src/database.c

@@ -61,6 +61,22 @@ integrity_issue_free(integrity_issue_t* issue)
     }
 }
 
+gboolean
+log_database_can_recover_messages(void)
+{
+    if (!active_db_backend) {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+    auto_gchar gchar* pref_dblog = prefs_get_string(PREF_DBLOG);
+    if (g_strcmp0(pref_dblog, "off") == 0) {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+    if (g_strcmp0(pref_dblog, "redact") == 0) {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
 gboolean
 log_database_init(ProfAccount* account)
 {

src/database.h

@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ ProfMessage* log_database_get_limits_info(const gchar* const contact_barejid, gb
 void log_database_close(void);
 GSList* log_database_verify_integrity(const gchar* const contact_barejid);
 
+// FALSE if no backend, or PREF_DBLOG is "off" / "redact".
+gboolean log_database_can_recover_messages(void);
+
 // Cross-backend export/import (requires HAVE_SQLITE)
 #ifdef HAVE_SQLITE
 int log_database_export_to_flatfile(const gchar* const contact_jid);

src/event/client_events.c

@@ -301,12 +301,6 @@ cl_ev_send_ai_msg(ProfAiWin* aiwin, const char* const message, const char* const
         return;
     }
 
-    /* Reset paged flag before printing user message.
-     * If the user scrolled up to view history, paged=1 would suppress
-     * the message in _win_printf(). Reset it here so the message displays. */
-    aiwin->window.layout->paged = 0;
-    aiwin->window.layout->unread_msg = 0;
-
     // Display user message in AI window.
     win_print_outgoing(&aiwin->window, ">>", id, NULL, message);
 

src/ui/titlebar.c

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include "ui/ui.h"
 #include "ui/titlebar.h"
 #include "ui/inputwin.h"
+#include "ui/win_types.h"
 #include "ui/window_list.h"
 #include "ui/window.h"
 #include "ui/screen.h"
@@ -252,6 +253,10 @@ _title_bar_draw(void)
         _show_muc_privacy(mucwin);
         _show_attention(current, mucwin->has_attention);
         _show_scrolled(current);
+    } else if (current && current->type == WIN_AI) {
+        ProfAiWin* aiwin = (ProfAiWin*)current;
+        assert(aiwin->memcheck == PROFAIWIN_MEMCHECK);
+        _show_scrolled(current);
     }
 
     _show_self_presence();

src/ui/window.c

@@ -848,6 +848,14 @@ win_page_down(ProfWin* window, int scroll_size)
         window->layout->paged = 0;
         window->layout->unread_msg = 0;
     }
+
+    // Non-chat windows have no DB to fetch from, so WIN_SCROLL_REACHED_BOTTOM
+    // never fires; reset paged once the buffer's last line is on screen.
+    if (window->type != WIN_CHAT
+        && (total_rows - *page_start) <= page_space + 1) {
+        window->layout->paged = 0;
+        window->layout->unread_msg = 0;
+    }
 }
 
 void
@@ -1801,10 +1809,12 @@ static void
 _win_printf(ProfWin* window, const char* show_char, int pad_indent, GDateTime* timestamp, int flags, theme_item_t theme_item, const char* const display_from, const char* const from_jid, const char* const message_id, const char* const message, ...)
 {
 
-    /* Prevent printing and buffer update when user is viewing message history [SCROLLING]*/
     if (window->layout->paged && wins_is_current(window)) {
         window->layout->unread_msg++;
-        return;
+        // Skip buffer only when DB can replay the message on scroll-down.
+        if (window->type == WIN_CHAT && log_database_can_recover_messages()) {
+            return;
+        }
     }
 
     if (timestamp == NULL) {