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From: =?UTF-8?q?nicole=20miko=C5=82ajczyk?= <git@mkljczk.pl>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 05:25:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] nicolium: try to not add empty timeline gaps
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Signed-off-by: nicole mikołajczyk <git@mkljczk.pl>
---
 .../src/queries/timelines/use-timeline.ts     | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 .../src/queries/timelines/use-timelines.ts    |  9 ++++++---
 packages/nicolium/src/utils/strings.ts        | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/nicolium/src/queries/timelines/use-timeline.ts b/packages/nicolium/src/queries/timelines/use-timeline.ts
index b123cf137..e80dcf6a6 100644
--- a/packages/nicolium/src/queries/timelines/use-timeline.ts
+++ b/packages/nicolium/src/queries/timelines/use-timeline.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const useTimeline = (
   timelineId: string,
   fetcher: TimelineFetcher,
   streamConfig?: StreamConfig,
-  restoring?: boolean,
+  restoringMaxId?: string,
 ) => {
   const timeline = useStoreTimeline(timelineId);
   const timelineActions = useTimelinesActions();
@@ -34,23 +34,30 @@ const useTimeline = (
   }, [timelineId]);
 
   const fetchInitial = useCallback(
-    async (isRestoring = restoring) => {
+    async (isRestoring = !!restoringMaxId) => {
       timelineActions.setLoading(timelineId, true);
       try {
-        const response = await fetcher();
+        const [response, shouldInsertGap] = await Promise.all([
+          fetcher(),
+          !restoringMaxId
+            ? Promise.resolve(false)
+            : fetcher({ since_id: restoringMaxId, limit: 1 })
+                .then((res) => res.items.length > 0)
+                .catch(() => true),
+        ]);
         importEntities({ statuses: response.items });
         timelineActions.expandTimeline(
           timelineId,
           response.items,
           !!response.next,
           true,
-          isRestoring,
+          isRestoring && shouldInsertGap,
         );
       } catch (error) {
         timelineActions.setError(timelineId, true);
       }
     },
-    [timelineId, restoring],
+    [timelineId, restoringMaxId],
   );
 
   const fetchNextPage = useCallback(async () => {
diff --git a/packages/nicolium/src/queries/timelines/use-timelines.ts b/packages/nicolium/src/queries/timelines/use-timelines.ts
index bf5671db1..5ce76e61c 100644
--- a/packages/nicolium/src/queries/timelines/use-timelines.ts
+++ b/packages/nicolium/src/queries/timelines/use-timelines.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useRef } from 'react';
 
 import { useClient } from '@/hooks/use-client';
+import { incrementId } from '@/utils/strings';
 
 import { useTimeline } from './use-timeline';
 
@@ -30,8 +31,10 @@ const useHomeTimeline = (
   return useTimeline(
     'home',
     (paginationParams) => {
-      const initialPagination = restoreMaxId.current ? { max_id: restoreMaxId.current } : undefined;
-      if (paginationParams == null) {
+      const initialPagination = restoreMaxId.current
+        ? { max_id: incrementId(restoreMaxId.current) }
+        : undefined;
+      if (!paginationParams) {
         restoreMaxId.current = undefined;
       }
 
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ const useHomeTimeline = (
       });
     },
     { stream },
-    !!maxId,
+    maxId,
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/nicolium/src/utils/strings.ts b/packages/nicolium/src/utils/strings.ts
index 36dd95dc1..85b2d372a 100644
--- a/packages/nicolium/src/utils/strings.ts
+++ b/packages/nicolium/src/utils/strings.ts
@@ -2,4 +2,21 @@
 // https://stackoverflow.com/a/1026087
 const capitalize = (str: string) => str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1);
 
-export { capitalize };
+const incrementId = (str: string): string => {
+  const CHARS = str.match(/[a-z]/i)
+    ? '0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
+    : '0123456789';
+  const chars = [...str];
+  for (let i = chars.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    const idx = CHARS.indexOf(chars[i]);
+    if (idx === -1) continue;
+    if (idx < CHARS.length - 1) {
+      chars[i] = CHARS[idx + 1];
+      return chars.join('');
+    }
+    chars[i] = CHARS[0];
+  }
+  return CHARS[1] + chars.join('');
+};
+
+export { capitalize, incrementId };