fix(room-preview): make the preview card actually populate + richer

Two review agents found the preview card degrades to 'id + logo + Join' for real
reasons. Fixes:

- **via was dropped at the summary fetch** (root cause). RoomSummaryLoader now
  accepts + forwards `via` to getRoomSummary (and keys the query on it);
  JoinBeforeNavigate passes viaServers; the lobby Preview chip carries data-via and
  Lobby.handleOpenRoom appends it to the navigated URL. Without this, previews of
  rooms the HS isn't already in came back sparse/404.
- **No loading/error state** -> RoomSummaryLoader now surfaces {loading,error};
  JoinBeforeNavigate shows a Spinner while loading instead of the degraded card.
- **Room id leaked as name AND topic AND header** -> stop using the raw `!id` as
  the topic fallback (show 'No description'); name falls back to canonical_alias
  then alias-localpart; the page header shows the summary name.
- **Richer, membership-aware card**: forward canonical_alias (shown under the name),
  world_readable ('Readable' badge), and membership -> the button now shows Accept
  invite / Requested / Banned correctly instead of a Join that lies; a 'hero' layout
  for the single-preview page (primary Join button, unclamped topic). Removed dead
  `|| undefined ||`.

IRoomSummary re-adds canonical_alias (the SDK type Omit<>s it though MSC3266
returns it). 738 tests pass, build clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/app/components/RoomSummaryLoader.tsx

@@ -6,24 +6,42 @@ import { useMatrixClient } from '../hooks/useMatrixClient';
 import { LocalRoomSummary, useLocalRoomSummary } from '../hooks/useLocalRoomSummary';
 import { AsyncState, AsyncStatus } from '../hooks/useAsyncCallback';
 
-export type IRoomSummary = Awaited<ReturnType<MatrixClient['getRoomSummary']>>;
+// MSC3266 returns canonical_alias at runtime, but the SDK's RoomSummary type
+// Omit<>s it — add it back so callers can use it.
+export type IRoomSummary = Awaited<ReturnType<MatrixClient['getRoomSummary']>> & {
+  canonical_alias?: string;
+};
+
+export type RoomSummaryState = { loading: boolean; error: unknown };
 
 type RoomSummaryLoaderProps = {
   roomIdOrAlias: string;
-  children: (roomSummary?: IRoomSummary) => ReactNode;
+  /**
+   * Resident servers to route the summary request through. REQUIRED for a room
+   * the local homeserver isn't already in (the exact case a preview exists for) —
+   * without it the summary comes back sparse or 404s.
+   */
+  via?: string[];
+  children: (roomSummary: IRoomSummary | undefined, state: RoomSummaryState) => ReactNode;
 };
 
-export function RoomSummaryLoader({ roomIdOrAlias, children }: RoomSummaryLoaderProps) {
+export function RoomSummaryLoader({ roomIdOrAlias, via, children }: RoomSummaryLoaderProps) {
   const mx = useMatrixClient();
 
-  const fetchSummary = useCallback(() => mx.getRoomSummary(roomIdOrAlias), [mx, roomIdOrAlias]);
+  const fetchSummary = useCallback(
+    () => mx.getRoomSummary(roomIdOrAlias, via),
+    [mx, roomIdOrAlias, via],
+  );
 
-  const { data } = useQuery({
+  const { data, isLoading, error } = useQuery({
-    queryKey: [roomIdOrAlias, `summary`],
+    // `via` is part of the key so a no-via failure isn't reused once we have servers.
+    queryKey: [roomIdOrAlias, 'summary', via ?? []],
     queryFn: fetchSummary,
+    retry: 1,
+    staleTime: 5 * 60 * 1000,
   });
 
-  return children(data);
+  return children(data, { loading: isLoading, error });
 }
 
 export function LocalRoomSummaryLoader({

src/app/components/room-card/RoomCard.tsx

@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ type RoomCardProps = {
   roomType?: string;
   joinRule?: string;
   encrypted?: boolean;
+  canonicalAlias?: string;
+  worldReadable?: boolean;
+  /** The viewer's own membership over federation (leave/invite/knock/ban). */
+  membership?: string;
+  /** Larger, centered treatment for the single-room preview page. */
+  hero?: boolean;
   viaServers?: string[];
   onView?: (roomId: string) => void;
   renderTopicViewer: (name: string, topic: string, requestClose: () => void) => ReactNode;
@@ -168,6 +174,10 @@ export const RoomCard = as<'div', RoomCardProps>(
       roomType,
       joinRule,
       encrypted,
+      canonicalAlias,
+      worldReadable,
+      membership,
+      hero,
       viaServers,
       onView,
       renderTopicViewer,
@@ -183,16 +193,19 @@ export const RoomCard = as<'div', RoomCardProps>(
       joinedRoom ? getStateEvent(joinedRoom, StateEvent.RoomTopic) : undefined,
     );
 
