add stories feature

ios/NotificationService/NotificationService.entitlements

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 <dict>
 	<key>com.apple.developer.usernotifications.communication</key>
 	<true/>
+	<key>com.apple.developer.usernotifications.filtering</key>
+	<true/>
 	<key>com.apple.security.application-groups</key>
 	<array>
 		<string>group.eu.twonly.runtime</string>

ios/NotificationService/NotificationService.swift

@@ -107,12 +107,16 @@ final class NotificationService: UNNotificationServiceExtension {
         WidgetCenter.shared.reloadAllTimelines()
       }
       guard let batch = response.batch, !batch.additions.isEmpty else {
-        // Nothing is waiting on screen for this wake-up — widget-only media is
+        // Nothing is waiting on screen for this wake-up — widget-only media, a
-        // the ordinary case — so the deferred work runs while the extension is
+        // story the user muted or one that already expired — so the deferred
-        // still guaranteed its time, rather than after the content handler has
+        // work runs while the extension is still guaranteed its time, rather
-        // made it eligible for termination.
+        // than after the content handler has made it eligible for termination.
         Self.finalizeRuntime()
-        self.deliverFallback(reason: "notification worker returned no messages")
+        // The worker ran and decided there is nothing to announce. With the
+        // notification filtering entitlement, empty content drops the push
+        // instead of showing its "You got a new message" placeholder.
+        NSLog("Twonly wake-up had nothing to announce; suppressing the alert")
+        self.finish(with: UNNotificationContent())
         return
       }
       self.render(batch: batch, original: request.content)

ios/Podfile.lock

@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ PODS:
     - nanopb/encode (= 3.30910.0)
   - nanopb/decode (3.30910.0)
   - nanopb/encode (3.30910.0)
-  - permission_handler_apple (9.3.0):
-    - Flutter
   - PromisesObjC (2.4.0)
   - rust_lib_twonly (0.0.1)
   - screen_protector (1.5.1):
@@ -89,7 +87,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES:
   - google_mlkit_barcode_scanning (from `.symlinks/plugins/google_mlkit_barcode_scanning/ios`)
   - google_mlkit_commons (from `.symlinks/plugins/google_mlkit_commons/ios`)
   - google_mlkit_face_detection (from `.symlinks/plugins/google_mlkit_face_detection/ios`)
-  - permission_handler_apple (from `.symlinks/plugins/permission_handler_apple/ios`)
   - rust_lib_twonly (from `.symlinks/plugins/rust_lib_twonly/ios`)
   - screen_protector (from `.symlinks/plugins/screen_protector/ios`)
   - SwiftProtobuf
@@ -128,8 +125,6 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
     :path: ".symlinks/plugins/google_mlkit_commons/ios"
   google_mlkit_face_detection:
     :path: ".symlinks/plugins/google_mlkit_face_detection/ios"
-  permission_handler_apple:
-    :path: ".symlinks/plugins/permission_handler_apple/ios"
   rust_lib_twonly:
     :path: ".symlinks/plugins/rust_lib_twonly/ios"
   screen_protector:
@@ -155,7 +150,6 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   MLKitFaceDetection: 32549f1e70e6e7731261bf9cea2b74095e2531cb
   MLKitVision: 39a5a812db83c4a0794445088e567f3631c11961
   nanopb: fad817b59e0457d11a5dfbde799381cd727c1275
-  permission_handler_apple: 4ed2196e43d0651e8ff7ca3483a069d469701f2d
   PromisesObjC: f5707f49cb48b9636751c5b2e7d227e43fba9f47
   rust_lib_twonly: 6586fdf02e31cd8a3ad9f1ee84796da6bbf289bb
   screen_protector: 18c6aca2dc5d2a832f6787a5318f97f03e9d3150

ios/Runner.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/google/app-check.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "3e33dd27dd4c69bd81c7c81fe61d8ccf58846902",
+        "revision" : "97f7d74dd0e8f3d0fe5fc75cc8957aa73bdc948a",
-        "version" : "11.3.1"
+        "version" : "11.3.2"
       }
     },
     {

lib/app.dart

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_localizations/flutter_localizations.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_sharing_intent/model/sharing_file.dart' show SharedFile;
 import 'package:provider/provider.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/core/bridge/api.dart' as rust_api;
+import 'package:twonly/core/bridge/stories.dart' as stories;
 import 'package:twonly/globals.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/locator.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/constants/keyvalue.keys.dart';
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ class _AppState extends State<App> with WidgetsBindingObserver {
       // was suspended, and its Rust change broadcast never reached this
       // process, so the badge has to be re-read on the way back in.
       unawaited(NativeNotificationService.refreshBadgeCount());
+      // A story may have expired while the app was away.
+      unawaitedRustCall(stories.purgeExpiredStories(), 'purgeExpiredStories');
     } else if (state == AppLifecycleState.paused) {
       AppState.isAppInBackground = true;
       unawaited(

lib/core/bridge/api.dart

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import '../api/server/prekeys.dart';
 import '../frb_generated.dart';
 import '../services/media_upload.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_rust_bridge/flutter_rust_bridge_for_generated.dart';
+import 'stories.dart';
 
 // These functions are ignored because they are not marked as `pub`: `api_result`, `empty_api_response`, `from_rust_state`
 // These types are ignored because they are neither used by any `pub` functions nor (for structs and enums) marked `#[frb(unignore)]`: `ApiConfig`, `ServerResult`
@@ -739,17 +740,20 @@ class RustApi {
     onlySendIfNoReceiptsAreOpen: onlySendIfNoReceiptsAreOpen,
   );
 
-  /// Creates one outgoing message per selected group and starts the upload.
+  /// Creates one outgoing message per selected group, plus the story rows
+  /// for `story_audience`, and starts the upload they all share.
   static Future<void> sendMediaToGroups({
     required String mediaId,
     required List<String> groupIds,
     Uint8List? additionalMessageData,
     required bool widgetOnly,
+    StoryAudience? storyAudience,
   }) => RustLib.instance.api.crateBridgeApiRustApiSendMediaToGroups(
     mediaId: mediaId,
     groupIds: groupIds,
     additionalMessageData: additionalMessageData,
     widgetOnly: widgetOnly,
+    storyAudience: storyAudience,
   );
 
   static Future<void> sendQueuedMessage({required String receiptId}) => RustLib

lib/core/bridge/stories.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// This file is automatically generated, so please do not edit it.
+// @generated by `flutter_rust_bridge`@ 2.12.0.
+
+// ignore_for_file: invalid_use_of_internal_member, unused_import, unnecessary_import
+
+import '../frb_generated.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_rust_bridge/flutter_rust_bridge_for_generated.dart';
+
+/// The 1:1 chats a story sent to `audience` would go to right now, one per
+/// contact. Together with the chats picked for a direct send, this is who a
+/// send reaches.
+Future<List<String>> storyAudienceChats({required StoryAudience audience}) =>
+    RustLib.instance.api.crateBridgeStoriesStoryAudienceChats(
+      audience: audience,
+    );
+
+/// The most recipients one media send, story rows included, may reach.
+int maxMediaRecipients() =>
+    RustLib.instance.api.crateBridgeStoriesMaxMediaRecipients();
+
+/// Takes one of the user's own story items down for every recipient.
+Future<void> deleteStoryItem({required String mediaId}) =>
+    RustLib.instance.api.crateBridgeStoriesDeleteStoryItem(mediaId: mediaId);
+
+/// Lets go of every story item older than 24 hours.
+Future<void> purgeExpiredStories() =>
+    RustLib.instance.api.crateBridgeStoriesPurgeExpiredStories();
+
+class StoryAudience {
+  final bool all;
+  final Int64List contactGroupIds;
+
+  const StoryAudience({
+    required this.all,
+    required this.contactGroupIds,
+  });
+
+  @override
+  int get hashCode => all.hashCode ^ contactGroupIds.hashCode;
+
+  @override
+  bool operator ==(Object other) =>
+      identical(this, other) ||
+      other is StoryAudience &&
+          runtimeType == other.runtimeType &&
+          all == other.all &&
+          contactGroupIds == other.contactGroupIds;
+}

lib/core/frb_generated.io.dart

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import 'bridge/api.dart';
 import 'bridge/callbacks.dart';
 import 'bridge/groups.dart';
 import 'bridge/logging.dart';
+import 'bridge/stories.dart';
 import 'bridge/user_config.dart';
 import 'bridge/webxdc.dart';
 import 'bridge/wrapper.dart';
@@ -120,6 +121,9 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
   PasswordlessRecoveryConfig
   dco_decode_box_autoadd_passwordless_recovery_config(dynamic raw);
 
+  @protected
+  StoryAudience dco_decode_box_autoadd_story_audience(dynamic raw);
+
   @protected
   TwonlySafeBackup dco_decode_box_autoadd_twonly_safe_backup(dynamic raw);
 
@@ -298,6 +302,9 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
   PasswordlessRecoveryConfig?
   dco_decode_opt_box_autoadd_passwordless_recovery_config(dynamic raw);
 
+  @protected
+  StoryAudience? dco_decode_opt_box_autoadd_story_audience(dynamic raw);
+
   @protected
   TwonlySafeBackup? dco_decode_opt_box_autoadd_twonly_safe_backup(dynamic raw);
 
@@ -376,6 +383,9 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
   @protected
   SqlValue dco_decode_sql_value(dynamic raw);
 
+  @protected
+  StoryAudience dco_decode_story_audience(dynamic raw);
+
   @protected
   ThemeMode dco_decode_theme_mode(dynamic raw);
 
@@ -521,6 +531,11 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
     SseDeserializer deserializer,
   );
 
+  @protected
+  StoryAudience sse_decode_box_autoadd_story_audience(
+    SseDeserializer deserializer,
+  );
+
   @protected
   TwonlySafeBackup sse_decode_box_autoadd_twonly_safe_backup(
     SseDeserializer deserializer,
@@ -733,6 +748,11 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
     SseDeserializer deserializer,
   );
 
+  @protected
+  StoryAudience? sse_decode_opt_box_autoadd_story_audience(
+    SseDeserializer deserializer,
+  );
+
   @protected
   TwonlySafeBackup? sse_decode_opt_box_autoadd_twonly_safe_backup(
     SseDeserializer deserializer,
@@ -827,6 +847,9 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
   @protected
   SqlValue sse_decode_sql_value(SseDeserializer deserializer);
 
+  @protected
+  StoryAudience sse_decode_story_audience(SseDeserializer deserializer);
+
   @protected
   ThemeMode sse_decode_theme_mode(SseDeserializer deserializer);
 
@@ -1013,6 +1036,12 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
     SseSerializer serializer,
   );
 
+  @protected
+  void sse_encode_box_autoadd_story_audience(
+    StoryAudience self,
+    SseSerializer serializer,
+  );
+
   @protected
   void sse_encode_box_autoadd_twonly_safe_backup(
     TwonlySafeBackup self,
@@ -1280,6 +1309,12 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
     SseSerializer serializer,
   );
 
+  @protected
+  void sse_encode_opt_box_autoadd_story_audience(
+    StoryAudience? self,
+    SseSerializer serializer,
+  );
+
   @protected
   void sse_encode_opt_box_autoadd_twonly_safe_backup(
     TwonlySafeBackup? self,
@@ -1397,6 +1432,9 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
   @protected
   void sse_encode_sql_value(SqlValue self, SseSerializer serializer);
 
+  @protected
+  void sse_encode_story_audience(StoryAudience self, SseSerializer serializer);
+
   @protected
   void sse_encode_theme_mode(ThemeMode self, SseSerializer serializer);
 

lib/core/frb_generated.web.dart

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import 'bridge/api.dart';
 import 'bridge/callbacks.dart';
 import 'bridge/groups.dart';
 import 'bridge/logging.dart';
+import 'bridge/stories.dart';
 import 'bridge/user_config.dart';
 import 'bridge/webxdc.dart';
 import 'bridge/wrapper.dart';
@@ -122,6 +123,9 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
   PasswordlessRecoveryConfig
   dco_decode_box_autoadd_passwordless_recovery_config(dynamic raw);
 
+  @protected
+  StoryAudience dco_decode_box_autoadd_story_audience(dynamic raw);
+
   @protected
   TwonlySafeBackup dco_decode_box_autoadd_twonly_safe_backup(dynamic raw);
 
@@ -300,6 +304,9 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
   PasswordlessRecoveryConfig?
   dco_decode_opt_box_autoadd_passwordless_recovery_config(dynamic raw);
 
+  @protected
+  StoryAudience? dco_decode_opt_box_autoadd_story_audience(dynamic raw);
+
   @protected
   TwonlySafeBackup? dco_decode_opt_box_autoadd_twonly_safe_backup(dynamic raw);
 
@@ -378,6 +385,9 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
   @protected
   SqlValue dco_decode_sql_value(dynamic raw);
 
+  @protected
+  StoryAudience dco_decode_story_audience(dynamic raw);
+
   @protected
   ThemeMode dco_decode_theme_mode(dynamic raw);
 
@@ -523,6 +533,11 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
     SseDeserializer deserializer,
   );
 
+  @protected
+  StoryAudience sse_decode_box_autoadd_story_audience(
+    SseDeserializer deserializer,
+  );
+
   @protected
   TwonlySafeBackup sse_decode_box_autoadd_twonly_safe_backup(
     SseDeserializer deserializer,
@@ -735,6 +750,11 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
     SseDeserializer deserializer,
   );
 
+  @protected
+  StoryAudience? sse_decode_opt_box_autoadd_story_audience(
+    SseDeserializer deserializer,
+  );
+
   @protected
   TwonlySafeBackup? sse_decode_opt_box_autoadd_twonly_safe_backup(
     SseDeserializer deserializer,
@@ -829,6 +849,9 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
   @protected
   SqlValue sse_decode_sql_value(SseDeserializer deserializer);
 
+  @protected
+  StoryAudience sse_decode_story_audience(SseDeserializer deserializer);
+
   @protected
   ThemeMode sse_decode_theme_mode(SseDeserializer deserializer);
 
@@ -1015,6 +1038,12 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
     SseSerializer serializer,
   );
 
+  @protected
+  void sse_encode_box_autoadd_story_audience(
+    StoryAudience self,
+    SseSerializer serializer,
+  );
+
   @protected
   void sse_encode_box_autoadd_twonly_safe_backup(
     TwonlySafeBackup self,
@@ -1282,6 +1311,12 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
     SseSerializer serializer,
   );
 
+  @protected
+  void sse_encode_opt_box_autoadd_story_audience(
+    StoryAudience? self,
+    SseSerializer serializer,
+  );
+
   @protected
   void sse_encode_opt_box_autoadd_twonly_safe_backup(
     TwonlySafeBackup? self,
@@ -1399,6 +1434,9 @@ abstract class RustLibApiImplPlatform extends BaseApiImpl<RustLibWire> {
   @protected
   void sse_encode_sql_value(SqlValue self, SseSerializer serializer);
 
+  @protected
+  void sse_encode_story_audience(StoryAudience self, SseSerializer serializer);
+
   @protected
   void sse_encode_theme_mode(ThemeMode self, SseSerializer serializer);
 

lib/core/user_config.dart

@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ class UserConfig {
   bool storeLocationInMemories;
   bool autoStoreAllSendUnlimitedMediaFiles;
   bool typingIndicators;
+
+  /// Announce a contact's first story in 24 hours. Checked only on this
+  /// device, where the notification is created; senders always wake.
+  bool storyNotifications;
   bool showRestoreFlame;
 
