From 80b93e0843c01eeb5196dc5ece41218921b682da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Travis Ralston <travpc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 20:03:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Mute all updates from rooms that are invisible

---
 src/stores/room-list/RoomListStore.ts | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/stores/room-list/RoomListStore.ts b/src/stores/room-list/RoomListStore.ts
index c60f35118b..b2fe630760 100644
--- a/src/stores/room-list/RoomListStore.ts
+++ b/src/stores/room-list/RoomListStore.ts
@@ -402,6 +402,10 @@ export class RoomListStoreClass extends AsyncStoreWithClient<IState> {
     }
 
     private async handleRoomUpdate(room: Room, cause: RoomUpdateCause): Promise<any> {
+        if (!VisibilityProvider.instance.isRoomVisible(room)) {
+            return; // don't do anything on rooms that aren't visible
+        }
+
         const shouldUpdate = await this.algorithm.handleRoomUpdate(room, cause);
         if (shouldUpdate) {
             if (SettingsStore.getValue("advancedRoomListLogging")) {