-    const fallbackName = getMxIdLocalPart(roomIdOrAlias) ?? roomIdOrAlias;
+    // Name falls back to the alias (readable), then the alias localpart, then the
-    const fallbackTopic = roomIdOrAlias;
+    // raw id — never the raw `!id` when a nicer form exists.
+    const fallbackName = canonicalAlias || getMxIdLocalPart(roomIdOrAlias) || roomIdOrAlias;
 
     const avatar = joinedRoom
       ? getRoomAvatarUrl(mx, joinedRoom, 96, useAuthentication)
       : avatarUrl && mxcUrlToHttp(mx, avatarUrl, useAuthentication, 96, 96, 'crop');
 
     const roomName = joinedRoom?.name || name || fallbackName;
-    const roomTopic =
+    // No topic → render a muted placeholder, NOT the raw room id.
-      (topicEvent?.getContent().topic as string) || undefined || topic || fallbackTopic;
+    const roomTopic = (topicEvent?.getContent().topic as string) || topic || undefined;
+    // Only show an alias line when it adds info beyond the displayed name.
+    const aliasLine = canonicalAlias && canonicalAlias !== roomName ? canonicalAlias : undefined;
     const joinedMemberCount = joinedRoom?.getJoinedMemberCount() ?? memberCount;
 
     useStateEventCallback(
@@ -225,19 +238,22 @@ export const RoomCard = as<'div', RoomCardProps>(
     );
     // A knock-rule room can't be joined directly — request to join instead.
     const isKnock = joinRule === JoinRule.Knock;
+    // Membership known from the summary survives reloads (unlike local knockState).
+    const invited = membership === 'invite';
+    const alreadyKnocked = membership === 'knock';
+    const banned = membership === 'ban';
     const action = isKnock ? knock : join;
     const actionState = isKnock ? knockState : joinState;
     const acting =
       actionState.status === AsyncStatus.Loading || actionState.status === AsyncStatus.Success;
-    let actionLabel = acting ? 'Joining' : 'Join';
+    const requested = alreadyKnocked || knockState.status === AsyncStatus.Success;
-    if (isKnock) {
+    let actionLabel: string;
-      actionLabel =
+    if (banned) actionLabel = 'Banned';
-        knockState.status === AsyncStatus.Success
+    else if (invited) actionLabel = acting ? 'Joining' : 'Accept invite';
-          ? 'Requested'
+    else if (isKnock)
-          : acting
+      actionLabel = requested ? 'Requested' : acting ? 'Requesting' : 'Request to join';
-            ? 'Requesting'
+    else actionLabel = acting ? 'Joining' : 'Join';
-            : 'Request to join';
+    const actionDisabled = banned || requested || acting;
-    }
     const chip = joinRuleLabel(joinRule);
 
     const [viewTopic, setViewTopic] = useState(false);
@@ -267,9 +283,25 @@ export const RoomCard = as<'div', RoomCardProps>(
         </Box>
         <Box grow="Yes" direction="Column" gap="100">
           <RoomCardName>{roomName}</RoomCardName>
-          <RoomCardTopic onClick={openTopic} onKeyDown={onEnterOrSpace(openTopic)} tabIndex={0}>
+          {aliasLine && (
-            {roomTopic}
+            <Text size="T200" priority="300" truncate>
-          </RoomCardTopic>
+              {aliasLine}
+            </Text>
+          )}
+          {roomTopic ? (
+            <RoomCardTopic
+              onClick={openTopic}
+              onKeyDown={onEnterOrSpace(openTopic)}
+              tabIndex={0}
+              style={hero ? { WebkitLineClamp: 10 } : undefined}
+            >
+              {roomTopic}
+            </RoomCardTopic>
+          ) : (
+            <Text size="T200" priority="300" style={{ opacity: 0.6 }}>
+              No description
+            </Text>
+          )}
 
