From fddbc429a9de1ec37aba72e57980688702664d54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 09:48:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue with thread notification state ignoring initial
 events (#8417)

---
 src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx            | 4 +---
 src/stores/notifications/ThreadNotificationState.ts | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
index 6c0bf4635e..c822b92515 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
@@ -991,9 +991,7 @@ export class UnwrappedEventTile extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             mx_EventTile_12hr: this.props.isTwelveHour,
             // Note: we keep the `sending` state class for tests, not for our styles
             mx_EventTile_sending: !isEditing && isSending,
-            mx_EventTile_highlight: (this.context.timelineRenderingType === TimelineRenderingType.Notification
-                ? false
-                : this.shouldHighlight()),
+            mx_EventTile_highlight: this.shouldHighlight(),
             mx_EventTile_selected: this.props.isSelectedEvent || this.state.contextMenu,
             mx_EventTile_continuation: isContinuation || eventType === EventType.CallInvite,
             mx_EventTile_last: this.props.last,
diff --git a/src/stores/notifications/ThreadNotificationState.ts b/src/stores/notifications/ThreadNotificationState.ts
index 70209d398d..2b2bcf175c 100644
--- a/src/stores/notifications/ThreadNotificationState.ts
+++ b/src/stores/notifications/ThreadNotificationState.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ export class ThreadNotificationState extends NotificationState implements IDestr
         super();
         this.thread.on(ThreadEvent.NewReply, this.handleNewThreadReply);
         this.thread.on(ThreadEvent.ViewThread, this.resetThreadNotification);
+        if (this.thread.replyToEvent) {
+            // Process the current tip event
+            this.handleNewThreadReply(this.thread, this.thread.replyToEvent);
+        }
     }
 
     public destroy(): void {