[🐛] Bug Deleted Last Message Still Appears in Chat List Preview

[osama-nextgeni]

Deleted Last Message Still Appears in Chat List Preview

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Issue

When the sender deletes the last message in a conversation, the message is correctly removed from the conversation view, but it still appears in the ChannelList (chat list) preview.

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Steps to reproduce

1. Go to any existing 1:1 chat.
2. Send a new message.
3. Delete that message (ensure it is the most recent/last message).
4. Navigate back to the Chat List (ChannelList).
5. Observe that the deleted message still appears in the preview.

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Expected behavior

When the last message is deleted:

• The ChannelList preview should update immediately.

• It should either:

  • Show the previous message (if one exists), or
  • Show an empty state (e.g., “No messages yet”).

• The deleted message should not appear anywhere in the UI.

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Project Related Information

Customization

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We are using customized components for:

• Chat
• ChannelList
• Channel
• MessageList

The issue occurs specifically in the ChannelList preview rendering logic.

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Offline support

• I have enabled offline support.
• The feature I'm having does not occur when offline support is disabled.

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Environment

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package.json:

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react-native info output:

OUTPUT GOES HERE

• Platform that you're experiencing the issue on:

  • iOS
  • Android
  • iOS but have not tested behavior on Android
  • Android but have not tested behavior on iOS
  • Both

• stream-chat-react-native version you're using that has this issue:

  • Please specify version

• Device/Emulator info:

  • I am using a physical device
  • OS version: Specify
  • Device/Emulator: Specify

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Additional context

The conversation screen updates correctly after deletion, but the ChannelList preview does not.

This may be related to:

• Deleted messages still being present in channel.state.latestMessages
• message.deleted_at not being filtered when rendering preview text
• ChannelList not reacting properly to message.deleted events
• Last visible message not being recalculated after deletion

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Screenshots

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[khushal87]

Hey, we do show a preview of "Message Deleted" in the channel preview. Isn't that working for you?