   /// Unused: the best friend is derived from `total_media_counter` whenever
@@ -217,6 +221,7 @@ class UserConfig {
     required this.storeLocationInMemories,
     required this.autoStoreAllSendUnlimitedMediaFiles,
     required this.typingIndicators,
+    required this.storyNotifications,
     required this.showRestoreFlame,
     this.myBestFriendGroupId,
     this.signalLastSignedPreKeyUpdated,
@@ -284,6 +289,7 @@ class UserConfig {
       storeLocationInMemories.hashCode ^
       autoStoreAllSendUnlimitedMediaFiles.hashCode ^
       typingIndicators.hashCode ^
+      storyNotifications.hashCode ^
       showRestoreFlame.hashCode ^
       myBestFriendGroupId.hashCode ^
       signalLastSignedPreKeyUpdated.hashCode ^
@@ -356,6 +362,7 @@ class UserConfig {
           autoStoreAllSendUnlimitedMediaFiles ==
               other.autoStoreAllSendUnlimitedMediaFiles &&
           typingIndicators == other.typingIndicators &&
+          storyNotifications == other.storyNotifications &&
           showRestoreFlame == other.showRestoreFlame &&
           myBestFriendGroupId == other.myBestFriendGroupId &&
           signalLastSignedPreKeyUpdated ==

lib/main.dart

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import 'package:provider/provider.dart';
 import 'package:sentry_flutter/sentry_flutter.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/app.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/core/bridge.dart' as bridge;
+import 'package:twonly/core/bridge/stories.dart' as stories;
 import 'package:twonly/core/bridge/wrapper/app_database.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/core/bridge/wrapper/key_manager.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/core/frb_generated.dart';
@@ -290,6 +291,7 @@ Future<void> postStartupTasks() async {
   unawaited(MemoriesService.prewarmCache());
 
   // 1. Immediate background cleanup (Non-blocking for UI)
+  unawaitedRustCall(stories.purgeExpiredStories(), 'purgeExpiredStories');
   await twonlyDB.messagesDao.purgeMessageTable();
   unawaited(twonlyDB.receiptsDao.purgeReceivedReceipts());
   unawaited(MediaFileService.purgeTempFolder());

lib/src/constants/routes.keys.dart

@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ class Routes {
 
   static String chatsMessages(String groupId) => '/chats/messages/$groupId';
 
+  /// A contact's story. Pass a media id as `extra` to start at that item.
+  static String chatsStory(int contactId) => '/chats/story/$contactId';
+
+  /// The user's own story. Pass a media id as `extra` to start at that item.
+  static const String chatsOwnStory = '/chats/own_story';
+
   static String groupCreateSelectMember(String? groupId) =>
       '/group/create/select_member${groupId == null ? '' : '/$groupId'}';
 

lib/src/database/daos/contact_groups.dao.dart

@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ class ContactGroupsDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB>
         .watch();
   }
 
+  /// The contact groups a story can be sent to, most used first.
+  Stream<List<ContactGroup>> watchStoryContactGroups() {
+    return (select(contactGroups)
+          ..where((t) => t.shareStories.equals(true))
+          ..orderBy([
+            (t) => OrderingTerm.desc(t.usageCounter),
+            (t) => OrderingTerm.asc(t.name),
+          ]))
+        .watch();
+  }
+
   Stream<List<ContactGroup>> watchVisibleGroupsForUser(int userId) {
     final query =
         select(contactGroupMembers).join([
@@ -132,6 +143,7 @@ class ContactGroupsDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB>
     required int backgroundColor,
     required bool showAsShortcut,
     required bool showAsLabel,
+    required bool shareStories,
     String? emoji,
   }) {
     return into(contactGroups).insert(
@@ -142,6 +154,7 @@ class ContactGroupsDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB>
         backgroundColor: backgroundColor,
         showAsShortcut: Value(showAsShortcut),
         showAsLabel: Value(showAsLabel),
+        shareStories: Value(shareStories),
       ),
     );
   }
@@ -153,6 +166,7 @@ class ContactGroupsDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB>
     required int backgroundColor,
     required bool showAsShortcut,
     required bool showAsLabel,
+    required bool shareStories,
     String? emoji,
   }) {
     return (update(contactGroups)..where((t) => t.id.equals(id)))
@@ -164,6 +178,7 @@ class ContactGroupsDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB>
             backgroundColor: Value(backgroundColor),
             showAsShortcut: Value(showAsShortcut),
             showAsLabel: Value(showAsLabel),
+            shareStories: Value(shareStories),
           ),
         )
         .then((rows) => rows > 0);

lib/src/database/daos/mediafiles.dao.dart

@@ -171,7 +171,11 @@ class MediaFilesDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB>
             db.messages.mediaId.equalsExp(mediaFiles.mediaId),
             useColumns: false,
           ),
-        ])..where(db.messages.groupId.equals(groupId));
+        ])..where(
+          db.messages.groupId.equals(groupId) &
+              (db.messages.isStory.equals(false) |
+                  db.messages.mediaStored.equals(true)),
+        );
     return query.map((row) => row.readTable(mediaFiles)).watch();
   }
 
@@ -226,6 +230,7 @@ class MediaFilesDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB>
                ) AS message_rank
         FROM messages
         WHERE messages.media_id IS NOT NULL
+          AND (messages.is_story = 0 OR messages.media_stored = 1)
       )
       SELECT DISTINCT media_files.*
       FROM media_files
@@ -254,6 +259,7 @@ class MediaFilesDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB>
           mediaFiles.storedFileHash.equals(hash) &
               db.messages.senderId.equals(senderId) &
               db.messages.isWidgetMedia.equals(false) &
+              db.messages.isStory.equals(false) &
               db.messages.openedAt.isNull(),
         );
 

lib/src/database/daos/messages.dao.dart

@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ class MessagesDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB> with _$MessagesDaoMixin {
   // ignore: matching_super_parameters
   MessagesDao(super.db);
 
+  /// A story row stays out of the chat until somebody saves it; from then on
+  /// it is an ordinary stored media message there.
+  Expression<bool> get _visibleInChat =>
+      messages.isStory.equals(false) | messages.mediaStored.equals(true);
+
   Stream<List<Message>> watchMessageNotOpened(String groupId) {
     final query =
         select(messages).join([
@@ -42,6 +47,7 @@ class MessagesDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB> with _$MessagesDaoMixin {
           ..where(
             messages.openedAt.isNull() &
                 messages.isWidgetMedia.equals(false) &
+                _visibleInChat &
                 messages.groupId.equals(groupId) &
                 messages.isDeletedFromSender.equals(false) &
                 (messages.mediaId.isNull() |
@@ -65,6 +71,7 @@ class MessagesDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB> with _$MessagesDaoMixin {
           ..where(
             messages.openedAt.isNull() &
                 messages.isWidgetMedia.equals(false) &
+                _visibleInChat &
                 messages.isDeletedFromSender.equals(false) &
                 (messages.mediaId.isNull() |
                     mediaFiles.downloadState.isNull() |
@@ -92,6 +99,7 @@ class MessagesDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB> with _$MessagesDaoMixin {
                 mediaFiles.type.equals(MediaType.audio.name).not() &
                 messages.openedAt.isNull() &
                 messages.isWidgetMedia.equals(false) &
+                _visibleInChat &
                 messages.groupId.equals(groupId) &
                 messages.mediaId.isNotNull() &
                 messages.senderId.isNotNull() &
@@ -111,6 +119,7 @@ class MessagesDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB> with _$MessagesDaoMixin {
         ])..where(
           messages.openedAt.isNull() &
               messages.isWidgetMedia.equals(false) &
+              _visibleInChat &
               messages.mediaId.isNotNull() &
               messages.type.equals(MessageType.media.name) &
               mediaFiles.downloadState.equals(DownloadState.ready.name) &
@@ -136,6 +145,7 @@ class MessagesDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB> with _$MessagesDaoMixin {
           ])
           ..where(
             messages.groupId.equals(groupId) &
+                _visibleInChat &
                 // messages in groups will only be removed in case all members have received it...
                 // so ensuring that this message is not shown in the messages anymore
                 (messages.openedAt.isBiggerThanValue(deletionTime) |
@@ -169,7 +179,8 @@ class MessagesDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB> with _$MessagesDaoMixin {
         FROM messages
         INNER JOIN groups ON groups.group_id = messages.group_id
         LEFT JOIN media_files ON media_files.media_id = messages.media_id
-        WHERE (
+        WHERE (messages.is_story = 0 OR messages.media_stored = 1)
+        AND (
           messages.opened_at IS NULL OR
           messages.media_stored = 1 OR
           messages.opened_at > CAST(strftime('%s', 'now') AS INTEGER) -
@@ -207,6 +218,7 @@ class MessagesDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB> with _$MessagesDaoMixin {
           ])
           ..where(
             messages.groupId.equals(groupId) &
+                _visibleInChat &
                 (messages.openedAt.isBiggerThanValue(deletionTime) |
                     messages.openedAt.isNull() |
                     messages.mediaStored.equals(true) |
@@ -251,6 +263,7 @@ class MessagesDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB> with _$MessagesDaoMixin {
           ])
           ..where(
             messages.groupId.equals(groupId) &
+                _visibleInChat &
                 (messages.createdAt.isSmallerThanValue(before) |
                     (messages.createdAt.equals(before) &
                         messages.messageId.isSmallerThanValue(
@@ -319,6 +332,8 @@ class MessagesDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB> with _$MessagesDaoMixin {
                     // without ever clearing the storage its origin holds, so
                     // apps leave only when somebody deletes them.
                     m.type.equals(MessageType.webxdcApp.name).not() &
+                    // Unsaved story rows expire with the story, not the chat.
+                    (m.isStory.equals(false) | m.mediaStored.equals(true)) &
                     ((m.mediaStored.equals(true) &
                             m.isDeletedFromSender.equals(true)) |
                         m.mediaStored.equals(false)) &
@@ -645,11 +660,13 @@ class MessagesDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB> with _$MessagesDaoMixin {
     await transaction(() async {
       // A one-time app is the chat's durable shared object. Keep its card (and
       // therefore its instance and update log) while removing the visible chat
-      // history and every ordinary app.
+      // history and every ordinary app. Unsaved story rows are not chat
+      // history; they leave when their story expires.
       await customStatement(
         '''
            DELETE FROM messages
            WHERE group_id = ?
+             AND (is_story = 0 OR media_stored = 1)
              AND NOT EXISTS (
                SELECT 1
                FROM webxdc_instances AS instance
@@ -671,6 +688,15 @@ class MessagesDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB> with _$MessagesDaoMixin {
     });
   }
 
+  /// The rows behind [messageIds], whatever the chat shows of them. A reply
+  /// can quote a story row that the chat itself never lists.
+  Stream<List<Message>> watchMessagesByIds(Set<String> messageIds) {
+    if (messageIds.isEmpty) return Stream.value(const []);
+    return (select(
+      messages,
+    )..where((t) => t.messageId.isIn(messageIds))).watch();
+  }
+
   SingleOrNullSelectable<Message> getMessageById(String messageId) {
     return select(messages)..where((t) => t.messageId.equals(messageId));
   }

lib/src/database/daos/reactions.dao.dart

@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ class ReactionsDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB> with _$ReactionsDaoMixin {
           ..orderBy([(reaction) => OrderingTerm.desc(reaction.createdAt)]))
         .watch();
   }
+
   Stream<Reaction?> watchLastReactions(String groupId) {
     final query =
         (select(reactions)).join(
@@ -126,7 +127,11 @@ Stream<Reaction?> watchLastReactions(String groupId) {
               ),
             ],
           )
-          ..where(messages.groupId.equals(groupId))
+          ..where(
+            messages.groupId.equals(groupId) &
+                (messages.isStory.equals(false) |
+                    messages.mediaStored.equals(true)),
+          )
           ..orderBy([OrderingTerm.desc(messages.createdAt)])
           ..limit(1);
     return query.map((row) => row.readTable(reactions)).watchSingleOrNull();
@@ -145,6 +150,7 @@ Stream<Reaction?> watchLastReactions(String groupId) {
                ) AS reaction_rank
         FROM reactions
         INNER JOIN messages ON messages.message_id = reactions.message_id
+        WHERE messages.is_story = 0 OR messages.media_stored = 1
       ) AS reaction_rows
       WHERE reaction_rank = 1
       ''',

lib/src/database/daos/stories.dao.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+import 'package:clock/clock.dart';
+import 'package:drift/drift.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/tables/contacts.table.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/tables/groups.table.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/tables/mediafiles.table.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/tables/messages.table.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/twonly.db.dart';
+
+part 'stories.dao.g.dart';
+
+/// How long a story item stays visible after it was posted. Rust purges
+/// what is older; the UI only needs it to draw the countdown and to stop
+/// showing an item between two purges.
+const storyLifetime = Duration(hours: 24);
+
+/// One item of a contact's story, as this device received it.
+class StoryItem {
+  const StoryItem({required this.message, required this.mediaFile});
+
+  final Message message;
+  final MediaFile mediaFile;
+
+  int get senderId => message.senderId!;
+  DateTime get postedAt => message.createdAt;
+  DateTime get expiresAt => postedAt.add(storyLifetime);
+  bool get seen => message.openedAt != null;
+  bool isActiveAt(DateTime now) => expiresAt.isAfter(now);
+}
+
+/// One item of the user's own story. On this device it is one hidden message
+/// per recipient, all sharing [mediaFile].
+class OwnStoryItem {
+  const OwnStoryItem({
+    required this.mediaFile,
+    required this.postedAt,
+    required this.recipientCount,
+    required this.viewerCount,
+  });
+
+  final MediaFile mediaFile;
+  final DateTime postedAt;
+  final int recipientCount;
+  final int viewerCount;
+
+  DateTime get expiresAt => postedAt.add(storyLifetime);
+  bool isActiveAt(DateTime now) => expiresAt.isAfter(now);
+}
+
+/// A recipient of one of the user's story items, and what they did with it.
+class StoryViewer {
+  const StoryViewer({
+    required this.contact,
+    required this.message,
+    this.openedAt,
+  });
+
+  final Contact contact;
+
+  /// The hidden story row for this recipient.
+  final Message message;
+  final DateTime? openedAt;
+
+  bool get saved => message.mediaStored;
+}
+
+@DriftAccessor(
+  tables: [Messages, MediaFiles, Contacts, GroupMembers, MessageActions],
+)
+class StoriesDao extends DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB> with _$StoriesDaoMixin {
+  // ignore: matching_super_parameters
+  StoriesDao(super.db);
+
+  JoinedSelectStatement<HasResultSet, dynamic> _receivedItems() {
+    final cutoff = clock.now().subtract(storyLifetime);
+    return select(messages).join([
+        innerJoin(mediaFiles, mediaFiles.mediaId.equalsExp(messages.mediaId)),
+        innerJoin(contacts, contacts.userId.equalsExp(messages.senderId)),
+      ])
+      ..where(
+        messages.isStory.equals(true) &
+            messages.senderId.isNotNull() &
+            messages.isDeletedFromSender.equals(false) &
+            messages.createdAt.isBiggerThanValue(cutoff) &
+            contacts.accepted.equals(true) &
+            contacts.blocked.equals(false) &
+            (mediaFiles.downloadState.isNull() |
+                mediaFiles.downloadState
+                    .equals(DownloadState.reuploadRequested.name)
+                    .not()),
+      )
+      ..orderBy([
+        OrderingTerm.asc(messages.createdAt),
+        OrderingTerm.asc(messages.messageId),
+      ]);
+  }
+
+  StoryItem _readItem(TypedResult row) => StoryItem(
+    message: row.readTable(messages),
+    mediaFile: row.readTable(mediaFiles),
+  );
+
+  /// Every contact's story items that were active when the query last ran,
+  /// oldest first. Items expire while the stream is quiet, so callers check
+  /// [StoryItem.isActiveAt] on their own clock.
+  Stream<List<StoryItem>> watchReceivedStoryItems() {
+    return _receivedItems().map(_readItem).watch();
+  }
+
+  Stream<List<StoryItem>> watchReceivedStoryItemsForGroup(String groupId) {
+    return (_receivedItems()..where(messages.groupId.equals(groupId)))
+        .map(_readItem)
+        .watch();
+  }
+
+  Future<List<StoryItem>> getReceivedStoryItems(int contactId) {
+    return (_receivedItems()..where(messages.senderId.equals(contactId)))
+        .map(_readItem)
+        .get();
+  }
+
+  /// The user's own story items that are still active, oldest first.
+  Stream<List<OwnStoryItem>> watchOwnStoryItems() {
+    return customSelect(
+      '''
+      SELECT media_files.*,
+             MIN(messages.created_at) AS posted_at,
+             COUNT(*) AS recipient_count,
+             SUM(CASE WHEN messages.opened_at IS NULL THEN 0 ELSE 1 END)
+               AS viewer_count
+      FROM messages
+      INNER JOIN media_files ON media_files.media_id = messages.media_id
+      WHERE messages.is_story = 1
+        AND messages.sender_id IS NULL
+        AND messages.created_at > ?
+      GROUP BY messages.media_id
+      ORDER BY posted_at ASC, media_files.media_id ASC
+      ''',
+      variables: [Variable<DateTime>(clock.now().subtract(storyLifetime))],
+      readsFrom: {messages, mediaFiles},
+    ).watch().map(
+      (rows) => rows
+          .map(
+            (row) => OwnStoryItem(
+              mediaFile: mediaFiles.map(row.data),
+              postedAt: row.read<DateTime>('posted_at'),
+              recipientCount: row.read<int>('recipient_count'),
+              viewerCount: row.read<int>('viewer_count'),
+            ),
+          )
+          .toList(),
+    );
+  }
+
+  /// Everybody one of the user's story items went to. Those who opened it
+  /// come first, most recent first; the rest follow by name.
+  Stream<List<StoryViewer>> watchStoryViewers(String mediaId) {
+    final opened = alias(messageActions, 'opened');
+    final query =
+        select(messages).join([
+          innerJoin(
+            groupMembers,
+            groupMembers.groupId.equalsExp(messages.groupId),
+          ),
+          innerJoin(
+            contacts,
+            contacts.userId.equalsExp(groupMembers.contactId),
+          ),
+          leftOuterJoin(
+            opened,
+            opened.messageId.equalsExp(messages.messageId) &
+                opened.contactId.equalsExp(groupMembers.contactId) &
+                opened.type.equals(MessageActionType.openedAt.name),
+          ),
+        ])..where(
+          messages.mediaId.equals(mediaId) &
+              messages.isStory.equals(true) &
+              messages.senderId.isNull(),
+        );
+    return query.watch().map((rows) {
+      return rows
+          .map(
+            (row) => StoryViewer(
+              contact: row.readTable(contacts),
+              message: row.readTable(messages),
+              openedAt:
+                  row.readTableOrNull(opened)?.actionAt ??
+                  row.readTable(messages).openedAt,
+            ),
+          )
+          .toList()
+        ..sort((a, b) {
+          final aOpened = a.openedAt;
+          final bOpened = b.openedAt;
+          if (aOpened != null && bOpened != null) {
+            return bOpened.compareTo(aOpened);
+          }
+          if (aOpened != null) return -1;
+          if (bOpened != null) return 1;
+          return a.contact.username.compareTo(b.contact.username);
+        });
+    });
+  }
+}

