fix(sync): "Connecting…" only while catching up, not for 30 s after load (#274)

The strip showed for PREPARED and for the first SYNCING after it (or after
RECONNECTING), i.e. until the next /sync returned: ~30 s of long-poll on a
quiet account while the app already worked. A SYNCING means a sync just
succeeded, so the strip now shows only during CATCHUP; failures still show
as Reconnecting / Connection lost.

Fixes #274

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017PCb59uY3UKqDqt7B6hzd5

src/app/features/bookmarks/BookmarksPanel.css.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { style } from '@vanilla-extract/css';
-import { config, toRem } from 'folds';
+import { config } from 'folds';
+import { SIDE_PANEL_WIDTH } from '../../styles/sidePanel';
 
-// Mirrors MembersDrawer: a 266px side panel on desktop that becomes a
+// Mirrors MembersDrawer: a side panel (shared width) on desktop that becomes a
 // full-screen fixed panel on narrow viewports — the app's canonical drawer.
 export const BookmarksPanel = style({
-  width: toRem(266),
+  width: SIDE_PANEL_WIDTH,
   '@media': {
     '(max-width: 750px)': {
       position: 'fixed',

src/app/features/room-settings/RoomServerACL.tsx

@@ -32,24 +32,12 @@ import { AsyncStatus, useAsyncCallback } from '../../hooks/useAsyncCallback';
 import { SequenceCard } from '../../components/sequence-card';
 import { SequenceCardStyle } from '../common-settings/styles.css';
 import { stopPropagation } from '../../utils/keyboard';
-import { isValidServerPattern, matchesAnyGlob } from '../../utils/serverAcl';
+import { isValidServerPattern, matchesAnyGlob, normalizeServerAcl } from '../../utils/serverAcl';
 import { MobileTouchTarget } from '../../styles/mobile.css';
 import { useModalStyle } from '../../hooks/useModalStyle';
 
 // ── Types ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-type ServerAclContent = {
-  allow: string[];
-  deny: string[];
-  allow_ip_literals: boolean;
-};
-
-const DEFAULT_ACL: ServerAclContent = {
-  allow: ['*'],
-  deny: [],
-  allow_ip_literals: false,
-};
-
 // ── Server list sub-component ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 type ServerListProps = {
@@ -185,20 +173,20 @@ export function RoomServerACL({ requestClose }: RoomServerACLProps) {
 
   // Read current ACL from room state
   const aclEvent = useStateEvent(room, StateEvent.RoomServerAcl);
-  const currentAcl = aclEvent?.getContent<ServerAclContent>() ?? DEFAULT_ACL;
+  const currentAcl = normalizeServerAcl(aclEvent?.getContent());
 
   // Local draft state — initialised from current ACL
-  const [allowList, setAllowList] = useState<string[]>(() => currentAcl.allow ?? ['*']);
-  const [denyList, setDenyList] = useState<string[]>(() => currentAcl.deny ?? []);
+  const [allowList, setAllowList] = useState<string[]>(() => currentAcl.allow);
+  const [denyList, setDenyList] = useState<string[]>(() => currentAcl.deny);
   const [allowIpLiterals, setAllowIpLiterals] = useState<boolean>(
-    () => currentAcl.allow_ip_literals ?? false,
+    () => currentAcl.allow_ip_literals,
   );
 
   // Track whether there are unsaved changes
   const isDirty =
-    JSON.stringify(allowList) !== JSON.stringify(currentAcl.allow ?? ['*']) ||
-    JSON.stringify(denyList) !== JSON.stringify(currentAcl.deny ?? []) ||
-    allowIpLiterals !== (currentAcl.allow_ip_literals ?? false);
+    JSON.stringify(allowList) !== JSON.stringify(currentAcl.allow) ||
+    JSON.stringify(denyList) !== JSON.stringify(currentAcl.deny) ||
+    allowIpLiterals !== currentAcl.allow_ip_literals;
 
