Merged in release/2025-12-19 (pull request #2753)

Release/2025 12 19

client/src/components/chat-affix/chat-affix.container.jsx

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { useApolloClient } from "@apollo/client";
 import { getToken } from "@firebase/messaging";
 import axios from "axios";
 import { useEffect } from "react";
-import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { messaging, requestForToken } from "../../firebase/firebase.utils";
 import ChatPopupComponent from "../chat-popup/chat-popup.component";
 import "./chat-affix.styles.scss";
@@ -10,14 +9,14 @@ import { registerMessagingHandlers, unregisterMessagingHandlers } from "./regist
 import { useSocket } from "../../contexts/SocketIO/useSocket.js";
 
 export function ChatAffixContainer({ bodyshop, chatVisible, currentUser }) {
-  const { t } = useTranslation();
   const client = useApolloClient();
   const { socket } = useSocket();
 
+  // 1) FCM subscription (independent of socket handler registration)
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!bodyshop?.messagingservicesid) return;
 
-    async function SubscribeToTopicForFCMNotification() {
+    async function subscribeToTopicForFCMNotification() {
       try {
         await requestForToken();
         await axios.post("/notifications/subscribe", {
@@ -32,17 +31,35 @@ export function ChatAffixContainer({ bodyshop, chatVisible, currentUser }) {
       }
     }
 
-    SubscribeToTopicForFCMNotification();
+    subscribeToTopicForFCMNotification();
+  }, [bodyshop?.messagingservicesid, bodyshop?.imexshopid]);
 
-    // Register WebSocket handlers
+  // 2) Register socket handlers as soon as socket is connected (regardless of chatVisible)
-    if (socket?.connected) {
+  useEffect(() => {
-      registerMessagingHandlers({ socket, client, currentUser, bodyshop, t });
+    if (!socket) return;
+    if (!bodyshop?.messagingservicesid) return;
+    if (!bodyshop?.id) return;
 
-      return () => {
+    // If socket isn't connected yet, ensure no stale handlers remain.
-        unregisterMessagingHandlers({ socket });
+    if (!socket.connected) {
-      };
+      unregisterMessagingHandlers({ socket });
+      return;
     }
-  }, [bodyshop, socket, t, client]);
+
+    // Prevent duplicate listeners if this effect runs more than once.
+    unregisterMessagingHandlers({ socket });
+
+    registerMessagingHandlers({
+      socket,
+      client,
+      currentUser,
+      bodyshop
+    });
+
+    return () => {
+      unregisterMessagingHandlers({ socket });
+    };
+  }, [socket, socket?.connected, bodyshop?.id, bodyshop?.messagingservicesid, client, currentUser?.email]);
 
   if (!bodyshop?.messagingservicesid) return <></>;
 

client/src/components/chat-affix/registerMessagingSocketHandlers.js

@@ -13,68 +13,241 @@ const logLocal = (message, ...args) => {
   }
 };
 
-// Utility function to enrich conversation data
+const safeIsoNow = () => new Date().toISOString();
-const enrichConversation = (conversation, isOutbound) => ({
+const isSystemMsid = (msid) => typeof msid === "string" && msid.startsWith("SYS_");
+
+const normalizeConversationForList = (raw, { isoutbound, isSystem } = {}) => {
+  const c = raw || {};
+  const id = c.id;
+
+  return {
+    __typename: "conversations",
+    id,
+    phone_num: c.phone_num ?? null,
+    updated_at: c.updated_at ?? safeIsoNow(),
+    unreadcnt: typeof c.unreadcnt === "number" ? c.unreadcnt : 0,
+    archived: c.archived ?? false,
+    label: c.label ?? null,
+
+    job_conversations: Array.isArray(c.job_conversations)
+      ? c.job_conversations.map((jc) => {
+          const job = jc?.job || {};
+          const jobId = jc?.jobid ?? job?.id ?? null;
+
+          return {
+            __typename: "job_conversations",
+            jobid: jobId,
+            conversationid: jc?.conversationid ?? id ?? null,
+            job: {
+              __typename: "jobs",
+              id: jobId,
+              ro_number: job?.ro_number ?? null,
+              ownr_fn: job?.ownr_fn ?? null,
+              ownr_ln: job?.ownr_ln ?? null,
+              ownr_co_nm: job?.ownr_co_nm ?? null
+            }
+          };
+        })
+      : [],
+
+    messages_aggregate: c.messages_aggregate || {
+      __typename: "messages_aggregate",
+      aggregate: {
+        __typename: "messages_aggregate_fields",
+        count: isoutbound || isSystem ? 0 : 1
+      }
+    }
+  };
+};
+
+const CONVERSATION_LIST_ITEM_FRAGMENT = gql`
+  fragment _ConversationListItem on conversations {
+    id
+    phone_num
+    updated_at
+    unreadcnt
+    archived
+    label
+    job_conversations {
+      jobid
+      conversationid
+      job {
+        id
+        ro_number
+        ownr_fn
+        ownr_ln
+        ownr_co_nm
+      }
+    }
+    messages_aggregate(where: { read: { _eq: false }, isoutbound: { _eq: false }, is_system: { _eq: false } }) {
+      aggregate {
+        count
+      }
+    }
+  }
+`;
+
+const normalizeMessageForCache = (raw, fallbackConversationId) => {
+  const m = raw || {};
+
+  return {
+    __typename: "messages",
+    id: m.id,
+    conversationid: m.conversationid ?? m.conversation?.id ?? fallbackConversationId,
+
+    status: m.status ?? null,
+    text: m.text ?? "",
+    is_system: typeof m.is_system === "boolean" ? m.is_system : false,
+    isoutbound: typeof m.isoutbound === "boolean" ? m.isoutbound : false,
+    image: typeof m.image === "boolean" ? m.image : false,
+    image_path: m.image_path ?? null,
+    userid: m.userid ?? null,
+    created_at: m.created_at ?? safeIsoNow(),
+    read: typeof m.read === "boolean" ? m.read : false
+  };
+};
+
+const isConversationDetailsCached = (client, conversationId) => {
+  try {
+    return !!client.cache.readQuery({
+      query: GET_CONVERSATION_DETAILS,
+      variables: { conversationId }
+    })?.conversations_by_pk;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+};
+
+const conversationDetailsCached = (client, conversationId) => {
+  try {
+    const res = client.cache.readQuery({
+      query: GET_CONVERSATION_DETAILS,
+      variables: { conversationId }
+    });
+    return !!res?.conversations_by_pk;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+};
+
+const messageEntityCached = (client, messageId) => {
+  const cacheId = client.cache.identify({ __typename: "messages", id: messageId });
+  if (!cacheId) return false;
+
+  try {
+    client.cache.readFragment({
+      id: cacheId,
+      fragment: gql`
+        fragment _MsgExists on messages {
+          id
+        }
+      `
+    });
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+};
+
+const enrichConversation = (conversation, { isoutbound, isSystem }) => ({
   ...conversation,
-  updated_at: conversation.updated_at || new Date().toISOString(),
+  updated_at: conversation.updated_at || safeIsoNow(),
-  unreadcnt: conversation.unreadcnt || 0,
+  unreadcnt: typeof conversation.unreadcnt === "number" ? conversation.unreadcnt : 0,
-  archived: conversation.archived || false,
+  archived: conversation.archived ?? false,
-  label: conversation.label || null,
+  label: conversation.label ?? null,
   job_conversations: conversation.job_conversations || [],
   messages_aggregate: conversation.messages_aggregate || {
     __typename: "messages_aggregate",
     aggregate: {
       __typename: "messages_aggregate_fields",
-      count: isOutbound ? 0 : 1
+      count: isoutbound || isSystem ? 0 : 1
     }
   },
   __typename: "conversations"
 });
 
