Introducing the unified new view for the topic list

martin · June 29, 2026, 3:53am

Yep confirmed this is it:

And I found where this comes from in the code:

lib/topic_query.rb

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            new_results = remove_muted(new_results, @user, options)
            new_results = remove_dismissed(new_results, @user)
          
            unread_results =
              apply_max_age_limit(TopicQuery.unread_filter(base, whisperer: @user&.whisperer?), options)
          
            base.joins_values.concat(new_results.joins_values, unread_results.joins_values)
            base.joins_values.uniq!
            results = base.merge(new_results.or(unread_results))
          
            results = results.order("CASE WHEN topics.user_id = tu.user_id THEN 1 ELSE 2 END")
            suggested_ordering(results, options)
          end
          
          def unseen_filter(list, user_first_seen_at, whisperer)
            list = list.where("topics.bumped_at >= ?", user_first_seen_at)
          
            col_name = whisperer ? "highest_staff_post_number" : "highest_post_number"
            list.where("tu.last_read_post_number IS NULL OR tu.last_read_post_number < topics.#{col_name}")
          end

Which is what the standalone Unread list does:

github.com/discourse/discourse

lib/topic_query.rb

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          def unread_results(options = {})
            result =
              TopicQuery.unread_filter(
                default_results(options.reverse_merge(unordered: true)),
                whisperer: @user&.whisperer?,
              ).order("CASE WHEN topics.user_id = tu.user_id THEN 1 ELSE 2 END")

I guess since we are combining New and Unread into the one list, it does make sense that we follow those same rules…but I could be convinced otherwise, I don’t have a preference.

@sam and @osama you implemented this list originally, WDYT? Should the “All” list follow the rule of bumping current user’s topics to the top if they are unread? Or should we just order by Activity in All and leave the special unread sorting to the Replies tab?

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Introducing the unified new view for the topic list

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