   // Save handler
   const [saveState, save] = useAsyncCallback(
@@ -336,7 +324,10 @@ export function RoomServerACL({ requestClose }: RoomServerACLProps) {
                       id="allow-ip-literals"
                       checked={allowIpLiterals}
                       disabled={!canEdit}
-                      onClick={() => setAllowIpLiterals(!allowIpLiterals)}
+                      // folds' Checkbox has no onChange; readOnly tells React the
+                      // click handler controls it (no "checked without onChange").
+                      readOnly
+                      onClick={(e) => setAllowIpLiterals(e.currentTarget.checked)}
                       size="300"
                       variant="Primary"
                     />

src/app/features/room/MediaGallery.css.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import { style } from '@vanilla-extract/css';
 import { color, config, toRem } from 'folds';
+import { SIDE_PANEL_WIDTH } from '../../styles/sidePanel';
 
 // Right-side drawer DOCKED into the room layout row (a flex sibling of the
-// timeline), exactly like MembersDrawer — not a floating overlay. 320px is a
-// little wider than the 266px member/bookmark drawers because it hosts a media
-// grid. On narrow viewports it becomes a full-screen fixed panel, matching the
-// app's other drawers.
+// timeline), exactly like MembersDrawer — not a floating overlay. Same width as
+// every other right-hand panel (styles/sidePanel.ts, #263). On narrow viewports
+// it becomes a full-screen fixed panel, matching the app's other drawers.
 export const MediaGalleryDrawer = style({
-  width: toRem(320),
+  width: SIDE_PANEL_WIDTH,
   overflow: 'hidden',
   '@media': {
     '(max-width: 750px)': {

src/app/features/room/MembersDrawer.css.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { keyframes, style } from '@vanilla-extract/css';
-import { config, toRem } from 'folds';
+import { config } from 'folds';
+import { SIDE_PANEL_WIDTH } from '../../styles/sidePanel';
 
 export const MembersDrawer = style({
-  width: toRem(266),
+  width: SIDE_PANEL_WIDTH,
   '@media': {
     '(max-width: 750px)': {
       position: 'fixed',

src/app/features/room/thread/ThreadPanel.css.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { style } from '@vanilla-extract/css';
-import { config, toRem } from 'folds';
+import { config } from 'folds';
+import { SIDE_PANEL_WIDTH } from '../../../styles/sidePanel';
 
 export const ThreadPanel = style({
-  width: toRem(360),
+  width: SIDE_PANEL_WIDTH,
   '@media': {
     '(max-width: 750px)': {
       position: 'fixed',

src/app/features/room/thread/ThreadsListPanel.css.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { style } from '@vanilla-extract/css';
-import { color, config, toRem } from 'folds';
+import { color, config } from 'folds';
+import { SIDE_PANEL_WIDTH } from '../../../styles/sidePanel';
 
 export const ThreadsListPanel = style({
-  width: toRem(340),
+  width: SIDE_PANEL_WIDTH,
   '@media': {
     '(max-width: 750px)': {
       position: 'fixed',

src/app/features/room/widgets/WidgetsPanel.css.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { style } from '@vanilla-extract/css';
-import { config, toRem } from 'folds';
+import { config } from 'folds';
+import { SIDE_PANEL_WIDTH } from '../../../styles/sidePanel';
 
 export const WidgetsPanel = style({
-  width: toRem(360),
+  width: SIDE_PANEL_WIDTH,
   '@media': {
     '(max-width: 750px)': {
       position: 'fixed',

src/app/pages/client/SyncStatus.tsx

@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ export function SyncStatus({ mx }: SyncStatusProps) {
     );
   }
 