-// Can be uncommonted to test the playback of the notification sound
+const upsertConversationIntoOffsetZeroList = (client, conversationObj, { isoutbound, isSystem } = {}) => {
-// window.testTone = () => {
+  const normalized = normalizeConversationForList(conversationObj, { isoutbound, isSystem });
-//   const notificationSound = new Audio(newMessageSound);
+  if (!normalized?.id) return;
-//   notificationSound.play().catch((error) => {
+
-//     console.error("Error playing notification sound:", error);
+  const convCacheId = client.cache.identify(normalized);
-//   });
+  if (!convCacheId) return;
-// };
+
+  client.cache.writeFragment({
+    id: convCacheId,
+    fragment: CONVERSATION_LIST_ITEM_FRAGMENT,
+    data: normalized
+  });
+
+  client.cache.modify({
+    id: "ROOT_QUERY",
+    fields: {
+      conversations(existing = [], { args, readField }) {
+        if (!args || args.offset !== 0) return existing;
+
+        const archivedEq = args?.where?.archived?._eq;
+        if (archivedEq === true) return existing;
+
+        const without = existing.filter((c) => readField("id", c) !== normalized.id);
+        return [{ __ref: convCacheId }, ...without];
+      }
+    }
+  });
+};
 
 export const registerMessagingHandlers = ({ socket, client, currentUser, bodyshop }) => {
   if (!(socket && client)) return;
 
-  const handleNewMessageSummary = async (message) => {
+  // Coalesce unread refetches (avoid spamming during bursts)
-    const { conversationId, newConversation, existingConversation, isoutbound } = message;
+  let unreadRefetchInFlight = null;
+  const refetchUnreadCount = () => {
+    if (unreadRefetchInFlight) return;
 
-    // True only when DB value is strictly true; falls back to true on cache miss
+    unreadRefetchInFlight = client
-    const isNewMessageSoundEnabled = (client) => {
+      .refetchQueries({
+        include: ["UNREAD_CONVERSATION_COUNT"]
+      })
+      .catch(() => {
+        // best-effort
+      })
+      .finally(() => {
+        unreadRefetchInFlight = null;
+      });
+  };
+
+  const handleNewMessageSummary = async (message) => {
+    const { conversationId, newConversation, existingConversation, isoutbound, msid, updated_at } = message;
+    const isSystem = isSystemMsid(msid);
+
+    const isNewMessageSoundEnabled = (clientInstance) => {
       try {
         const email = currentUser?.email;
-        if (!email) return true; // default allow if we can't resolve user
+        if (!email) return true;
-        const res = client.readQuery({
+        const res = clientInstance.readQuery({
           query: QUERY_ACTIVE_ASSOCIATION_SOUND,
           variables: { email }
         });
         const flag = res?.associations?.[0]?.new_message_sound;
-        return flag === true; // strictly true => enabled
+        return flag === true;
       } catch {
-        // If the query hasn't been seeded in cache yet, default ON
         return true;
       }
     };
 
     logLocal("handleNewMessageSummary - Start", { message, isNew: !existingConversation });
 
-    const queryVariables = { offset: 0 };
-
     if (!isoutbound) {
-      // Play notification sound for new inbound message (scoped to bodyshop)
       if (isLeaderTab(bodyshop.id) && isNewMessageSoundEnabled(client)) {
         playNewMessageSound(bodyshop.id);
       }
+
+      // Real-time badge update for affix (best-effort, coalesced)
+      if (!isSystem) {
+        refetchUnreadCount();
+      }
     }
 
     if (!existingConversation && conversationId) {
-      // Attempt to read from the cache to determine if this is actually a new conversation
       try {
         const cachedConversation = client.cache.readFragment({
           id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "conversations", id: conversationId }),
@@ -86,75 +259,54 @@ export const registerMessagingHandlers = ({ socket, client, currentUser, bodysho
         });
 
         if (cachedConversation) {
-          logLocal("handleNewMessageSummary - Existing Conversation inferred from cache", {
+          logLocal("handleNewMessageSummary - Existing Conversation inferred from cache", { conversationId });
-            conversationId
+          return handleNewMessageSummary({ ...message, existingConversation: true });
-          });
-          return handleNewMessageSummary({
-            ...message,
-            existingConversation: true
-          });
         }
       } catch {
-        logLocal("handleNewMessageSummary - Cache miss", { conversationId });
+        // Cache miss is normal
       }
     }
 
-    // Handle new conversation
     if (!existingConversation && newConversation?.phone_num) {
-      logLocal("handleNewMessageSummary - New Conversation", newConversation);
-
       try {
-        const queryResults = client.cache.readQuery({
+        upsertConversationIntoOffsetZeroList(client, newConversation, { isoutbound, isSystem });
-          query: CONVERSATION_LIST_QUERY,
-          variables: queryVariables
-        });
-
-        const existingConversations = queryResults?.conversations || [];
-        const enrichedConversation = enrichConversation(newConversation, isoutbound);
-
-        if (!existingConversations.some((conv) => conv.id === enrichedConversation.id)) {
-          client.cache.modify({
-            id: "ROOT_QUERY",
-            fields: {
-              conversations(existingConversations = []) {
-                return [enrichedConversation, ...existingConversations];
-              }
-            }
-          });
-        }
       } catch (error) {
         console.error("Error updating cache for new conversation:", error);
       }
       return;
     }
 
-    // Handle existing conversation
+    if (existingConversation && conversationId) {
-    if (existingConversation) {
       try {
         client.cache.modify({
           id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "conversations", id: conversationId }),
           fields: {
-            updated_at: () => new Date().toISOString(),
+            updated_at: () => updated_at || safeIsoNow(),
             archived: () => false,
-            messages_aggregate(cached = { aggregate: { count: 0 } }) {
+
-              const currentCount = cached.aggregate?.count || 0;
+            messages_aggregate(cached = null) {
-              if (!isoutbound) {
+              if (isoutbound || isSystem) return cached;
-                return {
+
-                  __typename: "messages_aggregate",
+              const currentCount = cached?.aggregate?.count ?? 0;
-                  aggregate: {
+              return {
-                    __typename: "messages_aggregate_fields",
+                __typename: "messages_aggregate",
-                    count: currentCount + 1
+                aggregate: {
-                  }
+                  __typename: "messages_aggregate_fields",
-                };
+                  count: currentCount + 1
-              }
+                }
-              return cached;
+              };
+            },
+
+            unreadcnt(cached) {
+              if (isoutbound || isSystem) return cached;
+              const n = typeof cached === "number" ? cached : 0;
+              return n + 1;
             }
           }
         });
       } catch (error) {
         console.error("Error updating cache for existing conversation:", error);
       }
-
       return;
     }
 
@@ -166,88 +318,78 @@ export const registerMessagingHandlers = ({ socket, client, currentUser, bodysho
 
     logLocal("handleNewMessageDetailed - Start", message);
 
-    try {
+    if (!conversationId || !isConversationDetailsCached(client, conversationId)) return;
-      // Check if the conversation exists in the cache
-      const queryResults = client.cache.readQuery({
-        query: GET_CONVERSATION_DETAILS,
-        variables: { conversationId }
-      });
 