lib/src/database/daos/stories.dao.g.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// GENERATED CODE - DO NOT MODIFY BY HAND
+
+part of 'stories.dao.dart';
+
+// ignore_for_file: type=lint
+mixin _$StoriesDaoMixin on DatabaseAccessor<TwonlyDB> {
+  $GroupsTable get groups => attachedDatabase.groups;
+  $ContactsTable get contacts => attachedDatabase.contacts;
+  $MediaFilesTable get mediaFiles => attachedDatabase.mediaFiles;
+  $MessagesTable get messages => attachedDatabase.messages;
+  $GroupMembersTable get groupMembers => attachedDatabase.groupMembers;
+  $MessageActionsTable get messageActions => attachedDatabase.messageActions;
+  StoriesDaoManager get managers => StoriesDaoManager(this);
+}
+
+class StoriesDaoManager {
+  final _$StoriesDaoMixin _db;
+  StoriesDaoManager(this._db);
+  $$GroupsTableTableManager get groups =>
+      $$GroupsTableTableManager(_db.attachedDatabase, _db.groups);
+  $$ContactsTableTableManager get contacts =>
+      $$ContactsTableTableManager(_db.attachedDatabase, _db.contacts);
+  $$MediaFilesTableTableManager get mediaFiles =>
+      $$MediaFilesTableTableManager(_db.attachedDatabase, _db.mediaFiles);
+  $$MessagesTableTableManager get messages =>
+      $$MessagesTableTableManager(_db.attachedDatabase, _db.messages);
+  $$GroupMembersTableTableManager get groupMembers =>
+      $$GroupMembersTableTableManager(_db.attachedDatabase, _db.groupMembers);
+  $$MessageActionsTableTableManager get messageActions =>
+      $$MessageActionsTableTableManager(
+        _db.attachedDatabase,
+        _db.messageActions,
+      );
+}

lib/src/database/tables/contact_groups.table.dart

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class ContactGroups extends Table {
   BoolColumn get showAsShortcut =>
       boolean().withDefault(const Constant(false))();
   BoolColumn get showAsLabel => boolean().withDefault(const Constant(true))();
+  BoolColumn get shareStories => boolean().withDefault(const Constant(false))();
   IntColumn get usageCounter => integer().withDefault(const Constant(0))();
   DateTimeColumn get createdAt => dateTime().withDefault(currentDateAndTime)();
 }

lib/src/database/tables/messages.table.dart

@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ class Messages extends Table {
   BoolColumn get isWidgetMedia =>
       boolean().withDefault(const Constant(false))();
 
+  /// A story item: hidden from the chat until saved, gone 24h after sending.
+  BoolColumn get isStory => boolean().withDefault(const Constant(false))();
+
   DateTimeColumn get openedAt => dateTime().nullable()();
   DateTimeColumn get openedByAll => dateTime().nullable()();
   DateTimeColumn get createdAt => dateTime().withDefault(currentDateAndTime)();

lib/src/database/twonly.db.dart

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/mediafiles.dao.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/messages.dao.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/reactions.dao.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/receipts.dao.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/stories.dao.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/user_discovery.dao.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/rust_change_notifier.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/rust_query_executor.dart';
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ part 'twonly.db.g.dart';
     UserDiscoveryDao,
     KeyVerificationDao,
     ContactGroupsDao,
+    StoriesDao,
   ],
 )
 class TwonlyDB extends _$TwonlyDB {

