fix(retention): a tiny or brand-new retention value can't wipe a room (#298)
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m.room.retention can be set to anything by anyone with state power. A
fat-fingered `max_lifetime: 1000` blanked the timeline for every Lotus
user and, for members with "Enforce Message Retention" on, the sweeper
redacted all their messages within a minute. The RETENTION_MIN_MS floor
existed but was never applied.

- effectiveRetentionMs(): anything under 10 min counts as off; used by
  getRoomRetentionMs (sweeper) and the timeline's hiding.
- The sweeper never deletes under a policy less than 24 h old, so a
  mistake or a malicious change can be reverted before anything is lost.
  (Local hiding of expired messages still applies at once.)

Verified headless (the issue's repro, enforcement on): after
max_lifetime 1000, all 4 messages stay visible and none are redacted
after 45 s (before: timeline blank, all 4 redacted). Unit tests for the
floor and the grace window.

Fixes #298

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017PCb59uY3UKqDqt7B6hzd5
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2026-10-16 21:37:16 -04:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5
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commit 8b2322f751
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@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ import { ThreadSummary } from './thread/ThreadSummary';
import { usePowerLevelsContext } from '../../hooks/usePowerLevels';
import { GetContentCallback, MessageEvent, StateEvent } from '../../../types/matrix/room';
import { useStateEvent } from '../../hooks/useStateEvent';
import { RetentionContent, isExpired } from '../../utils/retention';
import { RetentionContent, effectiveRetentionMs, isExpired } from '../../utils/retention';
import { useKeyDown } from '../../hooks/useKeyDown';
import { useDocumentFocusChange } from '../../hooks/useDocumentFocusChange';
import { RenderMessageContent } from '../../components/RenderMessageContent';
@@ -494,7 +494,10 @@ export function RoomTimeline({ room, eventId, roomInputRef, editor }: RoomTimeli
// timeline (unless "show hidden events" is on). Reactive so a policy change
// re-renders. `undefined` = no policy.
const retentionEvent = useStateEvent(room, StateEvent.RoomRetention);
const retentionMs = retentionEvent?.getContent<RetentionContent>().max_lifetime;
// [Gitea #298] Same floor as everywhere else: a tiny value must not blank the room.
const retentionMs = effectiveRetentionMs(
retentionEvent?.getContent<RetentionContent>().max_lifetime,
);
const [showDeveloperTools] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'developerTools');
const [lotusTerminal] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'lotusTerminal');