           <Overlay open={viewTopic} backdrop={<OverlayBackdrop />}>
             <OverlayCenter>
@@ -281,7 +313,7 @@ export const RoomCard = as<'div', RoomCardProps>(
                   escapeDeactivates: stopPropagation,
                 }}
               >
-                {renderTopicViewer(roomName, roomTopic, closeTopic)}
+                {renderTopicViewer(roomName, roomTopic ?? '', closeTopic)}
               </FocusTrap>
             </OverlayCenter>
           </Overlay>
@@ -292,7 +324,7 @@ export const RoomCard = as<'div', RoomCardProps>(
             <Text size="T200">{`${millify(joinedMemberCount)} Members`}</Text>
           </Box>
         )}
-        {!joinedRoom && (chip || encrypted) && (
+        {!joinedRoom && (chip || encrypted || worldReadable) && (
           <Box gap="100" wrap="Wrap">
             {chip && (
               <Badge variant="Secondary" fill="Soft" outlined>
@@ -304,6 +336,11 @@ export const RoomCard = as<'div', RoomCardProps>(
                 <Text size="L400">Encrypted</Text>
               </Badge>
             )}
+            {worldReadable && (
+              <Badge variant="Secondary" fill="Soft" outlined>
+                <Text size="L400">Readable</Text>
+              </Badge>
+            )}
           </Box>
         )}
         {typeof joinedRoomId === 'string' && (
@@ -321,9 +358,10 @@ export const RoomCard = as<'div', RoomCardProps>(
         {typeof joinedRoomId !== 'string' && actionState.status !== AsyncStatus.Error && (
           <Button
             onClick={action}
-            variant="Secondary"
+            variant={hero ? 'Primary' : 'Secondary'}
+            fill={hero ? 'Solid' : undefined}
             size="300"
-            disabled={acting}
+            disabled={actionDisabled}
             before={acting && <Spinner size="50" variant="Secondary" fill="Soft" />}
           >
             <Text size="B300" truncate>

src/app/features/join-before-navigate/JoinBeforeNavigate.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { Box, Icon, IconButton, Icons, Scroll, Text, toRem } from 'folds';
+import { Box, Icon, IconButton, Icons, Scroll, Spinner, Text, toRem } from 'folds';
 import { useAtomValue } from 'jotai';
 import { RoomCard } from '../../components/room-card';
 import { RoomTopicViewer } from '../../components/room-topic-viewer';
@@ -32,53 +32,68 @@ export function JoinBeforeNavigate({
 
   return (
     <Page>
-      <PageHeader balance>
+      <RoomSummaryLoader roomIdOrAlias={roomIdOrAlias} via={viaServers}>
-        <Box grow="Yes" gap="200">
+        {(summary, state) => (
-          <Box shrink="No">
+          <>
-            {screenSize === ScreenSize.Mobile && (
+            <PageHeader balance>
-              <BackRouteHandler>
+              <Box grow="Yes" gap="200">
-                {(onBack) => (
+                <Box shrink="No">
-                  <IconButton onClick={onBack} aria-label="Back">
+                  {screenSize === ScreenSize.Mobile && (
-                    <Icon src={Icons.ArrowLeft} />
+                    <BackRouteHandler>
-                  </IconButton>
+                      {(onBack) => (
-                )}
+                        <IconButton onClick={onBack} aria-label="Back">
-              </BackRouteHandler>
+                          <Icon src={Icons.ArrowLeft} />
-            )}
+                        </IconButton>
-          </Box>
+                      )}
-          <Box grow="Yes" justifyContent="Center" alignItems="Center" gap="200">
+                    </BackRouteHandler>
-            <Text size="H3" truncate>
-              {roomIdOrAlias}
-            </Text>
-          </Box>
-        </Box>
-      </PageHeader>
-      <Box grow="Yes">
-        <Scroll hideTrack visibility="Hover" size="0">
-          <Box style={{ height: '100%' }} grow="Yes" alignItems="Center" justifyContent="Center">
-            <RoomSummaryLoader roomIdOrAlias={roomIdOrAlias}>
-              {(summary) => (
-                <RoomCard
-                  style={{ maxWidth: toRem(364), width: '100%' }}
-                  roomIdOrAlias={roomIdOrAlias}
-                  allRooms={allRooms}
-                  avatarUrl={summary?.avatar_url}
-                  name={summary?.name}
-                  topic={summary?.topic}
-                  memberCount={summary?.num_joined_members}
-                  roomType={summary?.room_type}
-                  joinRule={summary?.join_rule}
-                  encrypted={!!summary?.['im.nheko.summary.encryption']}
-                  viaServers={viaServers}
-                  renderTopicViewer={(name, topic, requestClose) => (
-                    <RoomTopicViewer name={name} topic={topic} requestClose={requestClose} />
                   )}
-                  onView={handleView}
+                </Box>
-                />
+                <Box grow="Yes" justifyContent="Center" alignItems="Center" gap="200">
-              )}
+                  <Text size="H3" truncate>
-            </RoomSummaryLoader>
+                    {summary?.name || summary?.canonical_alias || roomIdOrAlias}
-          </Box>
+                  </Text>
-        </Scroll>
+                </Box>
-      </Box>
+              </Box>
+            </PageHeader>
+            <Box grow="Yes">
+              <Scroll hideTrack visibility="Hover" size="0">
+                <Box
+                  style={{ height: '100%' }}
+                  grow="Yes"
+                  alignItems="Center"
+                  justifyContent="Center"
+                >
+                  {state.loading && !summary ? (
+                    <Spinner size="600" variant="Secondary" />
+                  ) : (
+                    <RoomCard
+                      hero
+                      style={{ maxWidth: toRem(420), width: '100%' }}
+                      roomIdOrAlias={roomIdOrAlias}
+                      allRooms={allRooms}
+                      avatarUrl={summary?.avatar_url}
+                      name={summary?.name}
+                      canonicalAlias={summary?.canonical_alias}
+                      topic={summary?.topic}
+                      memberCount={summary?.num_joined_members}
+                      roomType={summary?.room_type}
+                      joinRule={summary?.join_rule}
+                      encrypted={!!summary?.['im.nheko.summary.encryption']}
+                      worldReadable={summary?.world_readable}
+                      membership={summary?.membership}
+                      viaServers={viaServers}
+                      renderTopicViewer={(name, topic, requestClose) => (
+                        <RoomTopicViewer name={name} topic={topic} requestClose={requestClose} />
+                      )}
+                      onView={handleView}
+                    />
+                  )}
+                </Box>
+              </Scroll>
+            </Box>
+          </>
+        )}
+      </RoomSummaryLoader>
     </Page>
   );
 }

