Add option to disable post reply notifications (fixes #1883, fixes #3042)

Author: Nutomic

crates/api_common/src/post.rs

@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ pub struct CreatePost {
   /// Time when this post should be scheduled. Null means publish immediately.
   #[cfg_attr(feature = "full", ts(optional))]
   pub scheduled_publish_time: Option<i64>,
+  /// True if the post creator gets notified about new top-level comments
+  #[cfg_attr(feature = "full", ts(optional))]
+  pub disable_reply_notifications: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
@@ -180,6 +183,9 @@ pub struct EditPost {
   pub scheduled_publish_time: Option<i64>,
   #[cfg_attr(feature = "full", ts(optional))]
   pub tags: Option<Vec<TagId>>,
+  /// True if the post creator gets notified about new top-level comments
+  #[cfg_attr(feature = "full", ts(optional))]
+  pub disable_reply_notifications: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Copy, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]

crates/api_crud/src/post/create.rs

@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ pub async fn create_post(
     language_id: Some(language_id),
     federation_pending: Some(community_use_pending(community, &context).await),
     scheduled_publish_time,
+    disable_reply_notifications: data.disable_reply_notifications,
     ..PostInsertForm::new(
       data.name.trim().to_string(),
       local_user_view.person.id,

crates/api_crud/src/post/update.rs

@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ pub async fn update_post(
     language_id: Some(language_id),
     updated: Some(Some(Utc::now())),
     scheduled_publish_time,
+    disable_reply_notifications: data.disable_reply_notifications,
     ..Default::default()
   };
   post_form = plugin_hook_before("before_update_local_post", post_form).await?;

crates/db_schema/src/impls/post.rs

@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ mod tests {
       scaled_rank: RANK_DEFAULT,
       unresolved_report_count: 0,
       federation_pending: false,
+      disable_reply_notifications: false,
     };
 
     // Post Like

crates/db_schema/src/source/post.rs

@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ pub struct Post {
   /// If a local user posts in a remote community, the comment is hidden until it is confirmed
   /// accepted by the community (by receiving it back via federation).
   pub federation_pending: bool,
+  /// True if the post creator gets notified about new top-level comments
+  pub disable_reply_notifications: bool,
 }
 
 // TODO: FromBytes, ToBytes are only needed to develop wasm plugin, could be behind feature flag
@@ -149,6 +151,8 @@ pub struct PostInsertForm {
   pub scheduled_publish_time: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
   #[new(default)]
   pub federation_pending: Option<bool>,
+  #[new(default)]
+  pub disable_reply_notifications: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
@@ -177,6 +181,7 @@ pub struct PostUpdateForm {
   pub alt_text: Option<Option<String>>,
   pub scheduled_publish_time: Option<Option<DateTime<Utc>>>,
   pub federation_pending: Option<bool>,
+  pub disable_reply_notifications: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]

crates/db_schema_file/src/schema.rs

@@ -862,6 +862,7 @@ diesel::table! {
         report_count -> Int2,
         unresolved_report_count -> Int2,
         federation_pending -> Bool,
+        disable_reply_notifications -> Bool
     }
 }
 

migrations/2025-04-07-130702_disable-post-creator-notifications/down.sql

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+alter table post drop column disable_reply_notifications;

migrations/2025-04-07-130702_disable-post-creator-notifications/up.sql

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+alter table post add column disable_reply_notifications bool not null default false;