-  if (
-    (stateData.current === SyncState.Prepared ||
-      stateData.current === SyncState.Syncing ||
-      stateData.current === SyncState.Catchup) &&
-    stateData.previous !== SyncState.Syncing
-  ) {
+  // [Gitea #274] Only while catching up after a drop. Upstream also showed it
+  // for PREPARED and for the first SYNCING after PREPARED/RECONNECTING, i.e.
+  // until the NEXT /sync returned: on a quiet account that long-polls ~30 s
+  // while the app already works (a SYNCING means a sync just succeeded).
+  // A real failure still surfaces as Reconnecting / Connection lost.
+  if (stateData.current === SyncState.Catchup) {
     return (
       <Box direction="Column" shrink="No">
         <Box

src/app/styles/sidePanel.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { toRem } from 'folds';
+
+/**
+ * One width for every right-hand room panel (members, bookmarks, threads, a
+ * thread, media gallery, widgets). Swapping one panel for another must not
+ * resize the room view: when the widths differed, the header icons slid
+ * sideways and a second click on the same spot hit a different button (#263).
+ */
+export const SIDE_PANEL_WIDTH = toRem(340);

src/app/utils/serverAcl.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { test } from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
-import { isValidServerPattern, globToRegExp, matchesAnyGlob } from './serverAcl';
+import {
+  isValidServerPattern,
+  globToRegExp,
+  matchesAnyGlob,
+  normalizeServerAcl,
+} from './serverAcl';
 
 test('isValidServerPattern: accepts hostnames, IPs, and globs', () => {
   for (const v of [
@@ -42,3 +47,35 @@ test('matchesAnyGlob: true if any glob matches (self-ban detection)', () => {
   assert.equal(matchesAnyGlob('lotusguild.org', ['*.evil.com']), false);
   assert.equal(matchesAnyGlob('lotusguild.org', []), false);
 });
+
+test('no ACL event: every server allowed, IP literals allowed (#261)', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(normalizeServerAcl(undefined), {
+    allow: ['*'],
+    deny: [],
+    allow_ip_literals: true,
+  });
+});
+
+test('a missing allow_ip_literals defaults to true, per the spec (#261)', () => {
+  assert.equal(normalizeServerAcl({ allow: ['*'], deny: ['bad.example'] }).allow_ip_literals, true);
+});
+
+test('an explicit allow_ip_literals is kept', () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    normalizeServerAcl({ allow: ['*'], allow_ip_literals: false }).allow_ip_literals,
+    false,
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    normalizeServerAcl({ allow: ['*'], allow_ip_literals: true }).allow_ip_literals,
+    true,
+  );
+});
+
+test('missing or malformed lists become empty, non-strings are dropped', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(normalizeServerAcl({ allow: ['a.example', 3, null] }), {
+    allow: ['a.example'],
+    deny: [],
+    allow_ip_literals: true,
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(normalizeServerAcl({ allow: 'a.example', deny: {} }).allow, []);
+});

src/app/utils/serverAcl.ts

@@ -50,3 +50,29 @@ export function matchesAnyGlob(domain: string, globs: string[]): boolean {
     }
   });
 }
+
+/**
+ * `m.room.server_acl` content with the spec's defaults filled in (#261).
+ * `allow_ip_literals` defaults to **true** when absent; `allow` and `deny`
+ * default to empty lists, but with no ACL event at all every server is allowed,
+ * so the editor starts from `allow: ['*']` in that case.
+ * https://spec.matrix.org/v1.12/client-server-api/#mroomserver_acl
+ */
+export type ServerAclContent = {
+  allow: string[];
+  deny: string[];
+  allow_ip_literals: boolean;
+};
+
+const stringList = (value: unknown): string[] | undefined =>
+  Array.isArray(value) ? value.filter((v): v is string => typeof v === 'string') : undefined;
+
+export function normalizeServerAcl(content: Record<string, unknown> | undefined): ServerAclContent {
+  if (!content) return { allow: ['*'], deny: [], allow_ip_literals: true };
+  return {
+    allow: stringList(content.allow) ?? [],
+    deny: stringList(content.deny) ?? [],
+    allow_ip_literals:
+      typeof content.allow_ip_literals === 'boolean' ? content.allow_ip_literals : true,
+  };
+}