src/app/features/lobby/Lobby.tsx

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import { useCategoryHandler } from '../../hooks/useCategoryHandler';
 import { useMatrixClient } from '../../hooks/useMatrixClient';
 import { allRoomsAtom } from '../../state/room-list/roomList';
 import { getCanonicalAliasOrRoomId, rateLimitedActions } from '../../utils/matrix';
-import { getSpaceRoomPath } from '../../pages/pathUtils';
+import { getSpaceRoomPath, withSearchParam } from '../../pages/pathUtils';
 import { StateEvent } from '../../../types/matrix/room';
 import { CanDropCallback, useDnDMonitor } from './DnD';
 import { ASCIILexicalTable, orderKeys } from '../../utils/ASCIILexicalTable';
@@ -411,8 +411,13 @@ export function Lobby() {
   const handleOpenRoom: MouseEventHandler<HTMLButtonElement> = (evt) => {
     const rId = evt.currentTarget.getAttribute('data-room-id');
     if (!rId) return;
+    // Preview chips carry the room's resident servers so getRoomSummary can
+    // resolve a room the homeserver isn't already in (else the preview is sparse).
+    const via = evt.currentTarget.getAttribute('data-via');
     const pSpaceIdOrAlias = getCanonicalAliasOrRoomId(mx, space.roomId);
-    navigate(getSpaceRoomPath(pSpaceIdOrAlias, getCanonicalAliasOrRoomId(mx, rId)));
+    let path = getSpaceRoomPath(pSpaceIdOrAlias, getCanonicalAliasOrRoomId(mx, rId));
+    if (via) path = withSearchParam(path, { viaServers: via });
+    navigate(path);
   };
 
   const togglePinToSidebar = useCallback(

src/app/features/lobby/RoomItem.tsx

@@ -102,14 +102,17 @@ function RoomJoinButton({ roomId, via }: RoomJoinButtonProps) {
 // room isn't joined — renders the preview card instead of the timeline.
 function RoomPreviewChip({
   roomId,
+  via,
   onOpen,
 }: {
   roomId: string;
+  via?: string[];
   onOpen: MouseEventHandler<HTMLButtonElement>;
 }) {
   return (
     <Chip
       data-room-id={roomId}
+      data-via={via && via.length > 0 ? via.join(',') : undefined}
       onClick={onOpen}
       variant="Secondary"
       fill="None"
@@ -391,7 +394,7 @@ export const RoomItemCard = as<'div', RoomItemCardProps>(
                       </Box>
                     ) : (
                       <Box shrink="No" gap="100" alignItems="Center">
-                        <RoomPreviewChip roomId={roomId} onOpen={onOpen} />
+                        <RoomPreviewChip roomId={roomId} via={content.via} onOpen={onOpen} />
                         <RoomJoinButton roomId={roomId} via={content.via} />
                       </Box>
                     )
@@ -439,7 +442,7 @@ export const RoomItemCard = as<'div', RoomItemCardProps>(
                   joinRule={summary.join_rule}
                   options={
                     <Box shrink="No" gap="100" alignItems="Center">
-                      <RoomPreviewChip roomId={roomId} onOpen={onOpen} />
+                      <RoomPreviewChip roomId={roomId} via={content.via} onOpen={onOpen} />
                       <RoomJoinButton roomId={roomId} via={content.via} />
                     </Box>
                   }