Agent bot conversations now feel more natural because AgentBot tokens
can toggle typing status, so end users see a live typing indicator in
the widget while the bot is preparing a reply. This keeps the
interaction responsive and human-like without weakening token
authorization boundaries.
## Closes
- https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/issues/8928
- https://linear.app/chatwoot/issue/CW-5205
## How to test
1. Open the widget and start a conversation as a customer.
2. Connect an AgentBot to the same inbox.
3. Trigger `toggle_typing_status` with the AgentBot token
(`typing_status: on`).
4. Confirm the customer sees the typing indicator in the widget.
5. Trigger `toggle_typing_status` with `typing_status: off` and confirm
the indicator disappears.
## What changed
- Added `toggle_typing_status` to bot-accessible conversation endpoints.
- Restricted bot-accessible endpoint usage to `AgentBot` token owners
only (non-user tokens like `PlatformApp` remain unauthorized).
- Updated typing status flow to preserve AgentBot identity in
dispatch/broadcast paths.
- Added request coverage for AgentBot success and PlatformApp
unauthorized behavior.
- Added Swagger documentation for `POST
/api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/conversations/{conversation_id}/toggle_typing_status`
and regenerated swagger artifacts.
# Pull Request Template
## Summary
- Adds `perform_meta_only` method to `ConversationFinder` that runs
setup and counts without loading the paginated conversation list
- Updates `/api/v1/conversations/meta` to use `perform_meta_only`
instead of `perform`
## Problem
The `/meta` endpoint calls `ConversationFinder#perform` which:
1. Runs all filters and setup (`set_up`)
2. Computes 3 COUNT queries (`set_count_for_all_conversations`)
3. Filters by assignee type
4. **Builds the full paginated conversation list** with
`.includes(:taggings, :inbox, {assignee: {avatar_attachment: [:blob]}},
{contact: {avatar_attachment: [:blob]}}, :team, :contact_inbox)` +
sorting + pagination
The controller then **discards the conversations** and only uses the
counts:
```ruby
def meta
result = conversation_finder.perform
@conversations_count = result[:count] # conversations thrown away
end
```
## Type of change
- [x] Performance fix
## How Has This Been Tested?
- [ ] Verify /meta returns correct mine/unassigned/assigned/all counts
- [ ] Verify counts update when switching inbox, team, or status filters
- [ ] Verify conversation list still loads correctly (uses perform, not
affected)
- [ ] Monitor response time reduction for /meta in NewRelic after deploy
## Checklist:
- [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
- [ ] I have performed a self-review of my code
- [ ] I have commented on my code, particularly in hard-to-understand
areas
- [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
- [ ] My changes generate no new warnings
- [ ] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works
- [ ] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
- [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream
modules
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Co-authored-by: Pranav <pranav@chatwoot.com>
High-traffic accounts generate excessive database writes due to agents
frequently switching between conversations. The update_last_seen
endpoint was being called every time an agent loaded a conversation,
resulting in unnecessary updates to agent_last_seen_at and
assignee_last_seen_at even when there were no new messages to mark as
read.
#### Solution
Implemented throttling for the update_last_seen endpoint:
**Unread messages present:**
- Updates immediately without throttling to maintain accurate
read/unread state
- Uses assignee_unread_messages for assignees, unread_messages for other
agents
**No unread messages:**
- Throttles updates to once per hour per conversation
- Checks if agent_last_seen_at is older than 1 hour before updating
- For assignees, checks both agent_last_seen_at AND
assignee_last_seen_at - updates if either timestamp is old
- Skips DB write if all relevant timestamps were updated within the last
hour
- Consolidated two separate update_column calls into a single
update_columns call to reduce DB queries
1. Add permission filter service to separate permission filtering logic
from conversation queries
2. Implement hierarchical permissions with cleaner logic:
- conversation_manage gives access to all conversations
- conversation_unassigned_manage gives access to unassigned and user's
conversations
- conversation_participating_manage gives access only to user's
conversations
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Co-authored-by: Pranav <pranav@chatwoot.com>
There are attachments with over 1000 attachments (unusual) in
production, and some of them timeout. This PR would limit the number of
attachments to 100 (which is sufficient for viewing the files in the
gallery, pagination on the UI can be added later).
- This PR adds a feature to auto-trigger handoff events when an Agent bot toggles a conversation status from Pending to Open
Co-authored-by: Sojan <sojan@pepalo.com>
- Add endpoint which lists inboxes through which a contact can be contacted
- Conversation creation API auto-creates contact_inbox for specific channels [ Twilio, email, api]
- Ability to send the initial message payload along with the conversation creation
- Fixes#1678 ( issue saving additional attributes for conversation )
