From 475d16094c0759e72f96ebbc6ff5006d94070985 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Duros <florianduros@element.io>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:35:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Room list: increase startup performance when rooms have
 notifications (#34358)

* Throttle section header update when listening to room notifications

* Update room list section header tests
---
 .../room-list/RoomListSectionHeaderViewModel.ts    | 14 +++++++++++++-
 .../RoomListSectionHeaderViewModel-test.ts         |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/web/src/viewmodels/room-list/RoomListSectionHeaderViewModel.ts b/apps/web/src/viewmodels/room-list/RoomListSectionHeaderViewModel.ts
index 963b24e6a2..a563543412 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/viewmodels/room-list/RoomListSectionHeaderViewModel.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/viewmodels/room-list/RoomListSectionHeaderViewModel.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
 import PosthogTrackers from "../../PosthogTrackers";
 import { CallStore, CallStoreEvent } from "../../stores/CallStore";
 import { type Call, CallEvent } from "../../models/Call";
+import throttle from "lodash/throttle";
 
 interface RoomListSectionHeaderViewModelProps {
     tag: string;
@@ -182,7 +183,17 @@ export class RoomListSectionHeaderViewModel
      * Computes both the unread (bold) state and a merged notification decoration that aggregates
      * the rooms' notifications. The activity "dot" is intentionally excluded from the decoration.
      */
-    private updateNotificationState = (): void => {
+    private updateNotificationState = throttle(
+        (): void => {
+            this.doUpdateNotificationState();
+        },
+        200,
+        // Throttled because it iterates every room in the section and fires once per tracked room
+        // notification update, which during sync catch-up means once per incoming timeline event
+        { leading: true, trailing: true },
+    );
+
+    private doUpdateNotificationState = (): void => {
         let isUnread = false;
         let isMention = false;
         let isNotification = false;
@@ -230,6 +241,7 @@ export class RoomListSectionHeaderViewModel
     };
 
     public dispose(): void {
+        this.updateNotificationState.cancel();
         for (const state of this.roomNotificationStates) {
             state.off(NotificationStateEvents.Update, this.updateNotificationState);
         }
diff --git a/apps/web/test/viewmodels/room-list/RoomListSectionHeaderViewModel-test.ts b/apps/web/test/viewmodels/room-list/RoomListSectionHeaderViewModel-test.ts
index e0c3130970..0b1c541a2f 100644
--- a/apps/web/test/viewmodels/room-list/RoomListSectionHeaderViewModel-test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/test/viewmodels/room-list/RoomListSectionHeaderViewModel-test.ts
@@ -250,11 +250,16 @@ describe("RoomListSectionHeaderViewModel", () => {
         let notificationState: RoomNotificationState;
 
         beforeEach(() => {
+            jest.useFakeTimers();
             room = mkRoom(matrixClient, "!room:server");
             notificationState = new RoomNotificationState(room, false);
             jest.spyOn(RoomNotificationStateStore.instance, "getRoomState").mockReturnValue(notificationState);
         });
 
+        afterEach(() => {
+            jest.useRealTimers();
+        });
+
         it("should set isUnread to false when no rooms have notifications", () => {
             const vm = new RoomListSectionHeaderViewModel({
                 tag: "m.favourite",
@@ -327,6 +332,7 @@ describe("RoomListSectionHeaderViewModel", () => {
             jest.spyOn(notificationState, "hasAnyNotificationOrActivity", "get").mockReturnValue(true);
             notificationState.emit(NotificationStateEvents.Update);
 
+            jest.advanceTimersByTime(200);
             expect(vm.getSnapshot().isUnread).toBe(true);
         });
 
@@ -549,6 +555,7 @@ describe("RoomListSectionHeaderViewModel", () => {
                 jest.spyOn(notificationState, "isMention", "get").mockReturnValue(true);
                 notificationState.emit(NotificationStateEvents.Update);
 
+                jest.advanceTimersByTime(200);
                 expect(vm.getSnapshot().notification?.isMention).toBe(true);
             });
         });