lib/src/database/twonly.db.g.dart

@@ -5378,6 +5378,21 @@ class $MessagesTable extends Messages with TableInfo<$MessagesTable, Message> {
     ),
     defaultValue: const Constant(false),
   );
+  static const VerificationMeta _isStoryMeta = const VerificationMeta(
+    'isStory',
+  );
+  @override
+  late final GeneratedColumn<bool> isStory = GeneratedColumn<bool>(
+    'is_story',
+    aliasedName,
+    false,
+    type: DriftSqlType.bool,
+    requiredDuringInsert: false,
+    defaultConstraints: GeneratedColumn.constraintIsAlways(
+      'CHECK ("is_story" IN (0, 1))',
+    ),
+    defaultValue: const Constant(false),
+  );
   static const VerificationMeta _openedAtMeta = const VerificationMeta(
     'openedAt',
   );
@@ -5460,6 +5475,7 @@ class $MessagesTable extends Messages with TableInfo<$MessagesTable, Message> {
     quotesMessageId,
     isDeletedFromSender,
     isWidgetMedia,
+    isStory,
     openedAt,
     openedByAll,
     createdAt,
@@ -5584,6 +5600,12 @@ class $MessagesTable extends Messages with TableInfo<$MessagesTable, Message> {
         ),
       );
     }
+    if (data.containsKey('is_story')) {
+      context.handle(
+        _isStoryMeta,
+        isStory.isAcceptableOrUnknown(data['is_story']!, _isStoryMeta),
+      );
+    }
     if (data.containsKey('opened_at')) {
       context.handle(
         _openedAtMeta,
@@ -5687,6 +5709,10 @@ class $MessagesTable extends Messages with TableInfo<$MessagesTable, Message> {
         DriftSqlType.bool,
         data['${effectivePrefix}is_widget_media'],
       )!,
+      isStory: attachedDatabase.typeMapping.read(
+        DriftSqlType.bool,
+        data['${effectivePrefix}is_story'],
+      )!,
       openedAt: attachedDatabase.typeMapping.read(
         DriftSqlType.dateTime,
         data['${effectivePrefix}opened_at'],
@@ -5734,6 +5760,9 @@ class Message extends DataClass implements Insertable<Message> {
   final String? quotesMessageId;
   final bool isDeletedFromSender;
   final bool isWidgetMedia;
+
+  /// A story item: hidden from the chat until saved, gone 24h after sending.
+  final bool isStory;
   final DateTime? openedAt;
   final DateTime? openedByAll;
   final DateTime createdAt;
@@ -5754,6 +5783,7 @@ class Message extends DataClass implements Insertable<Message> {
     this.quotesMessageId,
     required this.isDeletedFromSender,
     required this.isWidgetMedia,
+    required this.isStory,
     this.openedAt,
     this.openedByAll,
     required this.createdAt,
@@ -5791,6 +5821,7 @@ class Message extends DataClass implements Insertable<Message> {
     }
     map['is_deleted_from_sender'] = Variable<bool>(isDeletedFromSender);
     map['is_widget_media'] = Variable<bool>(isWidgetMedia);
+    map['is_story'] = Variable<bool>(isStory);
     if (!nullToAbsent || openedAt != null) {
       map['opened_at'] = Variable<DateTime>(openedAt);
     }
@@ -5837,6 +5868,7 @@ class Message extends DataClass implements Insertable<Message> {
           : Value(quotesMessageId),
       isDeletedFromSender: Value(isDeletedFromSender),
       isWidgetMedia: Value(isWidgetMedia),
+      isStory: Value(isStory),
       openedAt: openedAt == null && nullToAbsent
           ? const Value.absent()
           : Value(openedAt),
@@ -5879,6 +5911,7 @@ class Message extends DataClass implements Insertable<Message> {
         json['isDeletedFromSender'],
       ),
       isWidgetMedia: serializer.fromJson<bool>(json['isWidgetMedia']),
+      isStory: serializer.fromJson<bool>(json['isStory']),
       openedAt: serializer.fromJson<DateTime?>(json['openedAt']),
       openedByAll: serializer.fromJson<DateTime?>(json['openedByAll']),
       createdAt: serializer.fromJson<DateTime>(json['createdAt']),
@@ -5906,6 +5939,7 @@ class Message extends DataClass implements Insertable<Message> {
       'quotesMessageId': serializer.toJson<String?>(quotesMessageId),
       'isDeletedFromSender': serializer.toJson<bool>(isDeletedFromSender),
       'isWidgetMedia': serializer.toJson<bool>(isWidgetMedia),
+      'isStory': serializer.toJson<bool>(isStory),
       'openedAt': serializer.toJson<DateTime?>(openedAt),
       'openedByAll': serializer.toJson<DateTime?>(openedByAll),
       'createdAt': serializer.toJson<DateTime>(createdAt),
@@ -5929,6 +5963,7 @@ class Message extends DataClass implements Insertable<Message> {
     Value<String?> quotesMessageId = const Value.absent(),
     bool? isDeletedFromSender,
     bool? isWidgetMedia,
+    bool? isStory,
     Value<DateTime?> openedAt = const Value.absent(),
     Value<DateTime?> openedByAll = const Value.absent(),
     DateTime? createdAt,
@@ -5955,6 +5990,7 @@ class Message extends DataClass implements Insertable<Message> {
         : this.quotesMessageId,
     isDeletedFromSender: isDeletedFromSender ?? this.isDeletedFromSender,
     isWidgetMedia: isWidgetMedia ?? this.isWidgetMedia,
+    isStory: isStory ?? this.isStory,
     openedAt: openedAt.present ? openedAt.value : this.openedAt,
     openedByAll: openedByAll.present ? openedByAll.value : this.openedByAll,
     createdAt: createdAt ?? this.createdAt,
@@ -5991,6 +6027,7 @@ class Message extends DataClass implements Insertable<Message> {
       isWidgetMedia: data.isWidgetMedia.present
           ? data.isWidgetMedia.value
           : this.isWidgetMedia,
+      isStory: data.isStory.present ? data.isStory.value : this.isStory,
       openedAt: data.openedAt.present ? data.openedAt.value : this.openedAt,
       openedByAll: data.openedByAll.present
           ? data.openedByAll.value
@@ -6022,6 +6059,7 @@ class Message extends DataClass implements Insertable<Message> {
           ..write('quotesMessageId: $quotesMessageId, ')
           ..write('isDeletedFromSender: $isDeletedFromSender, ')
           ..write('isWidgetMedia: $isWidgetMedia, ')
+          ..write('isStory: $isStory, ')
           ..write('openedAt: $openedAt, ')
           ..write('openedByAll: $openedByAll, ')
           ..write('createdAt: $createdAt, ')
@@ -6047,6 +6085,7 @@ class Message extends DataClass implements Insertable<Message> {
     quotesMessageId,
     isDeletedFromSender,
     isWidgetMedia,
+    isStory,
     openedAt,
     openedByAll,
     createdAt,
@@ -6074,6 +6113,7 @@ class Message extends DataClass implements Insertable<Message> {
           other.quotesMessageId == this.quotesMessageId &&
           other.isDeletedFromSender == this.isDeletedFromSender &&
           other.isWidgetMedia == this.isWidgetMedia &&
+          other.isStory == this.isStory &&
           other.openedAt == this.openedAt &&
           other.openedByAll == this.openedByAll &&
           other.createdAt == this.createdAt &&
@@ -6096,6 +6136,7 @@ class MessagesCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<Message> {
   final Value<String?> quotesMessageId;
   final Value<bool> isDeletedFromSender;
   final Value<bool> isWidgetMedia;
+  final Value<bool> isStory;
   final Value<DateTime?> openedAt;
   final Value<DateTime?> openedByAll;
   final Value<DateTime> createdAt;
@@ -6117,6 +6158,7 @@ class MessagesCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<Message> {
     this.quotesMessageId = const Value.absent(),
     this.isDeletedFromSender = const Value.absent(),
     this.isWidgetMedia = const Value.absent(),
+    this.isStory = const Value.absent(),
     this.openedAt = const Value.absent(),
     this.openedByAll = const Value.absent(),
     this.createdAt = const Value.absent(),
@@ -6139,6 +6181,7 @@ class MessagesCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<Message> {
     this.quotesMessageId = const Value.absent(),
     this.isDeletedFromSender = const Value.absent(),
     this.isWidgetMedia = const Value.absent(),
+    this.isStory = const Value.absent(),
     this.openedAt = const Value.absent(),
     this.openedByAll = const Value.absent(),
     this.createdAt = const Value.absent(),
@@ -6163,6 +6206,7 @@ class MessagesCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<Message> {
     Expression<String>? quotesMessageId,
     Expression<bool>? isDeletedFromSender,
     Expression<bool>? isWidgetMedia,
+    Expression<bool>? isStory,
     Expression<DateTime>? openedAt,
     Expression<DateTime>? openedByAll,
     Expression<DateTime>? createdAt,
@@ -6187,6 +6231,7 @@ class MessagesCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<Message> {
       if (isDeletedFromSender != null)
         'is_deleted_from_sender': isDeletedFromSender,
       if (isWidgetMedia != null) 'is_widget_media': isWidgetMedia,
+      if (isStory != null) 'is_story': isStory,
       if (openedAt != null) 'opened_at': openedAt,
       if (openedByAll != null) 'opened_by_all': openedByAll,
       if (createdAt != null) 'created_at': createdAt,
@@ -6211,6 +6256,7 @@ class MessagesCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<Message> {
     Value<String?>? quotesMessageId,
     Value<bool>? isDeletedFromSender,
     Value<bool>? isWidgetMedia,
+    Value<bool>? isStory,
     Value<DateTime?>? openedAt,
     Value<DateTime?>? openedByAll,
     Value<DateTime>? createdAt,
@@ -6234,6 +6280,7 @@ class MessagesCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<Message> {
       quotesMessageId: quotesMessageId ?? this.quotesMessageId,
       isDeletedFromSender: isDeletedFromSender ?? this.isDeletedFromSender,
       isWidgetMedia: isWidgetMedia ?? this.isWidgetMedia,
+      isStory: isStory ?? this.isStory,
       openedAt: openedAt ?? this.openedAt,
       openedByAll: openedByAll ?? this.openedByAll,
       createdAt: createdAt ?? this.createdAt,
@@ -6288,6 +6335,9 @@ class MessagesCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<Message> {
     if (isWidgetMedia.present) {
       map['is_widget_media'] = Variable<bool>(isWidgetMedia.value);
     }
+    if (isStory.present) {
+      map['is_story'] = Variable<bool>(isStory.value);
+    }
     if (openedAt.present) {
       map['opened_at'] = Variable<DateTime>(openedAt.value);
     }
@@ -6328,6 +6378,7 @@ class MessagesCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<Message> {
           ..write('quotesMessageId: $quotesMessageId, ')
           ..write('isDeletedFromSender: $isDeletedFromSender, ')
           ..write('isWidgetMedia: $isWidgetMedia, ')
+          ..write('isStory: $isStory, ')
           ..write('openedAt: $openedAt, ')
           ..write('openedByAll: $openedByAll, ')
           ..write('createdAt: $createdAt, ')
@@ -12081,6 +12132,21 @@ class $ContactGroupsTable extends ContactGroups
     ),
     defaultValue: const Constant(true),
   );
+  static const VerificationMeta _shareStoriesMeta = const VerificationMeta(
+    'shareStories',
+  );
+  @override
+  late final GeneratedColumn<bool> shareStories = GeneratedColumn<bool>(
+    'share_stories',
+    aliasedName,
+    false,
+    type: DriftSqlType.bool,
+    requiredDuringInsert: false,
+    defaultConstraints: GeneratedColumn.constraintIsAlways(
+      'CHECK ("share_stories" IN (0, 1))',
+    ),
+    defaultValue: const Constant(false),
+  );
   static const VerificationMeta _usageCounterMeta = const VerificationMeta(
     'usageCounter',
   );
@@ -12114,6 +12180,7 @@ class $ContactGroupsTable extends ContactGroups
     backgroundColor,
     showAsShortcut,
     showAsLabel,
+    shareStories,
     usageCounter,
     createdAt,
   ];
@@ -12183,6 +12250,15 @@ class $ContactGroupsTable extends ContactGroups
         ),
       );
     }
+    if (data.containsKey('share_stories')) {
+      context.handle(
+        _shareStoriesMeta,
+        shareStories.isAcceptableOrUnknown(
+          data['share_stories']!,
+          _shareStoriesMeta,
+        ),
+      );
+    }
     if (data.containsKey('usage_counter')) {
       context.handle(
         _usageCounterMeta,
@@ -12235,6 +12311,10 @@ class $ContactGroupsTable extends ContactGroups
         DriftSqlType.bool,
         data['${effectivePrefix}show_as_label'],
       )!,
+      shareStories: attachedDatabase.typeMapping.read(
+        DriftSqlType.bool,
+        data['${effectivePrefix}share_stories'],
+      )!,
       usageCounter: attachedDatabase.typeMapping.read(
         DriftSqlType.int,
         data['${effectivePrefix}usage_counter'],
@@ -12260,6 +12340,7 @@ class ContactGroup extends DataClass implements Insertable<ContactGroup> {
   final int backgroundColor;
   final bool showAsShortcut;
   final bool showAsLabel;
+  final bool shareStories;
   final int usageCounter;
   final DateTime createdAt;
   const ContactGroup({
@@ -12270,6 +12351,7 @@ class ContactGroup extends DataClass implements Insertable<ContactGroup> {
     required this.backgroundColor,
     required this.showAsShortcut,
     required this.showAsLabel,
+    required this.shareStories,
     required this.usageCounter,
     required this.createdAt,
   });
@@ -12285,6 +12367,7 @@ class ContactGroup extends DataClass implements Insertable<ContactGroup> {
     map['background_color'] = Variable<int>(backgroundColor);
     map['show_as_shortcut'] = Variable<bool>(showAsShortcut);
     map['show_as_label'] = Variable<bool>(showAsLabel);
+    map['share_stories'] = Variable<bool>(shareStories);
     map['usage_counter'] = Variable<int>(usageCounter);
     map['created_at'] = Variable<DateTime>(createdAt);
     return map;
@@ -12301,6 +12384,7 @@ class ContactGroup extends DataClass implements Insertable<ContactGroup> {
       backgroundColor: Value(backgroundColor),
       showAsShortcut: Value(showAsShortcut),
       showAsLabel: Value(showAsLabel),
+      shareStories: Value(shareStories),
       usageCounter: Value(usageCounter),
       createdAt: Value(createdAt),
     );
@@ -12319,6 +12403,7 @@ class ContactGroup extends DataClass implements Insertable<ContactGroup> {
       backgroundColor: serializer.fromJson<int>(json['backgroundColor']),
       showAsShortcut: serializer.fromJson<bool>(json['showAsShortcut']),
       showAsLabel: serializer.fromJson<bool>(json['showAsLabel']),
+      shareStories: serializer.fromJson<bool>(json['shareStories']),
       usageCounter: serializer.fromJson<int>(json['usageCounter']),
       createdAt: serializer.fromJson<DateTime>(json['createdAt']),
     );
@@ -12334,6 +12419,7 @@ class ContactGroup extends DataClass implements Insertable<ContactGroup> {
       'backgroundColor': serializer.toJson<int>(backgroundColor),
       'showAsShortcut': serializer.toJson<bool>(showAsShortcut),
       'showAsLabel': serializer.toJson<bool>(showAsLabel),
+      'shareStories': serializer.toJson<bool>(shareStories),
       'usageCounter': serializer.toJson<int>(usageCounter),
       'createdAt': serializer.toJson<DateTime>(createdAt),
     };
@@ -12347,6 +12433,7 @@ class ContactGroup extends DataClass implements Insertable<ContactGroup> {
     int? backgroundColor,
     bool? showAsShortcut,
     bool? showAsLabel,
+    bool? shareStories,
     int? usageCounter,
     DateTime? createdAt,
   }) => ContactGroup(
@@ -12357,6 +12444,7 @@ class ContactGroup extends DataClass implements Insertable<ContactGroup> {
     backgroundColor: backgroundColor ?? this.backgroundColor,
     showAsShortcut: showAsShortcut ?? this.showAsShortcut,
     showAsLabel: showAsLabel ?? this.showAsLabel,
+    shareStories: shareStories ?? this.shareStories,
     usageCounter: usageCounter ?? this.usageCounter,
     createdAt: createdAt ?? this.createdAt,
   );
@@ -12375,6 +12463,9 @@ class ContactGroup extends DataClass implements Insertable<ContactGroup> {
       showAsLabel: data.showAsLabel.present
           ? data.showAsLabel.value
           : this.showAsLabel,
+      shareStories: data.shareStories.present
+          ? data.shareStories.value
+          : this.shareStories,
       usageCounter: data.usageCounter.present
           ? data.usageCounter.value
           : this.usageCounter,
@@ -12392,6 +12483,7 @@ class ContactGroup extends DataClass implements Insertable<ContactGroup> {
           ..write('backgroundColor: $backgroundColor, ')
           ..write('showAsShortcut: $showAsShortcut, ')
           ..write('showAsLabel: $showAsLabel, ')
+          ..write('shareStories: $shareStories, ')
           ..write('usageCounter: $usageCounter, ')
           ..write('createdAt: $createdAt')
           ..write(')'))
@@ -12407,6 +12499,7 @@ class ContactGroup extends DataClass implements Insertable<ContactGroup> {
     backgroundColor,
     showAsShortcut,
     showAsLabel,
+    shareStories,
     usageCounter,
     createdAt,
   );
@@ -12421,6 +12514,7 @@ class ContactGroup extends DataClass implements Insertable<ContactGroup> {
           other.backgroundColor == this.backgroundColor &&
           other.showAsShortcut == this.showAsShortcut &&
           other.showAsLabel == this.showAsLabel &&
+          other.shareStories == this.shareStories &&
           other.usageCounter == this.usageCounter &&
           other.createdAt == this.createdAt);
 }
@@ -12433,6 +12527,7 @@ class ContactGroupsCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<ContactGroup> {
   final Value<int> backgroundColor;
   final Value<bool> showAsShortcut;
   final Value<bool> showAsLabel;
+  final Value<bool> shareStories;
   final Value<int> usageCounter;
   final Value<DateTime> createdAt;
   const ContactGroupsCompanion({
@@ -12443,6 +12538,7 @@ class ContactGroupsCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<ContactGroup> {
     this.backgroundColor = const Value.absent(),
     this.showAsShortcut = const Value.absent(),
     this.showAsLabel = const Value.absent(),
+    this.shareStories = const Value.absent(),
     this.usageCounter = const Value.absent(),
     this.createdAt = const Value.absent(),
   });
@@ -12454,6 +12550,7 @@ class ContactGroupsCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<ContactGroup> {
     required int backgroundColor,
     this.showAsShortcut = const Value.absent(),
     this.showAsLabel = const Value.absent(),
+    this.shareStories = const Value.absent(),
     this.usageCounter = const Value.absent(),
     this.createdAt = const Value.absent(),
   }) : name = Value(name),
@@ -12467,6 +12564,7 @@ class ContactGroupsCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<ContactGroup> {
     Expression<int>? backgroundColor,
     Expression<bool>? showAsShortcut,
     Expression<bool>? showAsLabel,
+    Expression<bool>? shareStories,
     Expression<int>? usageCounter,
     Expression<DateTime>? createdAt,
   }) {
@@ -12478,6 +12576,7 @@ class ContactGroupsCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<ContactGroup> {
       if (backgroundColor != null) 'background_color': backgroundColor,
       if (showAsShortcut != null) 'show_as_shortcut': showAsShortcut,
       if (showAsLabel != null) 'show_as_label': showAsLabel,
+      if (shareStories != null) 'share_stories': shareStories,
       if (usageCounter != null) 'usage_counter': usageCounter,
       if (createdAt != null) 'created_at': createdAt,
     });
@@ -12491,6 +12590,7 @@ class ContactGroupsCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<ContactGroup> {
     Value<int>? backgroundColor,
     Value<bool>? showAsShortcut,
     Value<bool>? showAsLabel,
+    Value<bool>? shareStories,
     Value<int>? usageCounter,
     Value<DateTime>? createdAt,
   }) {
@@ -12502,6 +12602,7 @@ class ContactGroupsCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<ContactGroup> {
       backgroundColor: backgroundColor ?? this.backgroundColor,
       showAsShortcut: showAsShortcut ?? this.showAsShortcut,
       showAsLabel: showAsLabel ?? this.showAsLabel,
+      shareStories: shareStories ?? this.shareStories,
       usageCounter: usageCounter ?? this.usageCounter,
       createdAt: createdAt ?? this.createdAt,
     );
@@ -12531,6 +12632,9 @@ class ContactGroupsCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<ContactGroup> {
     if (showAsLabel.present) {
       map['show_as_label'] = Variable<bool>(showAsLabel.value);
     }
+    if (shareStories.present) {
+      map['share_stories'] = Variable<bool>(shareStories.value);
+    }
     if (usageCounter.present) {
       map['usage_counter'] = Variable<int>(usageCounter.value);
     }
@@ -12550,6 +12654,7 @@ class ContactGroupsCompanion extends UpdateCompanion<ContactGroup> {
           ..write('backgroundColor: $backgroundColor, ')
           ..write('showAsShortcut: $showAsShortcut, ')
           ..write('showAsLabel: $showAsLabel, ')
+          ..write('shareStories: $shareStories, ')
           ..write('usageCounter: $usageCounter, ')
           ..write('createdAt: $createdAt')
           ..write(')'))
@@ -14928,6 +15033,7 @@ abstract class _$TwonlyDB extends GeneratedDatabase {
   late final ContactGroupsDao contactGroupsDao = ContactGroupsDao(
     this as TwonlyDB,
   );
+  late final StoriesDao storiesDao = StoriesDao(this as TwonlyDB);
   @override
   Iterable<TableInfo<Table, Object?>> get allTables =>
       allSchemaEntities.whereType<TableInfo<Table, Object?>>();
@@ -16713,7 +16819,7 @@ class $$ContactsTableTableManager
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<$ContactsTable, Contact>(table),
                   $$ContactsTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -18000,8 +18106,10 @@ class $$GroupsTableTableManager
               ),
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
-                (e) =>
+                (e) => (
-                    (e.readTable(table), $$GroupsTableReferences(db, table, e)),
+                  e.readTable<$GroupsTable, Group>(table),
+                  $$GroupsTableReferences(db, table, e),
+                ),
               )
               .toList(),
           prefetchHooksCallback:
@@ -18996,7 +19104,7 @@ class $$MediaFilesTableTableManager
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<$MediaFilesTable, MediaFile>(table),
                   $$MediaFilesTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -19066,6 +19174,7 @@ typedef $$MessagesTableCreateCompanionBuilder =
       Value<String?> quotesMessageId,
       Value<bool> isDeletedFromSender,
       Value<bool> isWidgetMedia,
+      Value<bool> isStory,
       Value<DateTime?> openedAt,
       Value<DateTime?> openedByAll,
       Value<DateTime> createdAt,
@@ -19089,6 +19198,7 @@ typedef $$MessagesTableUpdateCompanionBuilder =
       Value<String?> quotesMessageId,
       Value<bool> isDeletedFromSender,
       Value<bool> isWidgetMedia,
+      Value<bool> isStory,
       Value<DateTime?> openedAt,
       Value<DateTime?> openedByAll,
       Value<DateTime> createdAt,
@@ -19314,6 +19424,11 @@ class $$MessagesTableFilterComposer
     builder: (column) => ColumnFilters(column),
   );
 
+  ColumnFilters<bool> get isStory => $composableBuilder(
+    column: $table.isStory,
+    builder: (column) => ColumnFilters(column),
+  );
+
   ColumnFilters<DateTime> get openedAt => $composableBuilder(
     column: $table.openedAt,
     builder: (column) => ColumnFilters(column),
@@ -19598,6 +19713,11 @@ class $$MessagesTableOrderingComposer
     builder: (column) => ColumnOrderings(column),
   );
 
+  ColumnOrderings<bool> get isStory => $composableBuilder(
+    column: $table.isStory,
+    builder: (column) => ColumnOrderings(column),
+  );
+
   ColumnOrderings<DateTime> get openedAt => $composableBuilder(
     column: $table.openedAt,
     builder: (column) => ColumnOrderings(column),
@@ -19751,6 +19871,9 @@ class $$MessagesTableAnnotationComposer
     builder: (column) => column,
   );
 
+  GeneratedColumn<bool> get isStory =>
+      $composableBuilder(column: $table.isStory, builder: (column) => column);
+
   GeneratedColumn<DateTime> get openedAt =>
       $composableBuilder(column: $table.openedAt, builder: (column) => column);
 