-      if (!queryResults?.conversations_by_pk) {
+    try {
-        console.warn("Conversation not found in cache:", { conversationId });
+      const normalized = normalizeMessageForCache(newMessage, conversationId);
+
+      const messageCacheId = client.cache.identify(normalized);
+      if (!messageCacheId) {
+        console.warn("handleNewMessageDetailed - Could not identify message for cache", {
+          conversationId,
+          newMessageId: newMessage?.id
+        });
         return;
       }
 
-      // Append the new message to the conversation's message list using cache.modify
+      client.cache.writeFragment({
+        id: messageCacheId,
+        fragment: gql`
+          fragment _IncomingMessage on messages {
+            id
+            conversationid
+            status
+            text
+            is_system
+            isoutbound
+            image
+            image_path
+            userid
+            created_at
+            read
+          }
+        `,
+        data: normalized
+      });
+
       client.cache.modify({
         id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "conversations", id: conversationId }),
         fields: {
-          messages(existingMessages = []) {
+          messages(existing = [], { readField }) {
-            return [...existingMessages, newMessage];
+            const already = existing.some((ref) => readField("id", ref) === normalized.id);
+            if (already) return existing;
+            return [...existing, { __ref: messageCacheId }];
+          },
+          updated_at() {
+            return normalized.created_at || safeIsoNow();
           }
         }
       });
 
-      logLocal("handleNewMessageDetailed - Message appended successfully", {
+      logLocal("handleNewMessageDetailed - Message appended successfully", { conversationId });
-        conversationId,
-        newMessage
-      });
     } catch (error) {
       console.error("Error updating conversation messages in cache:", error);
     }
   };
 
   const handleMessageChanged = (message) => {
-    if (!message) {
+    if (!message?.id) return;
-      logLocal("handleMessageChanged - No message provided", message);
-      return;
-    }
 
     logLocal("handleMessageChanged - Start", message);
 
+    if (!messageEntityCached(client, message.id)) return;
+
     try {
+      const msgCacheId = client.cache.identify({ __typename: "messages", id: message.id });
+
       client.cache.modify({
-        id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "conversations", id: message.conversationid }),
+        id: msgCacheId,
         fields: {
-          messages(existingMessages = [], { readField }) {
+          status(existing) {
-            return existingMessages.map((messageRef) => {
+            return message.type === "status-changed" ? (message.status ?? existing) : existing;
-              // Check if this is the message to update
+          },
-              if (readField("id", messageRef) === message.id) {
+          text(existing) {
-                const currentStatus = readField("status", messageRef);
+            return message.type === "text-updated" ? (message.text ?? existing) : existing;
-
-                // Handle known types of message changes
-                switch (message.type) {
-                  case "status-changed":
-                    // Prevent overwriting if the current status is already "delivered"
-                    if (currentStatus === "delivered") {
-                      logLocal("handleMessageChanged - Status already delivered, skipping update", {
-                        messageId: message.id
-                      });
-                      return messageRef;
-                    }
-
-                    // Update the status field
-                    return {
-                      ...messageRef,
-                      status: message.status
-                    };
-
-                  case "text-updated":
-                    // Handle changes to the message text
-                    return {
-                      ...messageRef,
-                      text: message.text
-                    };
-
-                  default:
-                    // Log a warning for unhandled message types
-                    logLocal("handleMessageChanged - Unhandled message type", { type: message.type });
-                    return messageRef;
-                }
-              }
-
-              return messageRef;
-            });
           }
         }
       });
@@ -262,149 +404,140 @@ export const registerMessagingHandlers = ({ socket, client, currentUser, bodysho
   };
 
   const handleConversationChanged = async (data) => {
-    if (!data) {
+    if (!data?.conversationId) return;
-      logLocal("handleConversationChanged - No data provided", data);
+
-      return;
+    const {
-    }
+      conversationId,
+      type,
+      job_conversations,
+      messageIds,
+      messageIdsMarkedRead,
+      lastUnreadMessageId,
+      unreadCount,
+      ...fields
+    } = data;
 
-    const { conversationId, type, job_conversations, messageIds, ...fields } = data;
     logLocal("handleConversationChanged - Start", data);
 
-    const updatedAt = new Date().toISOString();
+    const updatedAt = safeIsoNow();
+    const detailsCached = conversationDetailsCached(client, conversationId);
 
-    const updateConversationList = (newConversation) => {
-      try {
-        const existingList = client.cache.readQuery({
-          query: CONVERSATION_LIST_QUERY,
-          variables: { offset: 0 }
-        });
-
-        const updatedList = existingList?.conversations
-          ? [newConversation, ...existingList.conversations.filter((conv) => conv.id !== newConversation.id)]
-          : [newConversation]; // Prevent duplicates
-
-        client.cache.writeQuery({
-          query: CONVERSATION_LIST_QUERY,
-          variables: { offset: 0 },
-          data: {
-            conversations: updatedList
-          }
-        });
-
-        logLocal("handleConversationChanged - Conversation list updated successfully", newConversation);
-      } catch (error) {
-        console.error("Error updating conversation list in the cache:", error);
-      }
-    };
-
-    // Handle specific types
     try {
       switch (type) {
-        case "conversation-marked-read":
+        case "conversation-marked-read": {
-          if (conversationId && messageIds?.length > 0) {
+          refetchUnreadCount();
-            client.cache.modify({
+
-              id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "conversations", id: conversationId }),
+          if (detailsCached && Array.isArray(messageIds)) {
-              fields: {
+            messageIds.forEach((id) => {
-                messages(existingMessages = [], { readField }) {
+              if (!messageEntityCached(client, id)) return;
-                  return existingMessages.map((message) => {
+              client.cache.modify({
-                    if (messageIds.includes(readField("id", message))) {
+                id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "messages", id }),
-                      return { ...message, read: true };
+                fields: { read: () => true }
-                    }
+              });
-                    return message;
-                  });
-                },
-                messages_aggregate: () => ({
-                  __typename: "messages_aggregate",
-                  aggregate: { __typename: "messages_aggregate_fields", count: 0 }
-                })
-              }
             });
           }
-          break;
 
-        case "conversation-created":
+          client.cache.modify({
-          updateConversationList({ ...fields, job_conversations, updated_at: updatedAt });
+            id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "conversations", id: conversationId }),
+            fields: {
+              messages_aggregate: () => ({
+                __typename: "messages_aggregate",
+                aggregate: { __typename: "messages_aggregate_fields", count: 0 }
+              }),
+              unreadcnt: () => 0,
+              updated_at: () => updatedAt
+            }
+          });
+
           break;
+        }
+
+        case "conversation-marked-unread": {
+          refetchUnreadCount();
+
+          const safeUnreadCount = typeof unreadCount === "number" ? unreadCount : 1;
+          const idsMarkedRead = Array.isArray(messageIdsMarkedRead) ? messageIdsMarkedRead : [];
+
+          if (detailsCached) {
+            idsMarkedRead.forEach((id) => {
+              if (!messageEntityCached(client, id)) return;
+              client.cache.modify({
+                id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "messages", id }),
+                fields: { read: () => true }
+              });
+            });
+
+            if (lastUnreadMessageId && messageEntityCached(client, lastUnreadMessageId)) {
+              client.cache.modify({
+                id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "messages", id: lastUnreadMessageId }),
+                fields: { read: () => false }
+              });
+            }
+          }
+
+          client.cache.modify({
+            id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "conversations", id: conversationId }),
+            fields: {
+              updated_at: () => updatedAt,
+              messages_aggregate: () => ({
+                __typename: "messages_aggregate",
+                aggregate: {
+                  __typename: "messages_aggregate_fields",
+                  count: safeUnreadCount
+                }
+              }),
+              unreadcnt: () => safeUnreadCount
+            }
+          });
+
+          break;
+        }
+
+        case "conversation-created": {
+          // New conversation likely implies new unread inbound message(s)
+          refetchUnreadCount();
+
+          const conv = enrichConversation(
+            { id: conversationId, job_conversations, ...fields, updated_at: updatedAt },
+            { isoutbound: false, isSystem: false }
+          );
+          upsertConversationIntoOffsetZeroList(client, conv);
+          break;
+        }
 
         case "conversation-unarchived":
-        case "conversation-archived":
+        case "conversation-archived": {
-          try {
+          // Keep unread badge correct even if archiving affects counts
-            const listQueryVariables = { offset: 0 };
+          refetchUnreadCount();
-            const detailsQueryVariables = { conversationId };
 
