From 8173677475793b16bf965fea7bdb233fba2b4993 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: evgeny <evgeny@adaptto.ru>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 13:04:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid refreshing avatar controls on unchanged member
 telemetry

---
 tools/chatgui/src/avatars/avatarmanager.cpp | 14 ++++++++++----
 tools/chatgui/tests/test_avatars.cpp        |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/chatgui/src/avatars/avatarmanager.cpp b/tools/chatgui/src/avatars/avatarmanager.cpp
index 38b9b76d..858deb23 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/src/avatars/avatarmanager.cpp
+++ b/tools/chatgui/src/avatars/avatarmanager.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ void AvatarManager::onMembers(const QString& channel, int count, const uint8_t*
         return;
     }
     QSet<QString> seen;
+    const auto previousServers = m_servers.value(group); bool referencesChanged = false;
     if (full) m_servers[group].clear();
     for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
         chat_member_display member{}; chat_core_deserialize_member(data + i * CHAT_MEMBER_DISPLAY_SIZE, &member);
@@ -103,19 +104,24 @@ void AvatarManager::onMembers(const QString& channel, int count, const uint8_t*
         if (!ref.server || !mf_avatar_file_valid(member.avatar_file)) { ref.server = 0; ref.hash.clear(); }
         const Ref old = m_refs.value(context); m_refs[context] = ref;
         if (old.hash != ref.hash || old.server != ref.server) {
+            referencesChanged = true;
             m_retry.remove(context); m_failures.remove(context); emit changed(channel, ref.owner);
         }
     }
     if (full) for (const auto& context : m_refs.keys())
         if (m_refs[context].group == group && !seen.contains(context)) removeMember(channel, m_refs[context].owner);
-    emit serversChanged(); scheduleOwn(group); pump();
-    DEBUG_DEBUG(DEBUG_CATEGORY_MEDIA, "avatar: member snapshot channel=%s count=%d full=%d servers=%d refs=%d",
-        qPrintable(channel), count, int(full), m_servers.value(group).size(), m_refs.size());
+    const bool serversChangedNow = previousServers != m_servers.value(group);
+    if (serversChangedNow) emit serversChanged();
+    scheduleOwn(group); pump();
+    if (full || referencesChanged || serversChangedNow)
+        DEBUG_DEBUG(DEBUG_CATEGORY_MEDIA, "avatar: member snapshot channel=%s count=%d full=%d servers=%d refs=%d",
+            qPrintable(channel), count, int(full), m_servers.value(group).size(), m_refs.size());
 }
 
 void AvatarManager::removeMember(const QString& channel, quint64 owner) {
     const quint64 group = channel.toULongLong(); const QString context = key(group, owner);
-    m_refs.remove(context); m_wanted.remove(context); m_servers[group].remove(owner);
+    m_refs.remove(context); m_wanted.remove(context);
+    if (m_servers[group].remove(owner)) emit serversChanged();
     emit changed(channel, owner);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/chatgui/tests/test_avatars.cpp b/tools/chatgui/tests/test_avatars.cpp
index 25520fdb..04c53a35 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/tests/test_avatars.cpp
+++ b/tools/chatgui/tests/test_avatars.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ private slots:
         {
             AvatarManager manager(&db); manager.initialize();
             QTRY_COMPARE_WITH_TIMEOUT(manager.servers().size(), 1, 5000);
+            QSignalSpy unchangedServers(&manager, &AvatarManager::serversChanged);
+            for (const auto& channel : channels) {
+                uint8_t wire[CHAT_MEMBER_DISPLAY_SIZE];
+                QCOMPARE(chat_core_get_single_member(testInstance, channel.channelId.toLatin1().constData(), testInstance->node_id, wire), 0);
+                manager.onMembers(channel.channelId, 1, wire, sizeof(wire), false);
+            }
+            QCOMPARE(unchangedServers.count(), 0);
             manager.uploadDefault(source, testInstance->node_id);
             QTRY_VERIFY_WITH_TIMEOUT(!manager.defaultImage().isNull(), 5000);
             for (const auto& channel : channels) {