@@ -20020,6 +20143,7 @@ class $$MessagesTableTableManager
                 Value<String?> quotesMessageId = const Value.absent(),
                 Value<bool> isDeletedFromSender = const Value.absent(),
                 Value<bool> isWidgetMedia = const Value.absent(),
+                Value<bool> isStory = const Value.absent(),
                 Value<DateTime?> openedAt = const Value.absent(),
                 Value<DateTime?> openedByAll = const Value.absent(),
                 Value<DateTime> createdAt = const Value.absent(),
@@ -20041,6 +20165,7 @@ class $$MessagesTableTableManager
                 quotesMessageId: quotesMessageId,
                 isDeletedFromSender: isDeletedFromSender,
                 isWidgetMedia: isWidgetMedia,
+                isStory: isStory,
                 openedAt: openedAt,
                 openedByAll: openedByAll,
                 createdAt: createdAt,
@@ -20064,6 +20189,7 @@ class $$MessagesTableTableManager
                 Value<String?> quotesMessageId = const Value.absent(),
                 Value<bool> isDeletedFromSender = const Value.absent(),
                 Value<bool> isWidgetMedia = const Value.absent(),
+                Value<bool> isStory = const Value.absent(),
                 Value<DateTime?> openedAt = const Value.absent(),
                 Value<DateTime?> openedByAll = const Value.absent(),
                 Value<DateTime> createdAt = const Value.absent(),
@@ -20085,6 +20211,7 @@ class $$MessagesTableTableManager
                 quotesMessageId: quotesMessageId,
                 isDeletedFromSender: isDeletedFromSender,
                 isWidgetMedia: isWidgetMedia,
+                isStory: isStory,
                 openedAt: openedAt,
                 openedByAll: openedByAll,
                 createdAt: createdAt,
@@ -20096,7 +20223,7 @@ class $$MessagesTableTableManager
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<$MessagesTable, Message>(table),
                   $$MessagesTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -20643,7 +20770,7 @@ class $$MessageHistoriesTableTableManager
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<$MessageHistoriesTable, MessageHistory>(table),
                   $$MessageHistoriesTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -21031,7 +21158,7 @@ class $$ReactionsTableTableManager
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<$ReactionsTable, Reaction>(table),
                   $$ReactionsTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -21503,7 +21630,7 @@ class $$GroupMembersTableTableManager
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<$GroupMembersTable, GroupMember>(table),
                   $$GroupMembersTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -22053,7 +22180,7 @@ class $$ReceiptsTableTableManager
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<$ReceiptsTable, Receipt>(table),
                   $$ReceiptsTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -22251,7 +22378,16 @@ class $$ReceivedReceiptsTableTableManager
                 rowid: rowid,
               ),
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
-              .map((e) => (e.readTable(table), BaseReferences(db, table, e)))
+              .map(
+                (e) => (
+                  e.readTable<$ReceivedReceiptsTable, ReceivedReceipt>(table),
+                  BaseReferences<
+                    _$TwonlyDB,
+                    $ReceivedReceiptsTable,
+                    ReceivedReceipt
+                  >(db, table, e),
+                ),
+              )
               .toList(),
           prefetchHooksCallback: null,
         ),
@@ -22587,7 +22723,7 @@ class $$MessageActionsTableTableManager
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<$MessageActionsTable, MessageAction>(table),
                   $$MessageActionsTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -23090,7 +23226,7 @@ class $$GroupHistoriesTableTableManager
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<$GroupHistoriesTable, GroupHistory>(table),
                   $$GroupHistoriesTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -23499,7 +23635,7 @@ class $$KeyVerificationsTableTableManager
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<$KeyVerificationsTable, KeyVerification>(table),
                   $$KeyVerificationsTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -23721,7 +23857,18 @@ class $$VerificationTokensTableTableManager
                 createdAt: createdAt,
               ),
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
-              .map((e) => (e.readTable(table), BaseReferences(db, table, e)))
+              .map(
+                (e) => (
+                  e.readTable<$VerificationTokensTable, VerificationToken>(
+                    table,
+                  ),
+                  BaseReferences<
+                    _$TwonlyDB,
+                    $VerificationTokensTable,
+                    VerificationToken
+                  >(db, table, e),
+                ),
+              )
               .toList(),
           prefetchHooksCallback: null,
         ),
@@ -24076,7 +24223,10 @@ class $$UserDiscoveryAnnouncedUsersTableTableManager
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<
+                    $UserDiscoveryAnnouncedUsersTable,
+                    UserDiscoveryAnnouncedUser
+                  >(table),
                   $$UserDiscoveryAnnouncedUsersTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -24463,7 +24613,10 @@ class $$UserDiscoveryUserRelationsTableTableManager
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<
+                    $UserDiscoveryUserRelationsTable,
+                    UserDiscoveryUserRelation
+                  >(table),
                   $$UserDiscoveryUserRelationsTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -24851,7 +25004,10 @@ class $$UserDiscoveryOtherPromotionsTableTableManager
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<
+                    $UserDiscoveryOtherPromotionsTable,
+                    UserDiscoveryOtherPromotion
+                  >(table),
                   $$UserDiscoveryOtherPromotionsTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -25154,7 +25310,10 @@ class $$UserDiscoveryOwnPromotionsTableTableManager
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<
+                    $UserDiscoveryOwnPromotionsTable,
+                    UserDiscoveryOwnPromotion
+                  >(table),
                   $$UserDiscoveryOwnPromotionsTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -25446,7 +25605,9 @@ class $$UserDiscoverySharesTableTableManager
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<$UserDiscoverySharesTable, UserDiscoveryShare>(
+                    table,
+                  ),
                   $$UserDiscoverySharesTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -25521,6 +25682,7 @@ typedef $$ContactGroupsTableCreateCompanionBuilder =
       required int backgroundColor,
       Value<bool> showAsShortcut,
       Value<bool> showAsLabel,
+      Value<bool> shareStories,
       Value<int> usageCounter,
       Value<DateTime> createdAt,
     });
@@ -25533,6 +25695,7 @@ typedef $$ContactGroupsTableUpdateCompanionBuilder =
       Value<int> backgroundColor,
       Value<bool> showAsShortcut,
       Value<bool> showAsLabel,
+      Value<bool> shareStories,
       Value<int> usageCounter,
       Value<DateTime> createdAt,
     });
@@ -25613,6 +25776,11 @@ class $$ContactGroupsTableFilterComposer
     builder: (column) => ColumnFilters(column),
   );
 
+  ColumnFilters<bool> get shareStories => $composableBuilder(
+    column: $table.shareStories,
+    builder: (column) => ColumnFilters(column),
+  );
+
   ColumnFilters<int> get usageCounter => $composableBuilder(
     column: $table.usageCounter,
     builder: (column) => ColumnFilters(column),
@@ -25693,6 +25861,11 @@ class $$ContactGroupsTableOrderingComposer
     builder: (column) => ColumnOrderings(column),
   );
 
+  ColumnOrderings<bool> get shareStories => $composableBuilder(
+    column: $table.shareStories,
+    builder: (column) => ColumnOrderings(column),
+  );
+
   ColumnOrderings<int> get usageCounter => $composableBuilder(
     column: $table.usageCounter,
     builder: (column) => ColumnOrderings(column),
@@ -25740,6 +25913,11 @@ class $$ContactGroupsTableAnnotationComposer
     builder: (column) => column,
   );
 
+  GeneratedColumn<bool> get shareStories => $composableBuilder(
+    column: $table.shareStories,
+    builder: (column) => column,
+  );
+
   GeneratedColumn<int> get usageCounter => $composableBuilder(
     column: $table.usageCounter,
     builder: (column) => column,
@@ -25810,6 +25988,7 @@ class $$ContactGroupsTableTableManager
                 Value<int> backgroundColor = const Value.absent(),
                 Value<bool> showAsShortcut = const Value.absent(),
                 Value<bool> showAsLabel = const Value.absent(),
+                Value<bool> shareStories = const Value.absent(),
                 Value<int> usageCounter = const Value.absent(),
                 Value<DateTime> createdAt = const Value.absent(),
               }) => ContactGroupsCompanion(
@@ -25820,6 +25999,7 @@ class $$ContactGroupsTableTableManager
                 backgroundColor: backgroundColor,
                 showAsShortcut: showAsShortcut,
                 showAsLabel: showAsLabel,
+                shareStories: shareStories,
                 usageCounter: usageCounter,
                 createdAt: createdAt,
               ),
@@ -25832,6 +26012,7 @@ class $$ContactGroupsTableTableManager
                 required int backgroundColor,
                 Value<bool> showAsShortcut = const Value.absent(),
                 Value<bool> showAsLabel = const Value.absent(),
+                Value<bool> shareStories = const Value.absent(),
                 Value<int> usageCounter = const Value.absent(),
                 Value<DateTime> createdAt = const Value.absent(),
               }) => ContactGroupsCompanion.insert(
@@ -25842,13 +26023,14 @@ class $$ContactGroupsTableTableManager
                 backgroundColor: backgroundColor,
                 showAsShortcut: showAsShortcut,
                 showAsLabel: showAsLabel,
+                shareStories: shareStories,
                 usageCounter: usageCounter,
                 createdAt: createdAt,
               ),
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<$ContactGroupsTable, ContactGroup>(table),
                   $$ContactGroupsTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -26304,7 +26486,9 @@ class $$ContactGroupMembersTableTableManager
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<$ContactGroupMembersTable, ContactGroupMember>(
+                    table,
+                  ),
                   $$ContactGroupMembersTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -26755,7 +26939,16 @@ class $$WebxdcAppsTableTableManager
                 rowid: rowid,
               ),
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
-              .map((e) => (e.readTable(table), BaseReferences(db, table, e)))
+              .map(
+                (e) => (
+                  e.readTable<$WebxdcAppsTable, WebxdcApp>(table),
+                  BaseReferences<_$TwonlyDB, $WebxdcAppsTable, WebxdcApp>(
+                    db,
+                    table,
+                    e,
+                  ),
+                ),
+              )
               .toList(),
           prefetchHooksCallback: null,
         ),
@@ -27207,7 +27400,7 @@ class $$WebxdcInstancesTableTableManager
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
               .map(
                 (e) => (
-                  e.readTable(table),
+                  e.readTable<$WebxdcInstancesTable, WebxdcInstance>(table),
                   $$WebxdcInstancesTableReferences(db, table, e),
                 ),
               )
@@ -27510,7 +27703,16 @@ class $$WebxdcUpdatesTableTableManager
                 rowid: rowid,
               ),
           withReferenceMapper: (p0) => p0
-              .map((e) => (e.readTable(table), BaseReferences(db, table, e)))
+              .map(
+                (e) => (
+                  e.readTable<$WebxdcUpdatesTable, WebxdcUpdate>(table),
+                  BaseReferences<_$TwonlyDB, $WebxdcUpdatesTable, WebxdcUpdate>(
+                    db,
+                    table,
+                    e,
+                  ),
+                ),
+              )
               .toList(),
           prefetchHooksCallback: null,
         ),

lib/src/localization/generated/app_localizations.dart

@@ -4857,6 +4857,144 @@ abstract class AppLocalizations {
   /// In en, this message translates to:
   /// **'This link opens outside twonly, in your browser:'**
   String get webxdcExternalLinkBody;
+
+  /// No description provided for @notificationStory.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'posted a story.'**
+  String get notificationStory;
+
+  /// No description provided for @settingsNotifyStories.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'Story notifications'**
+  String get settingsNotifyStories;
+
+  /// No description provided for @settingsNotifyStoriesSubtitle.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'Be notified of the first story of the day from contacts you\'ve written with in the last two weeks.'**
+  String get settingsNotifyStoriesSubtitle;
+
+  /// No description provided for @contactGroupShareStories.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'Share stories'**
+  String get contactGroupShareStories;
+
+  /// No description provided for @contactGroupShareStoriesSubtitle.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'Offer this group as an audience when you post a story.'**
+  String get contactGroupShareStoriesSubtitle;
+
+  /// No description provided for @contactGroupStoriesFeature.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'Stories'**
+  String get contactGroupStoriesFeature;
+
+  /// No description provided for @story.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'Story'**
+  String get story;
+
+  /// No description provided for @storyExpired.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'Story expired'**
+  String get storyExpired;
+
+  /// No description provided for @storyMine.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'My story'**
+  String get storyMine;
+
+  /// No description provided for @storyDeleteTitle.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'Delete story?'**
+  String get storyDeleteTitle;
+
+  /// No description provided for @storyDeleteBody.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'This removes it from your story.'**
+  String get storyDeleteBody;
+
+  /// No description provided for @storyDelete.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'Delete'**
+  String get storyDelete;
+
+  /// No description provided for @storyDeleteFailed.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'Could not delete it. Try again in a moment.'**
+  String get storyDeleteFailed;
+
+  /// No description provided for @shareImageStory.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'Story'**
+  String get shareImageStory;
+
+  /// No description provided for @shareImageStoryAudience.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'{count, plural, =1{Reaches 1 contact} other{Reaches {count} contacts}}'**
+  String shareImageStoryAudience(int count);
+
+  /// No description provided for @shareImageStoryUnavailable.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'twonly-protected media can\'t be posted as a story.'**
+  String get shareImageStoryUnavailable;
+
+  /// No description provided for @shareImageStoryAll.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'All contacts'**
+  String get shareImageStoryAll;
+
+  /// No description provided for @shareImageStoryNewGroup.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'New story group'**
+  String get shareImageStoryNewGroup;
+
+  /// No description provided for @shareImageStoryFailed.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'Could not post the story. One send can reach at most {max} people.'**
+  String shareImageStoryFailed(int max);
+
+  /// No description provided for @notificationStoryReply.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'has replied to your story.'**
+  String get notificationStoryReply;
+
+  /// No description provided for @notificationStoryReaction.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'has reacted with {reaction} to your story.'**
+  String notificationStoryReaction(Object reaction);
+
+  /// No description provided for @notificationStoredStory.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'has saved your story.'**
+  String get notificationStoredStory;
+
+  /// No description provided for @storyViews.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'{count, plural, =0{No views yet} =1{1 view} other{{count} views}}'**
+  String storyViews(int count);
 }
 
 class _AppLocalizationsDelegate

lib/src/localization/generated/app_localizations_ar.dart

@@ -2851,4 +2851,97 @@ class AppLocalizationsAr extends AppLocalizations {
   @override
   String get webxdcExternalLinkBody =>
       'يُفتح هذا الرابط خارج twonly، في متصفحك:';
+
+  @override
+  String get notificationStory => 'قصة جديدة.';
+
+  @override
+  String get settingsNotifyStories => 'إشعارات القصص';
+
+  @override
+  String get settingsNotifyStoriesSubtitle =>
+      'تلقَّ إشعارًا بأول قصة في اليوم من جهات الاتصال التي راسلتها خلال الأسبوعين الماضيين.';
+
+  @override
+  String get contactGroupShareStories => 'مشاركة القصص';
+
+  @override
+  String get contactGroupShareStoriesSubtitle =>
+      'اعرض هذه المجموعة كجمهور عند نشر قصة.';
+
+  @override
+  String get contactGroupStoriesFeature => 'القصص';
+
+  @override
+  String get story => 'قصة';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyExpired => 'انتهت صلاحية القصة';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyMine => 'قصتي';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyDeleteTitle => 'حذف القصة؟';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyDeleteBody => 'سيؤدي هذا إلى إزالتها من قصتك.';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyDelete => 'حذف';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyDeleteFailed => 'تعذّر الحذف. حاول مرة أخرى بعد قليل.';
+
+  @override
+  String get shareImageStory => 'قصة';
+
+  @override
+  String shareImageStoryAudience(int count) {
+    String _temp0 = intl.Intl.pluralLogic(
+      count,
+      locale: localeName,
+      other: 'تصل إلى $count من جهات الاتصال',
+      one: 'تصل إلى جهة اتصال واحدة',
+    );
+    return '$_temp0';
+  }
+
+  @override
+  String get shareImageStoryUnavailable =>
+      'لا يمكن نشر الوسائط المحمية بـ twonly كقصة.';
+
+  @override
+  String get shareImageStoryAll => 'كل جهات الاتصال';
+
+  @override
+  String get shareImageStoryNewGroup => 'مجموعة قصص جديدة';
+
+  @override
+  String shareImageStoryFailed(int max) {
+    return 'تعذّر نشر القصة. يمكن أن يصل الإرسال الواحد إلى $max شخص كحد أقصى.';
+  }
+
+  @override
+  String get notificationStoryReply => 'رد على قصتك.';
+
+  @override
+  String notificationStoryReaction(Object reaction) {
+    return 'تفاعل $reaction مع قصتك.';
+  }
+
+  @override
+  String get notificationStoredStory => 'تم حفظ قصتك.';
+
+  @override
+  String storyViews(int count) {
+    String _temp0 = intl.Intl.pluralLogic(
+      count,
+      locale: localeName,
+      other: '$count مشاهدات',
+      one: 'مشاهدة واحدة',
+      zero: 'لا مشاهدات بعد',
+    );
+    return '$_temp0';
+  }
 }