-            // Check if conversation details exist in the cache
+          await client.refetchQueries({
-            const detailsExist = !!client.cache.readQuery({
+            include: [CONVERSATION_LIST_QUERY, GET_CONVERSATION_DETAILS]
-              query: GET_CONVERSATION_DETAILS,
+          });
-              variables: detailsQueryVariables
-            });
-
-            // Refetch conversation list
-            await client.refetchQueries({
-              include: [CONVERSATION_LIST_QUERY, ...(detailsExist ? [GET_CONVERSATION_DETAILS] : [])],
-              variables: [
-                { query: CONVERSATION_LIST_QUERY, variables: listQueryVariables },
-                ...(detailsExist
-                  ? [
-                      {
-                        query: GET_CONVERSATION_DETAILS,
-                        variables: detailsQueryVariables
-                      }
-                    ]
-                  : [])
-              ]
-            });
-
-            logLocal("handleConversationChanged - Refetched queries after state change", {
-              conversationId,
-              type
-            });
-          } catch (error) {
-            console.error("Error refetching queries after conversation state change:", error);
-          }
           break;
+        }
 
         case "tag-added": {
-          // Ensure `job_conversations` is properly formatted
+          const formattedJobConversations = (job_conversations || []).map((jc) => ({
-          const formattedJobConversations = job_conversations.map((jc) => ({
             __typename: "job_conversations",
             jobid: jc.jobid || jc.job?.id,
             conversationid: conversationId,
-            job: jc.job || {
+            job: {
               __typename: "jobs",
-              id: data.selectedJob.id,
+              id: jc.job?.id,
-              ro_number: data.selectedJob.ro_number,
+              ro_number: jc.job?.ro_number,
-              ownr_co_nm: data.selectedJob.ownr_co_nm,
+              ownr_co_nm: jc.job?.ownr_co_nm,
-              ownr_fn: data.selectedJob.ownr_fn,
+              ownr_fn: jc.job?.ownr_fn,
-              ownr_ln: data.selectedJob.ownr_ln
+              ownr_ln: jc.job?.ownr_ln
             }
           }));
 
           client.cache.modify({
             id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "conversations", id: conversationId }),
             fields: {
-              job_conversations: (existing = []) => {
+              job_conversations(existing = [], { readField }) {
-                // Ensure no duplicates based on both `conversationid` and `jobid`
+                const seen = new Set(existing.map((x) => readField("jobid", x)).filter(Boolean));
-                const existingLinks = new Set(
+                const incoming = formattedJobConversations.filter((x) => x.jobid && !seen.has(x.jobid));
-                  existing.map((jc) => {
+                return [...existing, ...incoming];
-                    const jobId = client.cache.readFragment({
-                      id: client.cache.identify(jc),
-                      fragment: gql`
-                        fragment JobConversationLinkAdded on job_conversations {
-                          jobid
-                          conversationid
-                        }
-                      `
-                    })?.jobid;
-                    return `${jobId}:${conversationId}`; // Unique identifier for a job-conversation link
-                  })
-                );
-
-                const newItems = formattedJobConversations.filter((jc) => {
-                  const uniqueLink = `${jc.jobid}:${jc.conversationid}`;
-                  return !existingLinks.has(uniqueLink);
-                });
-
-                return [...existing, ...newItems];
               }
             }
           });
@@ -412,46 +545,31 @@ export const registerMessagingHandlers = ({ socket, client, currentUser, bodysho
           break;
         }
 
-        case "tag-removed":
+        case "tag-removed": {
-          try {
+          const conversationCacheId = client.cache.identify({ __typename: "conversations", id: conversationId });
-            const conversationCacheId = client.cache.identify({ __typename: "conversations", id: conversationId });
-
-            // Evict the specific cache entry for job_conversations
-            client.cache.evict({
-              id: conversationCacheId,
-              fieldName: "job_conversations"
-            });
-
-            // Garbage collect evicted entries
-            client.cache.gc();
-
-            logLocal("handleConversationChanged - tag removed - Refetched conversation list after state change", {
-              conversationId,
-              type
-            });
-          } catch (error) {
-            console.error("Error refetching queries after conversation state change: (Tag Removed)", error);
-          }
 
+          client.cache.evict({
+            id: conversationCacheId,
+            fieldName: "job_conversations"
+          });
+          client.cache.gc();
           break;
+        }
 
-        default:
+        default: {
-          logLocal("handleConversationChanged - Unhandled type", { type });
           client.cache.modify({
             id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "conversations", id: conversationId }),
-            fields: {
+            fields: Object.fromEntries(
-              ...Object.fromEntries(
+              Object.entries(fields).map(([key, value]) => [key, (cached) => (value !== undefined ? value : cached)])
-                Object.entries(fields).map(([key, value]) => [key, (cached) => (value !== undefined ? value : cached)])
+            )
-              )
-            }
           });
+        }
       }
     } catch (error) {
       console.error("Error handling conversation changes:", { type, error });
     }
   };
 
-  // Existing handler for phone number opt-out
   const handlePhoneNumberOptedOut = async (data) => {
     const { bodyshopid, phone_number } = data;
     logLocal("handlePhoneNumberOptedOut - Start", data);
@@ -461,22 +579,18 @@ export const registerMessagingHandlers = ({ socket, client, currentUser, bodysho
         id: "ROOT_QUERY",
         fields: {
           phone_number_opt_out(existing = [], { readField }) {
-            const phoneNumberExists = existing.some(
+            const exists = existing.some(
               (ref) => readField("phone_number", ref) === phone_number && readField("bodyshopid", ref) === bodyshopid
             );
-
+            if (exists) return existing;
-            if (phoneNumberExists) {
-              logLocal("handlePhoneNumberOptedOut - Phone number already in cache", { phone_number, bodyshopid });
-              return existing;
-            }
 
             const newOptOut = {
               __typename: "phone_number_opt_out",
               id: `temporary-${phone_number}-${Date.now()}`,
               bodyshopid,
               phone_number,
-              created_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+              created_at: safeIsoNow(),
-              updated_at: new Date().toISOString()
+              updated_at: safeIsoNow()
             };
 
             return [...existing, newOptOut];
@@ -491,46 +605,36 @@ export const registerMessagingHandlers = ({ socket, client, currentUser, bodysho
         args: { bodyshopid, search: phone_number }
       });
       client.cache.gc();
-
-      logLocal("handlePhoneNumberOptedOut - Cache updated successfully", data);
     } catch (error) {
       console.error("Error updating cache for phone number opt-out:", error);
-      logLocal("handlePhoneNumberOptedOut - Error", { error: error.message });
     }
   };
 
