# Sender closing and re-opening DM chat after sending a message removes unread indicator for receiving user

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/sender-closing-and-re-opening-dm-chat-after-sending-a-message-removes-unread-indicator-for-receiving-user/390214
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** notifications, chat
**Created:** [2 בדצמבר,‏ 2025,‏ 10:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sender-closing-and-re-opening-dm-chat-after-sending-a-message-removes-unread-indicator-for-receiving-user/390214 "2025-12-02T22:40:41Z")
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### Author: ![davidb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/davidb/32/554671_2.png) [@davidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidb)
#### Post date: [10 בדצמבר,‏ 2025,‏ 7:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sender-closing-and-re-opening-dm-chat-after-sending-a-message-removes-unread-indicator-for-receiving-user/390214/5 "2025-12-10T07:52:43Z")

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This should now be fixed with this commit:

> **[FIX: when rejoining a chat channel dont overwrite membership settings… ·...](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/24cc2b9dc)**
>
> … (#36528)
> 
> Fixes a bug where a user can leave and rejoin a DM channel, causing
> several issues:
> 
> \- channel members lose unread notifications, which is really because:
> \- channel members are updated ...

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