lib/src/localization/generated/app_localizations_de.dart

@@ -2851,4 +2851,98 @@ class AppLocalizationsDe extends AppLocalizations {
   @override
   String get webxdcExternalLinkBody =>
       'Dieser Link öffnet sich außerhalb von twonly in deinem Browser:';
+
+  @override
+  String get notificationStory => 'hat eine Story gepostet.';
+
+  @override
+  String get settingsNotifyStories => 'Story-Benachrichtigungen';
+
+  @override
+  String get settingsNotifyStoriesSubtitle =>
+      'Werde über die erste Story des Tages von Kontakten benachrichtigt, mit denen du in den letzten zwei Wochen geschrieben hast.';
+
+  @override
+  String get contactGroupShareStories => 'Stories teilen';
+
+  @override
+  String get contactGroupShareStoriesSubtitle =>
+      'Biete diese Gruppe als Publikum an, wenn du eine Story postest.';
+
+  @override
+  String get contactGroupStoriesFeature => 'Stories';
+
+  @override
+  String get story => 'Story';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyExpired => 'Story abgelaufen';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyMine => 'Meine Story';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyDeleteTitle => 'Story löschen?';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyDeleteBody => 'Dadurch wird sie aus deiner Story entfernt.';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyDelete => 'Löschen';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyDeleteFailed =>
+      'Konnte nicht gelöscht werden. Versuche es gleich noch einmal.';
+
+  @override
+  String get shareImageStory => 'Story';
+
+  @override
+  String shareImageStoryAudience(int count) {
+    String _temp0 = intl.Intl.pluralLogic(
+      count,
+      locale: localeName,
+      other: 'Erreicht $count Kontakte',
+      one: 'Erreicht 1 Kontakt',
+    );
+    return '$_temp0';
+  }
+
+  @override
+  String get shareImageStoryUnavailable =>
+      'Mit twonly geschützte Medien können nicht als Story gepostet werden.';
+
+  @override
+  String get shareImageStoryAll => 'Alle Kontakte';
+
+  @override
+  String get shareImageStoryNewGroup => 'Neue Story-Gruppe';
+
+  @override
+  String shareImageStoryFailed(int max) {
+    return 'Die Story konnte nicht gepostet werden. Ein Versand erreicht höchstens $max Personen.';
+  }
+
+  @override
+  String get notificationStoryReply => 'hat auf deine Story geantwortet.';
+
+  @override
+  String notificationStoryReaction(Object reaction) {
+    return 'hat mit $reaction auf deine Story reagiert.';
+  }
+
+  @override
+  String get notificationStoredStory => 'hat deine Story gespeichert.';
+
+  @override
+  String storyViews(int count) {
+    String _temp0 = intl.Intl.pluralLogic(
+      count,
+      locale: localeName,
+      other: '$count Aufrufe',
+      one: '1 Aufruf',
+      zero: 'Noch keine Aufrufe',
+    );
+    return '$_temp0';
+  }
 }

lib/src/localization/generated/app_localizations_en.dart

@@ -2823,4 +2823,97 @@ class AppLocalizationsEn extends AppLocalizations {
   @override
   String get webxdcExternalLinkBody =>
       'This link opens outside twonly, in your browser:';
+
+  @override
+  String get notificationStory => 'posted a story.';
+
+  @override
+  String get settingsNotifyStories => 'Story notifications';
+
+  @override
+  String get settingsNotifyStoriesSubtitle =>
+      'Be notified of the first story of the day from contacts you\'ve written with in the last two weeks.';
+
+  @override
+  String get contactGroupShareStories => 'Share stories';
+
+  @override
+  String get contactGroupShareStoriesSubtitle =>
+      'Offer this group as an audience when you post a story.';
+
+  @override
+  String get contactGroupStoriesFeature => 'Stories';
+
+  @override
+  String get story => 'Story';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyExpired => 'Story expired';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyMine => 'My story';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyDeleteTitle => 'Delete story?';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyDeleteBody => 'This removes it from your story.';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyDelete => 'Delete';
+
+  @override
+  String get storyDeleteFailed => 'Could not delete it. Try again in a moment.';
+
+  @override
+  String get shareImageStory => 'Story';
+
+  @override
+  String shareImageStoryAudience(int count) {
+    String _temp0 = intl.Intl.pluralLogic(
+      count,
+      locale: localeName,
+      other: 'Reaches $count contacts',
+      one: 'Reaches 1 contact',
+    );
+    return '$_temp0';
+  }
+
+  @override
+  String get shareImageStoryUnavailable =>
+      'twonly-protected media can\'t be posted as a story.';
+
+  @override
+  String get shareImageStoryAll => 'All contacts';
+
+  @override
+  String get shareImageStoryNewGroup => 'New story group';
+
+  @override
+  String shareImageStoryFailed(int max) {
+    return 'Could not post the story. One send can reach at most $max people.';
+  }
+
+  @override
+  String get notificationStoryReply => 'has replied to your story.';
+
+  @override
+  String notificationStoryReaction(Object reaction) {
+    return 'has reacted with $reaction to your story.';
+  }
+
+  @override
+  String get notificationStoredStory => 'has saved your story.';
+
+  @override
+  String storyViews(int count) {
+    String _temp0 = intl.Intl.pluralLogic(
+      count,
+      locale: localeName,
+      other: '$count views',
+      one: '1 view',
+      zero: 'No views yet',
+    );
+    return '$_temp0';
+  }
 }

lib/src/localization/translations/ar.arb

@@ -792,5 +792,49 @@
   "webxdcUnavailable": "تعذّر تحميل هذا التطبيق.",
   "webxdcDeleteConfirm": "سيتم حذف كل ما حفظه هذا التطبيق على هذا الجهاز. يحتفظ الأعضاء الآخرون بنسختهم الخاصة.",
   "webxdcExternalLinkTitle": "مغادرة twonly؟",
-  "webxdcExternalLinkBody": "يُفتح هذا الرابط خارج twonly، في متصفحك:"
+  "webxdcExternalLinkBody": "يُفتح هذا الرابط خارج twonly، في متصفحك:",
+  "notificationStory": "قصة جديدة.",
+  "settingsNotifyStories": "إشعارات القصص",
+  "settingsNotifyStoriesSubtitle": "تلقَّ إشعارًا بأول قصة في اليوم من جهات الاتصال التي راسلتها خلال الأسبوعين الماضيين.",
+  "contactGroupShareStories": "مشاركة القصص",
+  "contactGroupShareStoriesSubtitle": "اعرض هذه المجموعة كجمهور عند نشر قصة.",
+  "contactGroupStoriesFeature": "القصص",
+  "story": "قصة",
+  "storyExpired": "انتهت صلاحية القصة",
+  "storyMine": "قصتي",
+  "storyDeleteTitle": "حذف القصة؟",
+  "storyDeleteBody": "سيؤدي هذا إلى إزالتها من قصتك.",
+  "storyDelete": "حذف",
+  "storyDeleteFailed": "تعذّر الحذف. حاول مرة أخرى بعد قليل.",
+  "shareImageStory": "قصة",
+  "shareImageStoryAudience": "{count, plural, =1{تصل إلى جهة اتصال واحدة} other{تصل إلى {count} من جهات الاتصال}}",
+  "@shareImageStoryAudience": {
+    "placeholders": {
+      "count": {
+        "type": "int"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "shareImageStoryUnavailable": "لا يمكن نشر الوسائط المحمية بـ twonly كقصة.",
+  "shareImageStoryAll": "كل جهات الاتصال",
+  "shareImageStoryNewGroup": "مجموعة قصص جديدة",
+  "shareImageStoryFailed": "تعذّر نشر القصة. يمكن أن يصل الإرسال الواحد إلى {max} شخص كحد أقصى.",
+  "@shareImageStoryFailed": {
+    "placeholders": {
+      "max": {
+        "type": "int"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "notificationStoryReply": "رد على قصتك.",
+  "notificationStoryReaction": "تفاعل {reaction} مع قصتك.",
+  "notificationStoredStory": "تم حفظ قصتك.",
+  "storyViews": "{count, plural, =0{لا مشاهدات بعد} =1{مشاهدة واحدة} other{{count} مشاهدات}}",
+  "@storyViews": {
+    "placeholders": {
+      "count": {
+        "type": "int"
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }

lib/src/localization/translations/de.arb

@@ -1105,5 +1105,49 @@
   "webxdcUnavailable": "Diese App konnte nicht geladen werden.",
   "webxdcDeleteConfirm": "Alles, was diese App auf diesem Gerät gespeichert hat, wird gelöscht. Andere Mitglieder behalten ihre eigene Kopie.",
   "webxdcExternalLinkTitle": "twonly verlassen?",
-  "webxdcExternalLinkBody": "Dieser Link öffnet sich außerhalb von twonly in deinem Browser:"
+  "webxdcExternalLinkBody": "Dieser Link öffnet sich außerhalb von twonly in deinem Browser:",
+  "notificationStory": "hat eine Story gepostet.",
+  "settingsNotifyStories": "Story-Benachrichtigungen",
+  "settingsNotifyStoriesSubtitle": "Werde über die erste Story des Tages von Kontakten benachrichtigt, mit denen du in den letzten zwei Wochen geschrieben hast.",
+  "contactGroupShareStories": "Stories teilen",
+  "contactGroupShareStoriesSubtitle": "Biete diese Gruppe als Publikum an, wenn du eine Story postest.",
+  "contactGroupStoriesFeature": "Stories",
+  "story": "Story",
+  "storyExpired": "Story abgelaufen",
+  "storyMine": "Meine Story",
+  "storyDeleteTitle": "Story löschen?",
+  "storyDeleteBody": "Dadurch wird sie aus deiner Story entfernt.",
+  "storyDelete": "Löschen",
+  "storyDeleteFailed": "Konnte nicht gelöscht werden. Versuche es gleich noch einmal.",
+  "shareImageStory": "Story",
+  "shareImageStoryAudience": "{count, plural, =1{Erreicht 1 Kontakt} other{Erreicht {count} Kontakte}}",
+  "@shareImageStoryAudience": {
+    "placeholders": {
+      "count": {
+        "type": "int"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "shareImageStoryUnavailable": "Mit twonly geschützte Medien können nicht als Story gepostet werden.",
+  "shareImageStoryAll": "Alle Kontakte",
+  "shareImageStoryNewGroup": "Neue Story-Gruppe",
+  "shareImageStoryFailed": "Die Story konnte nicht gepostet werden. Ein Versand erreicht höchstens {max} Personen.",
+  "@shareImageStoryFailed": {
+    "placeholders": {
+      "max": {
+        "type": "int"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "notificationStoryReply": "hat auf deine Story geantwortet.",
+  "notificationStoryReaction": "hat mit {reaction} auf deine Story reagiert.",
+  "notificationStoredStory": "hat deine Story gespeichert.",
+  "storyViews": "{count, plural, =0{Noch keine Aufrufe} =1{1 Aufruf} other{{count} Aufrufe}}",
+  "@storyViews": {
+    "placeholders": {
+      "count": {
+        "type": "int"
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }

lib/src/localization/translations/en.arb

@@ -1115,5 +1115,49 @@
   "webxdcUnavailable": "This app could not be loaded.",
   "webxdcDeleteConfirm": "Everything this app saved on this device is deleted. Other members keep their own copy.",
   "webxdcExternalLinkTitle": "Leave twonly?",
-  "webxdcExternalLinkBody": "This link opens outside twonly, in your browser:"
+  "webxdcExternalLinkBody": "This link opens outside twonly, in your browser:",
+  "notificationStory": "posted a story.",
+  "settingsNotifyStories": "Story notifications",
+  "settingsNotifyStoriesSubtitle": "Be notified of the first story of the day from contacts you've written with in the last two weeks.",
+  "contactGroupShareStories": "Share stories",
+  "contactGroupShareStoriesSubtitle": "Offer this group as an audience when you post a story.",
+  "contactGroupStoriesFeature": "Stories",
+  "story": "Story",
+  "storyExpired": "Story expired",
+  "storyMine": "My story",
+  "storyDeleteTitle": "Delete story?",
+  "storyDeleteBody": "This removes it from your story.",
+  "storyDelete": "Delete",
+  "storyDeleteFailed": "Could not delete it. Try again in a moment.",
+  "shareImageStory": "Story",
+  "shareImageStoryAudience": "{count, plural, =1{Reaches 1 contact} other{Reaches {count} contacts}}",
+  "@shareImageStoryAudience": {
+    "placeholders": {
+      "count": {
+        "type": "int"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "shareImageStoryUnavailable": "twonly-protected media can't be posted as a story.",
+  "shareImageStoryAll": "All contacts",
+  "shareImageStoryNewGroup": "New story group",
+  "shareImageStoryFailed": "Could not post the story. One send can reach at most {max} people.",
+  "@shareImageStoryFailed": {
+    "placeholders": {
+      "max": {
+        "type": "int"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "notificationStoryReply": "has replied to your story.",
+  "notificationStoryReaction": "has reacted with {reaction} to your story.",
+  "notificationStoredStory": "has saved your story.",
+  "storyViews": "{count, plural, =0{No views yet} =1{1 view} other{{count} views}}",
+  "@storyViews": {
+    "placeholders": {
+      "count": {
+        "type": "int"
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }

lib/src/model/protobuf/client/generated/messages.pb.dart

@@ -373,12 +373,15 @@ class EncryptedContent_TextMessage extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
     $core.String? text,
     $fixnum.Int64? timestamp,
     $core.String? quoteMessageId,
+    $core.List<$core.int>? additionalMessageData,
   }) {
     final result = create();
     if (senderMessageId != null) result.senderMessageId = senderMessageId;
     if (text != null) result.text = text;
     if (timestamp != null) result.timestamp = timestamp;
     if (quoteMessageId != null) result.quoteMessageId = quoteMessageId;
+    if (additionalMessageData != null)
+      result.additionalMessageData = additionalMessageData;
     return result;
   }
 
@@ -398,6 +401,8 @@ class EncryptedContent_TextMessage extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
     ..aOS(2, _omitFieldNames ? '' : 'text')
     ..aInt64(3, _omitFieldNames ? '' : 'timestamp')
     ..aOS(4, _omitFieldNames ? '' : 'quoteMessageId')
+    ..a<$core.List<$core.int>>(
+        5, _omitFieldNames ? '' : 'additionalMessageData', $pb.PbFieldType.OY)
     ..hasRequiredFields = false;
 