-  // New handler for phone number opt-in
   const handlePhoneNumberOptedIn = async (data) => {
     const { bodyshopid, phone_number } = data;
     logLocal("handlePhoneNumberOptedIn - Start", data);
 
     try {
-      // Update the Apollo cache for GET_PHONE_NUMBER_OPT_OUTS by removing the phone number
       client.cache.modify({
         id: "ROOT_QUERY",
         fields: {
           phone_number_opt_out(existing = [], { readField }) {
-            // Filter out the phone number from the opt-out list
             return existing.filter(
               (ref) => !(readField("phone_number", ref) === phone_number && readField("bodyshopid", ref) === bodyshopid)
             );
           }
         },
-        broadcast: true // Trigger UI updates
+        broadcast: true
       });
 
-      // Evict the cache entry to force a refetch on next query
       client.cache.evict({
         id: "ROOT_QUERY",
         fieldName: "phone_number_opt_out",
         args: { bodyshopid, search: phone_number }
       });
       client.cache.gc();
-
-      logLocal("handlePhoneNumberOptedIn - Cache updated successfully", data);
     } catch (error) {
       console.error("Error updating cache for phone number opt-in:", error);
-      logLocal("handlePhoneNumberOptedIn - Error", { error: error.message });
     }
   };
 

client/src/components/chat-conversation-list/chat-conversation-list.component.jsx

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import _ from "lodash";
 import { ExclamationCircleOutlined } from "@ant-design/icons";
 import "./chat-conversation-list.styles.scss";
 import { useQuery } from "@apollo/client";
-import { GET_PHONE_NUMBER_OPT_OUTS } from "../../graphql/phone-number-opt-out.queries.js";
+import { GET_PHONE_NUMBER_OPT_OUTS_BY_NUMBERS } from "../../graphql/phone-number-opt-out.queries.js";
 import { phone } from "phone";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { selectBodyshop } from "../../redux/user/user.selectors";
@@ -29,13 +29,26 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => ({
 function ChatConversationListComponent({ conversationList, selectedConversation, setSelectedConversation, bodyshop }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const [, forceUpdate] = useState(false);
-  const phoneNumbers = conversationList.map((item) => phone(item.phone_num, "CA").phoneNumber.replace(/^\+1/, ""));
+
-  const { data: optOutData } = useQuery(GET_PHONE_NUMBER_OPT_OUTS, {
+  const phoneNumbers = useMemo(() => {
+    return (conversationList || [])
+      .map((item) => {
+        try {
+          const p = phone(item.phone_num, "CA")?.phoneNumber;
+          return p ? p.replace(/^\+1/, "") : null;
+        } catch {
+          return null;
+        }
+      })
+      .filter(Boolean);
+  }, [conversationList]);
+
+  const { data: optOutData } = useQuery(GET_PHONE_NUMBER_OPT_OUTS_BY_NUMBERS, {
     variables: {
-      bodyshopid: bodyshop.id,
+      bodyshopid: bodyshop?.id,
       phone_numbers: phoneNumbers
     },
-    skip: !conversationList.length,
+    skip: !bodyshop?.id || phoneNumbers.length === 0,
     fetchPolicy: "cache-and-network"
   });
 
@@ -58,15 +71,25 @@ function ChatConversationListComponent({ conversationList, selectedConversation,
     return _.orderBy(conversationList, ["updated_at"], ["desc"]);
   }, [conversationList]);
 
-  const renderConversation = (index, t) => {
+  const renderConversation = (index) => {
     const item = sortedConversationList[index];
-    const normalizedPhone = phone(item.phone_num, "CA").phoneNumber.replace(/^\+1/, "");
+
-    const hasOptOutEntry = optOutMap.has(normalizedPhone);
+    const normalizedPhone = (() => {
+      try {
+        return phone(item.phone_num, "CA")?.phoneNumber?.replace(/^\+1/, "") || "";
+      } catch {
+        return "";
+      }
+    })();
+
+    const hasOptOutEntry = normalizedPhone ? optOutMap.has(normalizedPhone) : false;
+
     const cardContentRight = <TimeAgoFormatter>{item.updated_at}</TimeAgoFormatter>;
     const cardContentLeft =
       item.job_conversations.length > 0
         ? item.job_conversations.map((j, idx) => <Tag key={idx}>{j.job.ro_number}</Tag>)
         : null;
+
     const names = <>{_.uniq(item.job_conversations.map((j) => OwnerNameDisplayFunction(j.job)))}</>;
     const cardTitle = (
       <>
@@ -80,9 +103,10 @@ function ChatConversationListComponent({ conversationList, selectedConversation,
         )}
       </>
     );
+
     const cardExtra = (
       <>
-        <Badge count={item.messages_aggregate.aggregate.count} />
+        <Badge count={item.messages_aggregate?.aggregate?.count || 0} />
         {hasOptOutEntry && (
           <Tooltip title={t("consent.text_body")}>
             <Tag color="red" icon={<ExclamationCircleOutlined />}>
@@ -92,6 +116,7 @@ function ChatConversationListComponent({ conversationList, selectedConversation,
         )}
       </>
     );
+
     const getCardStyle = () =>
       item.id === selectedConversation
         ? { backgroundColor: "var(--card-selected-bg)" }
@@ -104,24 +129,8 @@ function ChatConversationListComponent({ conversationList, selectedConversation,
         className={`chat-list-item ${item.id === selectedConversation ? "chat-list-selected-conversation" : ""}`}
       >
         <Card style={getCardStyle()} variant={true} size="small" extra={cardExtra} title={cardTitle}>
-          <div
+          <div style={{ display: "inline-block", width: "70%", textAlign: "left" }}>{cardContentLeft}</div>
-            style={{
+          <div style={{ display: "inline-block", width: "30%", textAlign: "right" }}>{cardContentRight}</div>
-              display: "inline-block",
-              width: "70%",
-              textAlign: "left"
-            }}
-          >
-            {cardContentLeft}
-          </div>
-          <div
-            style={{
-              display: "inline-block",
-              width: "30%",
-              textAlign: "right"
-            }}
-          >
-            {cardContentRight}
-          </div>
         </Card>
       </List.Item>
     );
@@ -131,7 +140,7 @@ function ChatConversationListComponent({ conversationList, selectedConversation,
     <div className="chat-list-container">
       <Virtuoso
         data={sortedConversationList}
-        itemContent={(index) => renderConversation(index, t)}
+        itemContent={(index) => renderConversation(index)}
         style={{ height: "100%", width: "100%" }}
       />
     </div>

client/src/components/chat-conversation-title/chat-conversation-title.component.jsx

@@ -5,24 +5,24 @@ import ChatConversationTitleTags from "../chat-conversation-title-tags/chat-conv
 import ChatLabelComponent from "../chat-label/chat-label.component";
 import ChatPrintButton from "../chat-print-button/chat-print-button.component";
 import ChatTagRoContainer from "../chat-tag-ro/chat-tag-ro.container";
-import { createStructuredSelector } from "reselect";
+import ChatMarkUnreadButton from "../chat-mark-unread-button/chat-mark-unread-button.component";
-import { connect } from "react-redux";
 
