[Bug 56951] New: Empathy unread notifications are lost on disconnect

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56951

          Priority: medium
            Bug ID: 56951
          Assignee: telepathy-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
           Summary: Empathy unread notifications are lost on disconnect
        QA Contact: telepathy-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Severity: normal
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: All
          Reporter: pedrogfrancisco at gmail.com
          Hardware: Other
            Status: NEW
           Version: unspecified
         Component: general
           Product: Telepathy

I'm losing unread messages (as an icon on 'systray') everytime there is a
disconnect.

This has been happening frequently so here are the steps to reproduce:
* connect using gabble (I'm using Facebook (g-o-a) & Live (g-o-a) but
should be irrelevant)
* receive messages and don't read them
* sudo wpa_cli terminate
* check that no unread messages are on 'systray'

I'm told this is a 'known issue' so I'm guessing this happens on Gnome 3.6 as
well -- personally, I'm on Gnome 3.4.

IMO:
General case is: people should not lose unread messages on all other accounts
just because wireless dropped or they had to suspend in a hurry.

Skype is a special case (e.g., stores 'server'-side read status or something),
and if people are using multiple devices it further adds enthropy to this
discussion. But on current single computer usage, current behaviour is broken
and worse than Pidgin, for example.

If gnome-shell is to be used for example, on a tablet, it is not to be expected
people will read unread messages before disconnecting WiFi.

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