   @$core.Deprecated('See https://github.com/google/protobuf.dart/issues/998.')
@@ -457,6 +462,18 @@ class EncryptedContent_TextMessage extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
   $core.bool hasQuoteMessageId() => $_has(3);
   @$pb.TagNumber(4)
   void clearQuoteMessageId() => $_clearField(4);
+
+  /// Carries where the text came from when it was not typed by the sender --
+  /// today, the webxdc app that produced it.
+  @$pb.TagNumber(5)
+  $core.List<$core.int> get additionalMessageData => $_getN(4);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(5)
+  set additionalMessageData($core.List<$core.int> value) =>
+      $_setBytes(4, value);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(5)
+  $core.bool hasAdditionalMessageData() => $_has(4);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(5)
+  void clearAdditionalMessageData() => $_clearField(5);
 }
 
 class EncryptedContent_AdditionalDataMessage extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
@@ -465,6 +482,7 @@ class EncryptedContent_AdditionalDataMessage extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
     $fixnum.Int64? timestamp,
     $core.String? type,
     $core.List<$core.int>? additionalMessageData,
+    $core.bool? hidden,
   }) {
     final result = create();
     if (senderMessageId != null) result.senderMessageId = senderMessageId;
@@ -472,6 +490,7 @@ class EncryptedContent_AdditionalDataMessage extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
     if (type != null) result.type = type;
     if (additionalMessageData != null)
       result.additionalMessageData = additionalMessageData;
+    if (hidden != null) result.hidden = hidden;
     return result;
   }
 
@@ -493,6 +512,7 @@ class EncryptedContent_AdditionalDataMessage extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
     ..aOS(3, _omitFieldNames ? '' : 'type')
     ..a<$core.List<$core.int>>(
         4, _omitFieldNames ? '' : 'additionalMessageData', $pb.PbFieldType.OY)
+    ..aOB(5, _omitFieldNames ? '' : 'hidden')
     ..hasRequiredFields = false;
 
   @$core.Deprecated('See https://github.com/google/protobuf.dart/issues/998.')
@@ -554,6 +574,22 @@ class EncryptedContent_AdditionalDataMessage extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
   $core.bool hasAdditionalMessageData() => $_has(3);
   @$pb.TagNumber(4)
   void clearAdditionalMessageData() => $_clearField(4);
+
+  /// State a feature exchanges rather than something a person sent. A hidden
+  /// message leaves no row in `messages`, so it never appears in a chat, and
+  /// it neither raises a notification nor wakes the receiver.
+  ///
+  /// The one exception is a webxdc update carrying an `info`: the state stays
+  /// hidden, but the announcement in it is written to be read and becomes a
+  /// chat row of its own on arrival, which is worth waking for.
+  @$pb.TagNumber(5)
+  $core.bool get hidden => $_getBF(4);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(5)
+  set hidden($core.bool value) => $_setBool(4, value);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(5)
+  $core.bool hasHidden() => $_has(4);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(5)
+  void clearHidden() => $_clearField(5);
 }
 
 class EncryptedContent_Reaction extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
@@ -747,6 +783,7 @@ class EncryptedContent_Media extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
     $core.List<$core.int>? encryptionMac,
     $core.List<$core.int>? encryptionNonce,
     $core.List<$core.int>? additionalMessageData,
+    $core.bool? widgetOnly,
   }) {
     final result = create();
     if (senderMessageId != null) result.senderMessageId = senderMessageId;
@@ -763,6 +800,7 @@ class EncryptedContent_Media extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
     if (encryptionNonce != null) result.encryptionNonce = encryptionNonce;
     if (additionalMessageData != null)
       result.additionalMessageData = additionalMessageData;
+    if (widgetOnly != null) result.widgetOnly = widgetOnly;
     return result;
   }
 
@@ -795,6 +833,7 @@ class EncryptedContent_Media extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
         10, _omitFieldNames ? '' : 'encryptionNonce', $pb.PbFieldType.OY)
     ..a<$core.List<$core.int>>(
         11, _omitFieldNames ? '' : 'additionalMessageData', $pb.PbFieldType.OY)
+    ..aOB(12, _omitFieldNames ? '' : 'widgetOnly')
     ..hasRequiredFields = false;
 
   @$core.Deprecated('See https://github.com/google/protobuf.dart/issues/998.')
@@ -916,6 +955,90 @@ class EncryptedContent_Media extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
   $core.bool hasAdditionalMessageData() => $_has(10);
   @$pb.TagNumber(11)
   void clearAdditionalMessageData() => $_clearField(11);
+
+  @$pb.TagNumber(12)
+  $core.bool get widgetOnly => $_getBF(11);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(12)
+  set widgetOnly($core.bool value) => $_setBool(11, value);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(12)
+  $core.bool hasWidgetOnly() => $_has(11);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(12)
+  void clearWidgetOnly() => $_clearField(12);
+}
+
+/// A story item. It carries no group ID: the receiver files it under its 1:1
+/// chat with the sender, keeps it for 24 hours after `media.timestamp`, and
+/// never shows it in that chat unless it is saved.
+class EncryptedContent_Story extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
+  factory EncryptedContent_Story({
+    EncryptedContent_Media? media,
+    $core.bool? notify,
+  }) {
+    final result = create();
+    if (media != null) result.media = media;
+    if (notify != null) result.notify = notify;
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  EncryptedContent_Story._();
+
+  factory EncryptedContent_Story.fromBuffer($core.List<$core.int> data,
+          [$pb.ExtensionRegistry registry = $pb.ExtensionRegistry.EMPTY]) =>
+      create()..mergeFromBuffer(data, registry);
+  factory EncryptedContent_Story.fromJson($core.String json,
+          [$pb.ExtensionRegistry registry = $pb.ExtensionRegistry.EMPTY]) =>
+      create()..mergeFromJson(json, registry);
+
+  static final $pb.BuilderInfo _i = $pb.BuilderInfo(
+      _omitMessageNames ? '' : 'EncryptedContent.Story',
+      createEmptyInstance: create)
+    ..aOM<EncryptedContent_Media>(1, _omitFieldNames ? '' : 'media',
+        subBuilder: EncryptedContent_Media.create)
+    ..aOB(2, _omitFieldNames ? '' : 'notify')
+    ..hasRequiredFields = false;
+
+  @$core.Deprecated('See https://github.com/google/protobuf.dart/issues/998.')
+  EncryptedContent_Story clone() => deepCopy();
+  @$core.Deprecated('See https://github.com/google/protobuf.dart/issues/998.')
+  EncryptedContent_Story copyWith(
+          void Function(EncryptedContent_Story) updates) =>
+      super.copyWith((message) => updates(message as EncryptedContent_Story))
+          as EncryptedContent_Story;
+
+  @$core.override
+  $pb.BuilderInfo get info_ => _i;
+
+  @$core.pragma('dart2js:noInline')
+  static EncryptedContent_Story create() => EncryptedContent_Story._();
+  @$core.override
+  EncryptedContent_Story createEmptyInstance() => create();
+  @$core.pragma('dart2js:noInline')
+  static EncryptedContent_Story getDefault() => _defaultInstance ??=
+      $pb.GeneratedMessage.$_defaultFor<EncryptedContent_Story>(create);
+  static EncryptedContent_Story? _defaultInstance;
+
+  @$pb.TagNumber(1)
+  EncryptedContent_Media get media => $_getN(0);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(1)
+  set media(EncryptedContent_Media value) => $_setField(1, value);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(1)
+  $core.bool hasMedia() => $_has(0);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(1)
+  void clearMedia() => $_clearField(1);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(1)
+  EncryptedContent_Media ensureMedia() => $_ensure(0);
+
+  /// Whether the sender woke the receiver for this item, which it does for
+  /// the first story in 24 hours only. The receiver announces the story only
+  /// when this is set, so a push and its notification never disagree.
+  @$pb.TagNumber(2)
+  $core.bool get notify => $_getBF(1);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(2)
+  set notify($core.bool value) => $_setBool(1, value);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(2)
+  $core.bool hasNotify() => $_has(1);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(2)
+  void clearNotify() => $_clearField(2);
 }
 
 class EncryptedContent_MediaUpdate extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
@@ -1649,6 +1772,8 @@ class EncryptedContent extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
     EncryptedContent_PasswordLessRecovery? passwordlessRecovery,
     EncryptedContent_PasswordLessRecoveryHeartbeat?
         passwordlessRecoveryHeartbeat,
+    $core.bool? widgetSharingAllowed,
+    EncryptedContent_Story? story,
   }) {
     final result = create();
     if (groupId != null) result.groupId = groupId;
@@ -1686,6 +1811,9 @@ class EncryptedContent extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
       result.passwordlessRecovery = passwordlessRecovery;
     if (passwordlessRecoveryHeartbeat != null)
       result.passwordlessRecoveryHeartbeat = passwordlessRecoveryHeartbeat;
+    if (widgetSharingAllowed != null)
+      result.widgetSharingAllowed = widgetSharingAllowed;
+    if (story != null) result.story = story;
     return result;
   }
 
@@ -1762,6 +1890,9 @@ class EncryptedContent extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
     ..aOM<EncryptedContent_PasswordLessRecoveryHeartbeat>(
         27, _omitFieldNames ? '' : 'passwordlessRecoveryHeartbeat',
         subBuilder: EncryptedContent_PasswordLessRecoveryHeartbeat.create)
+    ..aOB(29, _omitFieldNames ? '' : 'widgetSharingAllowed')
+    ..aOM<EncryptedContent_Story>(30, _omitFieldNames ? '' : 'story',
+        subBuilder: EncryptedContent_Story.create)
     ..hasRequiredFields = false;
 
   @$core.Deprecated('See https://github.com/google/protobuf.dart/issues/998.')
@@ -2071,6 +2202,26 @@ class EncryptedContent extends $pb.GeneratedMessage {
   @$pb.TagNumber(27)
   EncryptedContent_PasswordLessRecoveryHeartbeat
       ensurePasswordlessRecoveryHeartbeat() => $_ensure(24);
+
+  @$pb.TagNumber(29)
+  $core.bool get widgetSharingAllowed => $_getBF(25);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(29)
+  set widgetSharingAllowed($core.bool value) => $_setBool(25, value);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(29)
+  $core.bool hasWidgetSharingAllowed() => $_has(25);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(29)
+  void clearWidgetSharingAllowed() => $_clearField(29);
+
+  @$pb.TagNumber(30)
+  EncryptedContent_Story get story => $_getN(26);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(30)
+  set story(EncryptedContent_Story value) => $_setField(30, value);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(30)
+  $core.bool hasStory() => $_has(26);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(30)
+  void clearStory() => $_clearField(30);
+  @$pb.TagNumber(30)
+  EncryptedContent_Story ensureStory() => $_ensure(26);
 }
 
 const $core.bool _omitFieldNames =

lib/src/model/protobuf/client/generated/messages.pbjson.dart

@@ -64,13 +64,22 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '10': 'askForFriendPromotions',
       '17': true
     },
+    {
+      '1': 'widget_sharing_allowed',
+      '3': 29,
+      '4': 1,
+      '5': 8,
+      '9': 5,
+      '10': 'widgetSharingAllowed',
+      '17': true
+    },
     {
       '1': 'message_update',
       '3': 5,
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.MessageUpdate',
-      '9': 5,
+      '9': 6,
       '10': 'messageUpdate',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -80,7 +89,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.Media',
-      '9': 6,
+      '9': 7,
       '10': 'media',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -90,7 +99,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.MediaUpdate',
-      '9': 7,
+      '9': 8,
       '10': 'mediaUpdate',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -100,7 +109,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.ContactUpdate',
-      '9': 8,
+      '9': 9,
       '10': 'contactUpdate',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -110,7 +119,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.ContactRequest',
-      '9': 9,
+      '9': 10,
       '10': 'contactRequest',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -120,7 +129,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.FlameSync',
-      '9': 10,
+      '9': 11,
       '10': 'flameSync',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -130,7 +139,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.Reaction',
-      '9': 11,
+      '9': 12,
       '10': 'reaction',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -140,7 +149,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.TextMessage',
-      '9': 12,
+      '9': 13,
       '10': 'textMessage',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -150,7 +159,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.GroupCreate',
-      '9': 13,
+      '9': 14,
       '10': 'groupCreate',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -160,7 +169,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.GroupJoin',
-      '9': 14,
+      '9': 15,
       '10': 'groupJoin',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -170,7 +179,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.GroupUpdate',
-      '9': 15,
+      '9': 16,
       '10': 'groupUpdate',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -180,7 +189,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.ResendGroupPublicKey',
-      '9': 16,
+      '9': 17,
       '10': 'resendGroupPublicKey',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -190,7 +199,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.ErrorMessages',
-      '9': 17,
+      '9': 18,
       '10': 'errorMessages',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -200,7 +209,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.AdditionalDataMessage',
-      '9': 18,
+      '9': 19,
       '10': 'additionalDataMessage',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -210,7 +219,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.TypingIndicator',
-      '9': 19,
+      '9': 20,
       '10': 'typingIndicator',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -220,7 +229,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.UserDiscoveryRequest',
-      '9': 20,
+      '9': 21,
       '10': 'userDiscoveryRequest',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -230,7 +239,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.UserDiscoveryUpdate',
-      '9': 21,
+      '9': 22,
       '10': 'userDiscoveryUpdate',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -240,7 +249,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.KeyVerificationProof',
-      '9': 22,
+      '9': 23,
       '10': 'keyVerificationProof',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -250,7 +259,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.PasswordLessRecovery',
-      '9': 23,
+      '9': 24,
       '10': 'passwordlessRecovery',
       '17': true
     },
@@ -260,10 +269,20 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
       '4': 1,
       '5': 11,
       '6': '.EncryptedContent.PasswordLessRecoveryHeartbeat',
-      '9': 24,
+      '9': 25,
       '10': 'passwordlessRecoveryHeartbeat',
       '17': true
     },
+    {
+      '1': 'story',
+      '3': 30,
+      '4': 1,
+      '5': 11,
+      '6': '.EncryptedContent.Story',
+      '9': 26,
+      '10': 'story',
+      '17': true
+    },
   ],
   '3': [
     EncryptedContent_ErrorMessages$json,
@@ -276,6 +295,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
     EncryptedContent_Reaction$json,
     EncryptedContent_MessageUpdate$json,
     EncryptedContent_Media$json,
+    EncryptedContent_Story$json,
     EncryptedContent_MediaUpdate$json,
     EncryptedContent_ContactRequest$json,
     EncryptedContent_ContactUpdate$json,
@@ -293,6 +313,7 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
     {'1': '_sender_profile_counter'},
     {'1': '_sender_user_discovery_version'},
     {'1': '_ask_for_friend_promotions'},
+    {'1': '_widget_sharing_allowed'},
     {'1': '_message_update'},
     {'1': '_media'},
     {'1': '_media_update'},
@@ -313,6 +334,10 @@ const EncryptedContent$json = {
     {'1': '_key_verification_proof'},
     {'1': '_passwordless_recovery'},
     {'1': '_passwordless_recovery_heartbeat'},
+    {'1': '_story'},
+  ],
+  '9': [
+    {'1': 28, '2': 29},
   ],
 };
 
@@ -440,9 +465,19 @@ const EncryptedContent_TextMessage$json = {
       '10': 'quoteMessageId',
       '17': true
     },
+    {
+      '1': 'additional_message_data',
+      '3': 5,
+      '4': 1,
+      '5': 12,
+      '9': 1,
+      '10': 'additionalMessageData',
+      '17': true
+    },
   ],
   '8': [
     {'1': '_quote_message_id'},
+    {'1': '_additional_message_data'},
   ],
 };
 