-const mapStateToProps = createStructuredSelector({});
+export function ChatConversationTitle({ conversation, onMarkUnread, markUnreadDisabled, markUnreadLoading }) {
-
-const mapDispatchToProps = () => ({});
-
-export function ChatConversationTitle({ conversation }) {
   return (
     <Space className="chat-title" wrap>
       <PhoneNumberFormatter>{conversation?.phone_num}</PhoneNumberFormatter>
+
       <ChatLabelComponent conversation={conversation} />
       <ChatPrintButton conversation={conversation} />
+
       <ChatConversationTitleTags jobConversations={conversation?.job_conversations || []} />
       <ChatTagRoContainer conversation={conversation || []} />
+
+      <ChatMarkUnreadButton disabled={markUnreadDisabled} loading={markUnreadLoading} onMarkUnread={onMarkUnread} />
+
       <ChatArchiveButton conversation={conversation} />
     </Space>
   );
 }
 
-export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(ChatConversationTitle);
+export default ChatConversationTitle;

client/src/components/chat-conversation/chat-conversation.component.jsx

@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ export function ChatConversationComponent({
   conversation,
   messages,
   handleMarkConversationAsRead,
-  bodyshop
+  handleMarkLastMessageAsUnread,
+  markingAsUnreadInProgress,
+  canMarkUnread
 }) {
   const [loading, error] = subState;
 
@@ -33,7 +35,12 @@ export function ChatConversationComponent({
       onMouseDown={handleMarkConversationAsRead}
       onKeyDown={handleMarkConversationAsRead}
     >
-      <ChatConversationTitle conversation={conversation} bodyshop={bodyshop} />
+      <ChatConversationTitle
+        conversation={conversation}
+        onMarkUnread={handleMarkLastMessageAsUnread}
+        markUnreadDisabled={!canMarkUnread}
+        markUnreadLoading={markingAsUnreadInProgress}
+      />
       <ChatMessageListComponent messages={messages} />
       <ChatSendMessage conversation={conversation} />
     </div>

client/src/components/chat-conversation/chat-conversation.container.jsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { gql, useApolloClient, useQuery, useSubscription } from "@apollo/client";
 import axios from "axios";
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { connect } from "react-redux";
 import { createStructuredSelector } from "reselect";
 import { CONVERSATION_SUBSCRIPTION_BY_PK, GET_CONVERSATION_DETAILS } from "../../graphql/conversations.queries";
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ function ChatConversationContainer({ bodyshop, selectedConversation }) {
   const client = useApolloClient();
   const { socket } = useSocket();
   const [markingAsReadInProgress, setMarkingAsReadInProgress] = useState(false);
+  const [markingAsUnreadInProgress, setMarkingAsUnreadInProgress] = useState(false);
 
-  // Fetch conversation details
   const {
     loading: convoLoading,
     error: convoError,
@@ -27,24 +27,23 @@ function ChatConversationContainer({ bodyshop, selectedConversation }) {
   } = useQuery(GET_CONVERSATION_DETAILS, {
     variables: { conversationId: selectedConversation },
     fetchPolicy: "network-only",
-    nextFetchPolicy: "network-only"
+    nextFetchPolicy: "network-only",
+    skip: !selectedConversation
   });
 
-  // Subscription for conversation updates
+  const conversation = convoData?.conversations_by_pk;
+
+  // Subscription for conversation updates (used when socket is NOT connected)
   useSubscription(CONVERSATION_SUBSCRIPTION_BY_PK, {
-    skip: socket?.connected,
+    skip: socket?.connected || !selectedConversation,
     variables: { conversationId: selectedConversation },
     onData: ({ data: subscriptionResult, client }) => {
-      // Extract the messages array from the result
       const messages = subscriptionResult?.data?.messages;
-      if (!messages || messages.length === 0) {
+      if (!messages || messages.length === 0) return;
-        console.warn("No messages found in subscription result.");
-        return;
-      }
 
       messages.forEach((message) => {
         const messageRef = client.cache.identify(message);
-        // Write the new message to the cache
+
         client.cache.writeFragment({
           id: messageRef,
           fragment: gql`
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ function ChatConversationContainer({ bodyshop, selectedConversation }) {
           data: message
         });
 
-        // Update the conversation cache to include the new message
         client.cache.modify({
           id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "conversations", id: selectedConversation }),
           fields: {
@@ -82,6 +80,28 @@ function ChatConversationContainer({ bodyshop, selectedConversation }) {
     }
   });
 
+  /**
+   * Best-effort badge update:
+   * This assumes your list query uses messages_aggregate.aggregate.count as UNREAD inbound count.
+   * If it’s total messages, rename/create a dedicated unread aggregate in the list query and update that field instead.
+   */
+  const setConversationUnreadCountBestEffort = useCallback(
+    (conversationId, unreadCount) => {
+      if (!conversationId) return;
+
+      client.cache.modify({
+        id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "conversations", id: conversationId }),
+        fields: {
+          messages_aggregate(existing) {
+            if (!existing?.aggregate) return existing;
+            return { ...existing, aggregate: { ...existing.aggregate, count: unreadCount } };
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    },
+    [client.cache]
+  );
+
   const updateCacheWithReadMessages = useCallback(
     (conversationId, messageIds) => {
       if (!conversationId || !messageIds?.length) return;
@@ -89,13 +109,34 @@ function ChatConversationContainer({ bodyshop, selectedConversation }) {
       messageIds.forEach((messageId) => {
         client.cache.modify({
           id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "messages", id: messageId }),
-          fields: {
+          fields: { read: () => true }
-            read: () => true
-          }
         });
       });
+
+      setConversationUnreadCountBestEffort(conversationId, 0);
     },
-    [client.cache]
+    [client.cache, setConversationUnreadCountBestEffort]
+  );
+
+  const applyUnreadStateWithMaxOneUnread = useCallback(
+    ({ conversationId, lastUnreadMessageId, messageIdsMarkedRead = [], unreadCount = 1 }) => {
+      if (!conversationId || !lastUnreadMessageId) return;
+
+      messageIdsMarkedRead.forEach((id) => {
+        client.cache.modify({
+          id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "messages", id }),
+          fields: { read: () => true }
+        });
+      });
+
+      client.cache.modify({
+        id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "messages", id: lastUnreadMessageId }),
+        fields: { read: () => false }
+      });
+
+      setConversationUnreadCountBestEffort(conversationId, unreadCount);
+    },
+    [client.cache, setConversationUnreadCountBestEffort]
   );
 
   // WebSocket event handlers
@@ -103,20 +144,25 @@ function ChatConversationContainer({ bodyshop, selectedConversation }) {
     if (!socket?.connected) return;
 
     const handleConversationChange = (data) => {
-      if (data.type === "conversation-marked-read") {
+      if (data?.type === "conversation-marked-read") {
-        const { conversationId, messageIds } = data;
+        updateCacheWithReadMessages(data.conversationId, data.messageIds);
-        updateCacheWithReadMessages(conversationId, messageIds);
+      }
+
+      if (data?.type === "conversation-marked-unread") {
+        applyUnreadStateWithMaxOneUnread({
+          conversationId: data.conversationId,
+          lastUnreadMessageId: data.lastUnreadMessageId,
+          messageIdsMarkedRead: data.messageIdsMarkedRead,
+          unreadCount: data.unreadCount
+        });
       }
     };
 
     socket.on("conversation-changed", handleConversationChange);
+    return () => socket.off("conversation-changed", handleConversationChange);
+  }, [socket, updateCacheWithReadMessages, applyUnreadStateWithMaxOneUnread]);
 
-    return () => {
+  // Join/leave conversation via WebSocket
-      socket.off("conversation-changed", handleConversationChange);
-    };
-  }, [socket, updateCacheWithReadMessages]);
-
-  // Join and leave conversation via WebSocket
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!socket?.connected || !selectedConversation || !bodyshop?.id) return;
 
