1846107 - New message indicator icon not propagated to parent folder(s) from subfolder

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1844534

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)

Description

[Jot]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/115.0

Steps to reproduce:

I received a new email that was placed by a filter in a subfolder B of a folder A. The subfolder B was hidden.

Actual results:

The new message indicator icon of folder A didn't light up. If I unfold the folder A, I can see there is 1 new message in subfolder B. When I fold the folder A again, the indicator is propagated and I can see the new message.

Expected results:

The indicator should propagate at the reception of the message, without me needing to unfold and fold the folder A.

Comment 1

[Jot]

This bug is apparently 15 years old, but they were marked as closed:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=383598
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420260

Comment 2

[Ed]

Related, not closed - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=483027.

Comment 3

[Francesco]

Also see bug 1844534. Was this fixed by that bug?

Comment 4

[Jot]

Yes, that was probably the same bug, thanks.

Comment 5

[Jot]

I can't mark as duplicate because I "need permission to comment on this closed bug"...

Comment 6

[Francesco]

You can make this bug a duplicate of bug 1844534.

Comment 7

[Jot]

Well I am apparently not allowed to do that. If I try (either at the bottom of the page or at the top), it says

You tried to change the Comment field , but only a user with the required permissions may change that field.
Additonal information:
You need permission to comment on this closed bug.

Comment 8

[Francesco]

But you are the reporter of this bug, and the bug isn't closed. You can't modify bug 1844534.

Comment 9

[Jot]

Attachment: screenrec.mp4

I don't know what I am doing wrong but I don't think I try to modify bug 1844534. I just try to mark as duplicate the current bug report.

Comment 10

[Francesco]

Hmm, at the bottom of the page, below the last comment, there should be a button to close the bug as duplicate, isn't there?

Comment 11

[Jot]

Yes, there is a button but it displays the same error message...

Comment 12

[Francesco]

Attachment: resolve-as-dupe.png

So you can't resolve a bug you filed as duplicate any more? That's weird.

Comment 13

[Jot]

Attachment: strange behavior

Well, I am as surprised as you. Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I don't see what.