- Add content validation to skip empty or whitespace-only messages
- Apply validation in both channel and regular message handling
- Add validation at retry service level to prevent queuing empty messages
- This fixes the phantom space issue between synced messages
- Introduce thread safety for recentlySentMessages using NSLock to prevent race conditions.
- Adjust message delay parameters for faster synchronization: reduce min/max message delays and adjust initial announce timing.
- Update sendMessage and sendEncryptedRoomMessage methods to accept optional messageID and timestamp parameters for better tracking.
- Improve message deduplication logic in ChatViewModel to prevent duplicates from being added when echoing back sent messages.
- Modify MessageRetryService to include original message ID and timestamp for better retry handling.
Nelson Campos