@@ -133,15 +179,21 @@ function ChatConversationContainer({ bodyshop, selectedConversation }) {
     };
   }, [socket, bodyshop, selectedConversation]);
 
-  // Mark conversation as read
+  const inboundNonSystemMessages = useMemo(() => {
-  const handleMarkConversationAsRead = async () => {
+    const msgs = conversation?.messages || [];
-    if (!convoData || markingAsReadInProgress) return;
+    return msgs
+      .filter((m) => m && !m.isoutbound && !m.is_system)
+      .slice()
+      .sort((a, b) => new Date(a.created_at).getTime() - new Date(b.created_at).getTime());
+  }, [conversation?.messages]);
 
-    const conversation = convoData.conversations_by_pk;
+  const canMarkUnread = inboundNonSystemMessages.length > 0;
-    if (!conversation) return;
+
+  const handleMarkConversationAsRead = async () => {
+    if (!conversation || markingAsReadInProgress) return;
 
     const unreadMessageIds = conversation.messages
-      ?.filter((message) => !message.read && !message.isoutbound)
+      ?.filter((message) => !message.read && !message.isoutbound && !message.is_system)
       .map((message) => message.id);
 
     if (unreadMessageIds?.length > 0) {
@@ -162,12 +214,48 @@ function ChatConversationContainer({ bodyshop, selectedConversation }) {
     }
   };
 
+  const handleMarkLastMessageAsUnread = async () => {
+    if (!conversation || markingAsUnreadInProgress) return;
+    if (!bodyshop?.id || !bodyshop?.imexshopid) return;
+
+    const lastInbound = inboundNonSystemMessages[inboundNonSystemMessages.length - 1];
+    if (!lastInbound?.id) return;
+
+    setMarkingAsUnreadInProgress(true);
+    try {
+      const res = await axios.post("/sms/markLastMessageUnread", {
+        conversationId: conversation.id,
+        imexshopid: bodyshop.imexshopid,
+        bodyshopid: bodyshop.id
+      });
+
+      const payload = res?.data || {};
+      if (payload.lastUnreadMessageId) {
+        applyUnreadStateWithMaxOneUnread({
+          conversationId: conversation.id,
+          lastUnreadMessageId: payload.lastUnreadMessageId,
+          messageIdsMarkedRead: payload.messageIdsMarkedRead || [],
+          unreadCount: typeof payload.unreadCount === "number" ? payload.unreadCount : 1
+        });
+      } else {
+        setConversationUnreadCountBestEffort(conversation.id, 0);
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error("Error marking last message unread:", error.message);
+    } finally {
+      setMarkingAsUnreadInProgress(false);
+    }
+  };
+
   return (
     <ChatConversationComponent
       subState={[convoLoading, convoError]}
-      conversation={convoData?.conversations_by_pk || {}}
+      conversation={conversation || {}}
-      messages={convoData?.conversations_by_pk?.messages || []}
+      messages={conversation?.messages || []}
       handleMarkConversationAsRead={handleMarkConversationAsRead}
+      handleMarkLastMessageAsUnread={handleMarkLastMessageAsUnread}
+      markingAsUnreadInProgress={markingAsUnreadInProgress}
+      canMarkUnread={canMarkUnread}
     />
   );
 }

client/src/components/chat-mark-unread-button/chat-mark-unread-button.component.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { Button, Tooltip } from "antd";
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+
+export default function ChatMarkUnreadButton({ disabled, loading, onMarkUnread }) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+
+  return (
+    <Tooltip title={t("messaging.labels.mark_unread")}>
+      <Button
+        size="small"
+        className="unread-button"
+        type="primary"
+        children={t("messaging.labels.mark_unread")}
+        loading={loading}
+        disabled={disabled}
+        onMouseDown={(e) => e.stopPropagation()} // prevent parent mark-read handler
+        onClick={(e) => {
+          e.stopPropagation();
+          onMarkUnread?.();
+        }}
+      />
+    </Tooltip>
+  );
+}

client/src/components/chat-messages-list/chat-message-list.styles.scss

@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
   border-radius: 4px;
 }
 
+.unread-button {
+  height: 20px;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+}
+
 .chat-title {
   margin-bottom: 5px;
 }

client/src/graphql/conversations.queries.js

@@ -2,7 +2,27 @@ import { gql } from "@apollo/client";
 
 export const UNREAD_CONVERSATION_COUNT = gql`
   query UNREAD_CONVERSATION_COUNT {
-    messages_aggregate(where: { read: { _eq: false }, isoutbound: { _eq: false } }) {
+    # How many conversations have at least one unread inbound, non-system message
+    conversations_aggregate(
+      where: {
+        archived: { _eq: false }
+        messages: { read: { _eq: false }, isoutbound: { _eq: false }, is_system: { _eq: false } }
+      }
+    ) {
+      aggregate {
+        count
+      }
+    }
+
+    # How many unread inbound, non-system messages exist (excluding archived conversations)
+    messages_aggregate(
+      where: {
+        read: { _eq: false }
+        isoutbound: { _eq: false }
+        is_system: { _eq: false }
+        conversation: { archived: { _eq: false } }
+      }
+    ) {
       aggregate {
         count
       }
@@ -19,7 +39,7 @@ export const CONVERSATION_LIST_QUERY = gql`
       unreadcnt
       archived
       label
-      messages_aggregate(where: { read: { _eq: false }, isoutbound: { _eq: false } }) {
+      messages_aggregate(where: { read: { _eq: false }, isoutbound: { _eq: false }, is_system: { _eq: false } }) {
         aggregate {
           count
         }
@@ -41,6 +61,7 @@ export const CONVERSATION_SUBSCRIPTION_BY_PK = gql`
   subscription CONVERSATION_SUBSCRIPTION_BY_PK($conversationId: uuid!) {
     messages(order_by: { created_at: asc_nulls_first }, where: { conversationid: { _eq: $conversationId } }) {
       id
+      conversationid
       status
       text
       is_system
@@ -76,6 +97,7 @@ export const GET_CONVERSATION_DETAILS = gql`
       }
       messages(order_by: { created_at: asc_nulls_first }) {
         id
+        conversationid
         status
         text
         is_system
@@ -110,7 +132,7 @@ export const CONVERSATION_ID_BY_PHONE = gql`
           ro_number
         }
       }
-      messages_aggregate(where: { read: { _eq: false }, isoutbound: { _eq: false } }) {
+      messages_aggregate(where: { read: { _eq: false }, isoutbound: { _eq: false }, is_system: { _eq: false } }) {
         aggregate {
           count
         }
@@ -139,7 +161,7 @@ export const CREATE_CONVERSATION = gql`
             ro_number
           }
         }
-        messages_aggregate(where: { read: { _eq: false }, isoutbound: { _eq: false } }) {
+        messages_aggregate(where: { read: { _eq: false }, isoutbound: { _eq: false }, is_system: { _eq: false } }) {
           aggregate {
             count
           }

client/src/translations/en_us/common.json

@@ -2445,7 +2445,8 @@
         "selectmedia": "Select Media",
         "sentby": "Sent by {{by}} at {{time}}",
         "typeamessage": "Send a message...",
-        "unarchive": "Unarchive"
+        "unarchive": "Unarchive",
+        "mark_unread": "Mark as unread"
       },
       "render": {
         "conversation_list": "Conversation List"

