStateChange,
   onVisibilityChange,
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ const WavesFeed = ({
   queryKey: string;
   listRef: React.RefObject<FlatList | null>;
   onTagPress: (tag: string) => void;
+  onAuthorPress: (username: string) => void;
   onOptionsPress: (content: any) => void;
   onScrollStateChange: (state: { enabled: boolean; offset: number }) => void;
   onVisibilityChange?: (api: {
@@ -136,6 +139,7 @@ const WavesFeed = ({
       handleOnOptionsPress={onOptionsPress}
       handleCommentDelete={wavesQuery.deleteWave}
       onTagPress={onTagPress}
+      onAuthorPress={onAuthorPress}
       flatListProps={{
         ref: listRef,
         onEndReached: _fetchData,
@@ -162,9 +166,11 @@ const WavesScreen = () => {
   const forYouListRef = useRef<FlatList>(null);
   const followingListRef = useRef<FlatList>(null);
   const tagListRef = useRef<FlatList>(null);
+  const authorListRef = useRef<FlatList>(null);
 
   const [feedType, setFeedType] = useState<WavesFeedType>('for-you');
   const [activeTag, setActiveTag] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [activeAuthor, setActiveAuthor] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [enableScrollTop, setEnableScrollTop] = useState(false);
   const [lazyLoad, setLazyLoad] = useState(false);
   const activeDeleteWaveRef = useRef<
@@ -186,8 +192,14 @@ const WavesScreen = () => {
     () => (activeTag ? getWavesByTagQueryOptions(WAVES_HOST, activeTag) : null),
     [activeTag],
   );
+  const authorQueryOptions = useMemo(
+    () => (activeAuthor ? getWavesByAccountQueryOptions(WAVES_HOST, activeAuthor) : null),
+    [activeAuthor],
+  );
 
-  const activeListRef = activeTag
+  const activeListRef = activeAuthor
+    ? authorListRef
+    : activeTag
     ? tagListRef
     : feedType === 'following'
     ? followingListRef
@@ -223,14 +235,15 @@ const WavesScreen = () => {
       return;
     }
 
-    if (tab === feedType && !activeTag) {
+    if (tab === feedType && !activeTag && !activeAuthor) {
       activeListRef.current?.scrollToOffset({ offset: 0, animated: false });
       setEnableScrollTop(false);
       return;
     }
 
     if (tab === 'following') {
       setActiveTag(null);
+      setActiveAuthor(null);
     }
 
     setEnableScrollTop(false);
@@ -240,6 +253,7 @@ const WavesScreen = () => {
   const _handleTagFilter = useCallback((tag: string) => {
     setFeedType((prev) => (prev === 'following' ? 'for-you' : prev));
     setEnableScrollTop(false);
+    setActiveAuthor(null);
     setActiveTag(tag);
   }, []);
 
@@ -248,6 +262,18 @@ const WavesScreen = () => {
     setActiveTag(null);
   }, []);
 
+  const _handleAuthorFilter = useCallback((username: string) => {
+    setFeedType((prev) => (prev === 'following' ? 'for-you' : prev));
+    setEnableScrollTop(false);
+    setActiveTag(null);
+    setActiveAuthor(username);
+  }, []);
+
+  const _handleClearAuthor = useCallback(() => {
+    setEnableScrollTop(false);
+    setActiveAuthor(null);
+  }, []);
+
   const _handleOnOptionsPress = (content: any) => {
     if (postOptionsModalRef.current) {
       postOptionsModalRef.current.show(content);
@@ -278,9 +304,15 @@ const WavesScreen = () => {
     setEnableScrollTop(enabled);
   };
 
-  const _renderTagChip = activeTag ? (
-    <WavesHeader activeTag={activeTag} onClearTag={_handleClearTag} />
-  ) : null;
+  const _renderFilterChip =
+    activeTag || activeAuthor ? (
+      <WavesHeader
+        activeTag={activeTag}
+        activeAuthor={activeAuthor}
+        onClearTag={_handleClearTag}
+        onClearAuthor={_handleClearAuthor}
+      />
+    ) : null;
 
   const _renderWavesScene = ({ route }: { route: { key: string } }) => {
     if (route.key === 'following') {
@@ -295,6 +327,28 @@ const WavesScreen = () => {
             queryKey={`following:${currentAccount?.name}`}
             listRef={followingListRef}
             onTagPress={_handleTagFilter}
+            onAuthorPress={_handleAuthorFilter}
+            onOptionsPress={_handleOnOptionsPress}
+            onScrollStateChange={_handleScrollStateChange}
+            onVisibilityChange={({ deleteWave }) => {
+              activeDeleteWaveRef.current = deleteWave;
+            }}
+            isDarkTheme={isDarkTheme}
+          />
+        </View>
+      );
+    }
+
+    if (activeAuthor && authorQueryOptions) {
+      return (
+        <View style={styles.tabScene}>
+          {_renderFilterChip}
+          <WavesFeed
+            queryOptions={authorQueryOptions}
+            queryKey={`author:${activeAuthor}`}
+            listRef={authorListRef}
+            onTagPress={_handleTagFilter}
+            onAuthorPress={_handleAuthorFilter}
             onOptionsPress={_handleOnOptionsPress}
             onScrollStateChange={_handleScrollStateChange}
             onVisibilityChange={({ deleteWave }) => {
@@ -309,12 +363,13 @@ const WavesScreen = () => {
     if (activeTag && tagQueryOptions) {
       return (
         <View style={styles.tabScene}>
-          {_renderTagChip}
+          {_renderFilterChip}
           <WavesFeed
             queryOptions={tagQueryOptions}
             queryKey={`tag:${activeTag}`}
             listRef={tagListRef}
             onTagPress={_handleTagFilter}
+            onAuthorPress={_handleAuthorFilter}
             onOptionsPress={_handleOnOptionsPress}
             onScrollStateChange={_handleScrollStateChange}
             onVisibilityChange={({ deleteWave }) => {
@@ -333,6 +388,7 @@ const WavesScreen = () => {
           queryKey="for-you"
           listRef={forYouListRef}
           onTagPress={_handleTagFilter}
+          onAuthorPress={_handleAuthorFilter}
           onOptionsPress={_handleOnOptionsPress}
           onScrollStateChange={_handleScrollStateChange}
           onVisibilityChange={({ deleteWave }) => {