YouBar+: fix presence updates never firing (wrong Flux event name) and inbox toggle needing a restart

plugins/you-bar-plus/src/index.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import { logger } from "@vendetta";
 import { storage } from "@vendetta/plugin";
 import patchYouBarButtons from "./patches/youBarButtons";
-import { startTrackingNotifications } from "./lib/notifications";
+import { setInboxTracking } from "./lib/notifications";
 import Settings from "./ui/Settings";
 
 let unpatchButtons: () => void = () => {};
-let stopTrackingNotifications: () => void = () => {};
 let patched = false;
 let retryHandle: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | undefined;
 
@@ -39,11 +38,7 @@ export default {
         storage.showInboxButton ??= false;
         storage.notifications ??= [];
 
-        // Same "may require a restart" contract as the other buttons - only tracks in the
+        setInboxTracking(!!storage.showInboxButton);
-        // background when the feature is actually on, not for every YouBar+ user by default.
-        if (storage.showInboxButton) {
-            stopTrackingNotifications = startTrackingNotifications();
-        }
 
         attempt();
         if (!patched) {
@@ -57,7 +52,7 @@ export default {
     onUnload: () => {
         stopRetrying();
         unpatchButtons();
-        stopTrackingNotifications();
+        setInboxTracking(false);
     },
     settings: Settings
 };

plugins/you-bar-plus/src/lib/notifications.ts

@@ -263,9 +263,10 @@ function handleThreadMembersUpdate(payload: any) {
 
 // Friends only, no bots - a status update from a random server member or a bot's "Playing" state
 // isn't the kind of thing worth an inbox entry for.
-function handlePresenceUpdate(payload: any) {
+function handlePresenceUpdate(update: any) {
     try {
-        const userId = payload?.user?.id ?? payload?.userId;
+        const user = update?.user;
+        const userId = user?.id;
         if (!userId) return;
 
         const currentUser = UserStore?.getCurrentUser?.();
@@ -273,11 +274,9 @@ function handlePresenceUpdate(payload: any) {
 
         const friendIds: string[] = RelationshipStore?.getFriendIDs?.() ?? [];
         if (!friendIds.includes(userId)) return;
+        if (user.bot) return;
 
-        const user = UserStore?.getUser?.(userId);
+        const activities = update?.activities;
-        if (user?.bot) return;
-
-        const activities = payload?.activities;
         const activity = Array.isArray(activities) ? activities.find((a: any) => a?.type !== 4) : undefined;
 
         const signature = activity ? `${activity.type}:${activity.name}` : "";
@@ -287,7 +286,7 @@ function handlePresenceUpdate(payload: any) {
         if (!activity) return; // cleared their activity - nothing to notify about
 
         const verb = ACTIVITY_VERBS[activity.type] ?? "Playing";
-        const displayName = user?.globalName || user?.username || payload?.user?.globalName || payload?.user?.username || "A friend";
+        const displayName = user.globalName || user.username || "A friend";
 
         pushNotification({
             id: `presence-${userId}-${Date.now()}`,
@@ -297,14 +296,24 @@ function handlePresenceUpdate(payload: any) {
             guildName: "",
             channelName: "",
             timestamp: new Date().toLocaleTimeString([], { hour: "2-digit", minute: "2-digit" }),
-            author: user ?? payload?.user,
+            author: user,
         });
     } catch (err) {
         console.error("[YouBar+] Inbox presence error:", err);
     }
 }
 
-export function startTrackingNotifications(): () => void {
+// The raw gateway op is singular PRESENCE_UPDATE, but Discord's own socket layer batches them
+// before they ever reach Flux - confirmed against the decompiled bundle's handlePresenceUpdates,
+// which reads payload.updates (an array of {guildId, user, status, activities}). Subscribing to
+// the singular name means this handler simply never fires.
+function handlePresenceUpdates(payload: any) {
+    const updates = payload?.updates;
+    if (!Array.isArray(updates)) return;
+    for (const update of updates) handlePresenceUpdate(update);
+}
+
+function startTrackingNotifications(): () => void {
     memoryNotifications = Array.isArray(storage.notifications) ? [...storage.notifications] : [];
 
     const unsubMessage = fluxSubscribe("MESSAGE_CREATE", handleIncomingMessage);
@@ -312,7 +321,7 @@ export function startTrackingNotifications(): () => void {
     const unsubRelationship = fluxSubscribe("RELATIONSHIP_ADD", handleRelationshipAdd);
     const unsubFriendAccepted = fluxSubscribe("FRIEND_REQUEST_ACCEPTED", handleFriendRequestAccepted);
     const unsubThreadMembers = fluxSubscribe("THREAD_MEMBERS_UPDATE", handleThreadMembersUpdate);
-    const unsubPresence = fluxSubscribe("PRESENCE_UPDATE", handlePresenceUpdate);
+    const unsubPresence = fluxSubscribe("PRESENCE_UPDATES", handlePresenceUpdates);
 
     return () => {
         if (saveTimeout) clearTimeout(saveTimeout);
@@ -326,3 +335,18 @@ export function startTrackingNotifications(): () => void {
         lastActivitySignature.clear();
     };
 }
+
+let stopTracking: () => void = () => {};
+let tracking = false;
+
+// Lets the settings toggle flip tracking on/off live instead of requiring a restart to take effect.
+export function setInboxTracking(enabled: boolean) {
+    if (enabled === tracking) return;
+    tracking = enabled;
+    if (enabled) {
+        stopTracking = startTrackingNotifications();
+    } else {
+        stopTracking();
+        stopTracking = () => {};
+    }
+}

plugins/you-bar-plus/src/ui/Settings.tsx

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { TableRowGroup, TableSwitchRow } from "@shared/ui/table";
 import SettingsScaffold from "@shared/ui/SettingsScaffold";
 import NoteBox from "@shared/ui/NoteBox";
 import { updateYouBar } from "../patches/youBarButtons";
+import { setInboxTracking } from "../lib/notifications";
 
 
 export default function Settings() {
@@ -34,10 +35,11 @@ export default function Settings() {
                 />
                 <TableSwitchRow
                     label="Inbox button"
-                    subLabel="Show a categorized mentions/replies/reactions inbox in the YouBar - requires a restart to take effect"
+                    subLabel="Show a categorized mentions/replies/reactions inbox in the YouBar"
                     value={!!storage.showInboxButton}
                     onValueChange={(v: boolean) => {
                         storage.showInboxButton = v;
+                        setInboxTracking(v);
                         updateYouBar();
                     }}
                 />