client/src/translations/es/common.json

@@ -2442,7 +2442,8 @@
         "selectmedia": "",
         "sentby": "",
         "typeamessage": "Enviar un mensaje...",
-        "unarchive": ""
+        "unarchive": "",
+        "mark_unread": ""
       },
       "render": {
         "conversation_list": ""

client/src/translations/fr/common.json

@@ -2442,7 +2442,8 @@
         "selectmedia": "",
         "sentby": "",
         "typeamessage": "Envoyer un message...",
-        "unarchive": ""
+        "unarchive": "",
+        "mark_unread": ""
       },
       "render": {
         "conversation_list": ""

client/src/utils/GraphQLClient.js

@@ -148,6 +148,26 @@ const cache = new InMemoryCache({
     Query: {
       fields: {
         // Note: This is required because we switch from a read to an unread state with a toggle,
+        conversations: {
+          keyArgs: ["where", "order_by"], // keep separate caches for archived/unarchived + sort
+          merge(existing = [], incoming = [], { args, readField }) {
+            const offset = args?.offset ?? 0;
+            const merged = existing ? existing.slice(0) : [];
+
+            for (let i = 0; i < incoming.length; i++) {
+              merged[offset + i] = incoming[i];
+            }
+
+            // Deduplicate by id (important when you also upsert via sockets)
+            const seen = new Set();
+            return merged.filter((ref) => {
+              const id = readField("id", ref);
+              if (!id || seen.has(id)) return false;
+              seen.add(id);
+              return true;
+            });
+          }
+        },
         notifications: {
           merge(existing = [], incoming = [], { readField }) {
             // Create a map to deduplicate by __ref

server/graphql-client/queries.js

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ mutation RECEIVE_MESSAGE($msg: [messages_insert_input!]!) {
 
 exports.INSERT_MESSAGE = `
 mutation INSERT_MESSAGE($msg: [messages_insert_input!]!, $conversationid: uuid!) {
-  update_conversations_by_pk(pk_columns: {id: $conversationid}, _set: {archived: false}) {
+  update_conversations_by_pk(pk_columns: { id: $conversationid }, _set: { archived: false }) {
     id
     archived
   }
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ mutation INSERT_MESSAGE($msg: [messages_insert_input!]!, $conversationid: uuid!)
       image_path
       image
       isoutbound
+      is_system
       msid
       read
       text

server/routes/smsRoutes.js

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const router = express.Router();
 const twilio = require("twilio");
 const { receive } = require("../sms/receive");
 const { send } = require("../sms/send");
-const { status, markConversationRead } = require("../sms/status");
+const { status, markConversationRead, markLastMessageUnread } = require("../sms/status");
 const validateFirebaseIdTokenMiddleware = require("../middleware/validateFirebaseIdTokenMiddleware");
 
 // Twilio Webhook Middleware for production
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ router.post("/receive", twilioWebhookMiddleware, receive);
 router.post("/send", validateFirebaseIdTokenMiddleware, send);
 router.post("/status", twilioWebhookMiddleware, status);
 router.post("/markConversationRead", validateFirebaseIdTokenMiddleware, markConversationRead);
+router.post("/markLastMessageUnread", validateFirebaseIdTokenMiddleware, markLastMessageUnread);
 
 module.exports = router;

server/sms/send.js

@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ const send = async (req, res) => {
       isoutbound: true,
       userid: req.user.email,
       image: selectedMedia.length > 0,
-      image_path: selectedMedia.length > 0 ? selectedMedia.map((i) => i.src) : []
+      image_path: selectedMedia.length > 0 ? selectedMedia.map((i) => i.src) : [],
+      is_system: false
     };
 
     try {

server/sms/status.js

@@ -8,6 +8,46 @@ const {
 const logger = require("../utils/logger");
 const { phone } = require("phone");
 
+// Local GraphQL for “mark unread” (kept here to avoid requiring edits to graphql-client/queries.js)
+const GET_LAST_INBOUND_NON_SYSTEM_MESSAGE = `
+  query GetLastInboundNonSystemMessage($conversationId: uuid!) {
+    messages(
+      where: {
+        conversationid: { _eq: $conversationId }
+        isoutbound: { _eq: false }
+        is_system: { _eq: false }
+      }
+      order_by: { created_at: desc }
+      limit: 1
+    ) {
+      id
+      created_at
+      read
+    }
+  }
+`;
+
+const MARK_LAST_INBOUND_MESSAGE_UNREAD_MAX_ONE = `
+  mutation MarkLastInboundMessageUnreadMaxOne($conversationId: uuid!, $lastId: uuid!) {
+    markOthersRead: update_messages(
+      _set: { read: true }
+      where: {
+        conversationid: { _eq: $conversationId }
+        isoutbound: { _eq: false }
+        is_system: { _eq: false }
+        id: { _neq: $lastId }
+      }
+    ) {
+      affected_rows
+      returning { id }
+    }
+
+    markLastUnread: update_messages_by_pk(pk_columns: { id: $lastId }, _set: { read: false }) {
+      id
+    }
+  }
+`;
+
 /**
  * Handle the status of an SMS message
  * @param req
@@ -176,7 +216,80 @@ const markConversationRead = async (req, res) => {
   }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Mark last inbound (customer) non-system message as unread.
+ * Enforces: max unread inbound non-system messages per thread = 1
+ *
+ * Body: { conversationId, imexshopid, bodyshopid }
+ */
+const markLastMessageUnread = async (req, res) => {
+  const {
+    ioRedis,
+    ioHelpers: { getBodyshopRoom }
+  } = req;
+
+  const { conversationId, imexshopid, bodyshopid } = req.body;
+
+  if (!conversationId || !imexshopid || !bodyshopid) {
+    return res.status(400).json({ error: "Invalid conversation data provided." });
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const lastResp = await client.request(GET_LAST_INBOUND_NON_SYSTEM_MESSAGE, { conversationId });
+    const last = lastResp?.messages?.[0];
+
+    if (!last?.id) {
+      // No inbound message to mark unread
+      const broadcastRoom = getBodyshopRoom(bodyshopid);
+      ioRedis.to(broadcastRoom).emit("conversation-changed", {
+        type: "conversation-marked-unread",
+        conversationId,
+        lastUnreadMessageId: null,
+        messageIdsMarkedRead: [],
+        unreadCount: 0
+      });
+
+      return res.status(200).json({
+        success: true,
+        conversationId,
+        lastUnreadMessageId: null,
+        messageIdsMarkedRead: [],
+        unreadCount: 0
+      });
+    }
+
+    const mutResp = await client.request(MARK_LAST_INBOUND_MESSAGE_UNREAD_MAX_ONE, {
+      conversationId,
+      lastId: last.id
+    });
+
+    const messageIdsMarkedRead = mutResp?.markOthersRead?.returning?.map((m) => m.id) || [];
+
+    const broadcastRoom = getBodyshopRoom(bodyshopid);
+
+    ioRedis.to(broadcastRoom).emit("conversation-changed", {
+      type: "conversation-marked-unread",
+      conversationId,
+      lastUnreadMessageId: last.id,
+      messageIdsMarkedRead,
+      unreadCount: 1
+    });
+
+    return res.status(200).json({
+      success: true,
+      conversationId,
+      lastUnreadMessageId: last.id,
+      messageIdsMarkedRead,
+      unreadCount: 1
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Error marking last message unread:", error);
+    return res.status(500).json({ error: "Failed to mark last message unread." });
+  }
+};
+
 module.exports = {
   status,
-  markConversationRead
+  markConversationRead,
+  markLastMessageUnread
 };