@@ -462,6 +497,7 @@ const EncryptedContent_AdditionalDataMessage$json = {
       '10': 'additionalMessageData',
       '17': true
     },
+    {'1': 'hidden', '3': 5, '4': 1, '5': 8, '10': 'hidden'},
   ],
   '8': [
     {'1': '_additional_message_data'},
@@ -610,6 +646,15 @@ const EncryptedContent_Media$json = {
       '10': 'additionalMessageData',
       '17': true
     },
+    {
+      '1': 'widget_only',
+      '3': 12,
+      '4': 1,
+      '5': 8,
+      '9': 7,
+      '10': 'widgetOnly',
+      '17': true
+    },
   ],
   '4': [EncryptedContent_Media_Type$json],
   '8': [
@@ -620,6 +665,7 @@ const EncryptedContent_Media$json = {
     {'1': '_encryption_mac'},
     {'1': '_encryption_nonce'},
     {'1': '_additional_message_data'},
+    {'1': '_widget_only'},
   ],
 };
 
@@ -635,6 +681,22 @@ const EncryptedContent_Media_Type$json = {
   ],
 };
 
+@$core.Deprecated('Use encryptedContentDescriptor instead')
+const EncryptedContent_Story$json = {
+  '1': 'Story',
+  '2': [
+    {
+      '1': 'media',
+      '3': 1,
+      '4': 1,
+      '5': 11,
+      '6': '.EncryptedContent.Media',
+      '10': 'media'
+    },
+    {'1': 'notify', '3': 2, '4': 1, '5': 8, '10': 'notify'},
+  ],
+};
+
 @$core.Deprecated('Use encryptedContentDescriptor instead')
 const EncryptedContent_MediaUpdate$json = {
   '1': 'MediaUpdate',
@@ -831,36 +893,38 @@ final $typed_data.Uint8List encryptedContentDescriptor = $convert.base64Decode(
     'X2NvdW50ZXIYBCABKANIAlIUc2VuZGVyUHJvZmlsZUNvdW50ZXKIAQESRgodc2VuZGVyX3VzZX'
     'JfZGlzY292ZXJ5X3ZlcnNpb24YFSABKAxIA1Iac2VuZGVyVXNlckRpc2NvdmVyeVZlcnNpb26I'
     'AQESPgoZYXNrX2Zvcl9mcmllbmRfcHJvbW90aW9ucxgZIAEoCEgEUhZhc2tGb3JGcmllbmRQcm'
-    '9tb3Rpb25ziAEBEksKDm1lc3NhZ2VfdXBkYXRlGAUgASgLMh8uRW5jcnlwdGVkQ29udGVudC5N'
+    '9tb3Rpb25ziAEBEjkKFndpZGdldF9zaGFyaW5nX2FsbG93ZWQYHSABKAhIBVIUd2lkZ2V0U2hh'
-    'ZXNzYWdlVXBkYXRlSAVSDW1lc3NhZ2VVcGRhdGWIAQESMgoFbWVkaWEYBiABKAsyFy5FbmNyeX'
+    'cmluZ0FsbG93ZWSIAQESSwoObWVzc2FnZV91cGRhdGUYBSABKAsyHy5FbmNyeXB0ZWRDb250ZW'
-    'B0ZWRDb250ZW50Lk1lZGlhSAZSBW1lZGlhiAEBEkUKDG1lZGlhX3VwZGF0ZRgHIAEoCzIdLkVu'
+    '50Lk1lc3NhZ2VVcGRhdGVIBlINbWVzc2FnZVVwZGF0ZYgBARIyCgVtZWRpYRgGIAEoCzIXLkVu'
-    'Y3J5cHRlZENvbnRlbnQuTWVkaWFVcGRhdGVIB1ILbWVkaWFVcGRhdGWIAQESSwoOY29udGFjdF'
+    'Y3J5cHRlZENvbnRlbnQuTWVkaWFIB1IFbWVkaWGIAQESRQoMbWVkaWFfdXBkYXRlGAcgASgLMh'
-    '91cGRhdGUYCCABKAsyHy5FbmNyeXB0ZWRDb250ZW50LkNvbnRhY3RVcGRhdGVICFINY29udGFj'
+    '0uRW5jcnlwdGVkQ29udGVudC5NZWRpYVVwZGF0ZUgIUgttZWRpYVVwZGF0ZYgBARJLCg5jb250'
-    'dFVwZGF0ZYgBARJOCg9jb250YWN0X3JlcXVlc3QYCSABKAsyIC5FbmNyeXB0ZWRDb250ZW50Lk'
+    'YWN0X3VwZGF0ZRgIIAEoCzIfLkVuY3J5cHRlZENvbnRlbnQuQ29udGFjdFVwZGF0ZUgJUg1jb2'
-    'NvbnRhY3RSZXF1ZXN0SAlSDmNvbnRhY3RSZXF1ZXN0iAEBEj8KCmZsYW1lX3N5bmMYCiABKAsy'
+    '50YWN0VXBkYXRliAEBEk4KD2NvbnRhY3RfcmVxdWVzdBgJIAEoCzIgLkVuY3J5cHRlZENvbnRl'
-    'Gy5FbmNyeXB0ZWRDb250ZW50LkZsYW1lU3luY0gKUglmbGFtZVN5bmOIAQESOwoIcmVhY3Rpb2'
+    'bnQuQ29udGFjdFJlcXVlc3RIClIOY29udGFjdFJlcXVlc3SIAQESPwoKZmxhbWVfc3luYxgKIA'
-    '4YDCABKAsyGi5FbmNyeXB0ZWRDb250ZW50LlJlYWN0aW9uSAtSCHJlYWN0aW9uiAEBEkUKDHRl'
+    'EoCzIbLkVuY3J5cHRlZENvbnRlbnQuRmxhbWVTeW5jSAtSCWZsYW1lU3luY4gBARI7CghyZWFj'
-    'eHRfbWVzc2FnZRgNIAEoCzIdLkVuY3J5cHRlZENvbnRlbnQuVGV4dE1lc3NhZ2VIDFILdGV4dE'
+    'dGlvbhgMIAEoCzIaLkVuY3J5cHRlZENvbnRlbnQuUmVhY3Rpb25IDFIIcmVhY3Rpb26IAQESRQ'
-    '1lc3NhZ2WIAQESRQoMZ3JvdXBfY3JlYXRlGA4gASgLMh0uRW5jcnlwdGVkQ29udGVudC5Hcm91'
+    'oMdGV4dF9tZXNzYWdlGA0gASgLMh0uRW5jcnlwdGVkQ29udGVudC5UZXh0TWVzc2FnZUgNUgt0'
-    'cENyZWF0ZUgNUgtncm91cENyZWF0ZYgBARI/Cgpncm91cF9qb2luGA8gASgLMhsuRW5jcnlwdG'
+    'ZXh0TWVzc2FnZYgBARJFCgxncm91cF9jcmVhdGUYDiABKAsyHS5FbmNyeXB0ZWRDb250ZW50Lk'
-    'VkQ29udGVudC5Hcm91cEpvaW5IDlIJZ3JvdXBKb2luiAEBEkUKDGdyb3VwX3VwZGF0ZRgQIAEo'
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lib/src/providers/routing.provider.dart

@@ -97,6 +97,24 @@ final routerProvider = GoRouter(
             return MediaViewerView(group);
           },
         ),
+        GoRoute(
+          path: 'story/:contactId',
+          builder: (context, state) {
+            final contactId = int.parse(state.pathParameters['contactId']!);
+            return MediaViewerView.story(
+              StorySource.contact(
+                contactId,
+                initialMediaId: state.extra as String?,
+              ),
+            );
+          },
+        ),
+        GoRoute(
+          path: 'own_story',
+          builder: (context, state) => MediaViewerView.story(
+            StorySource.own(initialMediaId: state.extra as String?),
+          ),
+        ),
         GoRoute(
           path: 'messages/:groupId',
           builder: (context, state) {

lib/src/services/notifications/native.notifications.dart

@@ -37,11 +37,16 @@ class NativeNotificationService {
   /// Emits metadata for every native notification tapped while the app runs.
   static Stream<NativeNotificationTap> get taps => _taps.stream;
 
-  /// Text messages (including quoted replies) and the announcements an app
+  /// Text messages (including quoted replies, and replies and reactions to
-  /// writes into a chat open their conversation. Media and every other
+  /// the user's story) and the announcements an app writes into a chat open
-  /// notification kind stay on the chat overview.
+  /// their conversation. Media and every other notification kind stay on the
+  /// chat overview.
   static bool opensConversation(String? kind) =>
-      kind == 'text' || kind == 'response' || kind == 'webxdc';
+      kind == 'text' ||
+      kind == 'response' ||
+      kind == 'webxdc' ||
+      kind == 'story_reply' ||
+      kind == 'story_reaction';
 
   static void init() {
     _startBadgeSync();

lib/src/visual/components/recipient_status_row.comp.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/contacts.dao.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/twonly.db.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/utils/misc.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/avatar_icon.comp.dart';
+
+/// One recipient of something the user sent, with what last happened to it
+/// there ("Opened", "Received", ...) and when.
+class RecipientStatusRow extends StatelessWidget {
+  const RecipientStatusRow({
+    required this.contact,
+    required this.status,
+    required this.at,
+    this.badge,
+    super.key,
+  });
+
+  final Contact contact;
+  final String status;
+  final DateTime at;
+
+  /// Shown after the name, e.g. that the recipient saved it.
+  final Widget? badge;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return Padding(
+      padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 8),
+      child: Row(
+        children: [
+          AvatarIcon(contactId: contact.userId, fontSize: 15),
+          const SizedBox(width: 6),
+          Expanded(
+            child: Row(
+              children: [
+                Flexible(
+                  child: Text(
+                    getContactDisplayName(contact),
+                    style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 17),
+                    overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
+                  ),
+                ),
+                if (badge != null) ...[const SizedBox(width: 6), badge!],
+              ],
+            ),
+          ),
+          Column(
+            children: [
+              Text(
+                friendlyDateTime(context, at),
+                style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 12),
+              ),
+              Text(status),
+            ],
+          ),
+        ],
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}

lib/src/visual/components/story_preview.comp.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:font_awesome_flutter/font_awesome_flutter.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/tables/mediafiles.table.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/twonly.db.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/services/mediafiles/mediafile.service.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/utils/misc.dart';
+
+/// A story item's picture standing in for an avatar: the image itself, or
+/// the frame taken from a video. Until that file is on the device it is a
+/// plain tile, so a story still being downloaded is visible as one.
+class StoryPreview extends StatelessWidget {
+  const StoryPreview({
+    required this.mediaFile,
+    required this.width,
+    required this.height,
+    this.circle = false,
+    this.radius = 12,
+    this.faded = false,
+    this.badge,
+    super.key,
+  });
+
+  final MediaFile mediaFile;
+  final double width;
+  final double height;
+
+  /// Clip to a circle instead of a rounded rectangle.
+  final bool circle;
+  final double radius;
+
+  /// Drawn softer, for a story that has been seen completely.
+  final bool faded;
+
+  /// Drawn small over the bottom-right corner, such as whose story it is.
+  final Widget? badge;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final isVideo = mediaFile.type == MediaType.video;
+    final service = MediaFileService(mediaFile);
+    // A story stays in its temporary file for as long as it lives; a video
+    // is shown by the frame Rust takes from it.
+    final source = isVideo ? service.thumbnailPath : service.tempPath;
+    final placeholder = ColoredBox(
+      color: context.color.surfaceContainerHighest,
+      child: Center(
+        child: FaIcon(
+          isVideo ? FontAwesomeIcons.play : FontAwesomeIcons.image,
+          size: width / 3,
+          color: context.color.onSurface.withAlpha(90),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+    Widget picture = Image.file(
+      source,
+      // A file that appears later, once downloaded, is drawn then.
+      key: ValueKey(
+        '${mediaFile.mediaId}/${mediaFile.downloadState}/${mediaFile.hasThumbnail}',
+      ),
+      width: width,
+      height: height,
+      fit: BoxFit.cover,
+      cacheWidth: (width * MediaQuery.devicePixelRatioOf(context)).round(),
+      errorBuilder: (_, _, _) => placeholder,
+    );
+    picture = circle
+        ? ClipOval(child: picture)
+        : ClipRRect(
+            borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(radius),
+            child: picture,
+          );
+    if (faded) picture = Opacity(opacity: 0.5, child: picture);
+    final sized = SizedBox(width: width, height: height, child: picture);
+    if (badge == null) return sized;
+    return SizedBox(
+      width: width,
+      height: height,
+      child: Stack(
+        clipBehavior: Clip.none,
+        children: [
+          sized,
+          Positioned(
+            right: -4,
+            bottom: -4,
+            child: Container(
+              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(1.5),
+              decoration: BoxDecoration(
+                color: context.color.surface,
+                borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(8),
+              ),
+              child: badge,
+            ),
+          ),
+        ],
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}

lib/src/visual/elements/my_chip.element.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/utils/misc.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/elements/reactive_tap_feedback.element.dart';
+
+/// A borderless pill for a row of choices. A selected chip takes the primary
+/// colour, like a primary button, instead of showing a checkmark.
+class MyChip extends StatelessWidget {
+  const MyChip({
+    required this.label,
+    required this.onTap,
+    this.onLongPress,
+    this.selected = false,
+    this.tooltip,
+    super.key,
+  });
+
+  final Widget label;
+  final VoidCallback? onTap;
+  final VoidCallback? onLongPress;
+  final bool selected;
+  final String? tooltip;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final isDark = isDarkMode(context);
+    final background = selected
+        ? context.color.primary
+        : isDark
+        ? Colors.grey[800]!
+        : Colors.grey[200]!;
+    final foreground = selected
+        ? Colors.black87
+        : isDark
+        ? Colors.white
+        : Colors.black87;
+    Widget chip = AnimatedContainer(
+      duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 150),
+      height: 36,
+      padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 14),
+      alignment: Alignment.center,
+      decoration: BoxDecoration(
+        color: background,
+        borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(18),
+      ),
+      child: IconTheme.merge(
+        data: IconThemeData(color: foreground, size: 18),
+        child: DefaultTextStyle.merge(
+          style: TextStyle(
+            color: foreground,
+            fontSize: 14,
+            fontWeight: FontWeight.w600,
+          ),
+          child: label,
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+    if (tooltip != null) chip = Tooltip(message: tooltip, child: chip);
+    return Semantics(
+      button: true,
+      selected: selected,
+      child: ReactiveTapFeedback(
+        onTap: onTap,
+        onLongPress: onLongPress,
+        child: chip,
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}

lib/src/visual/views/camera/share_image_contact_selection.view.dart

@@ -4,25 +4,51 @@ import 'dart:collection';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:font_awesome_flutter/font_awesome_flutter.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/core/bridge/groups.dart' as rust_groups;
+import 'package:twonly/core/bridge/stories.dart' as stories;
 import 'package:twonly/locator.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/contacts.dao.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/tables/mediafiles.table.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/twonly.db.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/model/protobuf/client/generated/data.pb.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/services/mediafiles/mediafile.service.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/utils/log.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/utils/misc.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/avatar_icon.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/contact_request_badge.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/flame_counter.comp.dart';
-import 'package:twonly/src/visual/decorations/input_text.decoration.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/snackbar.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/elements/headline.element.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/elements/my_button.element.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/elements/my_input.element.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/helpers/screenshot.helper.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/camera/share_image_contact_selection_components/best_friends_selector.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/camera/share_image_contact_selection_components/contact_group_shortcut_row.comp.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/camera/share_image_contact_selection_components/story_target_selector.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/camera/share_image_editor_components/layers/background.layer.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/chat_list_components/empty_chat_list.comp.dart';
 
+bool canSendSharedMedia({
+  required bool mediaReady,
+  required bool sending,
+  required bool hasChatRecipients,
+  required bool storyPossible,
+  required bool hasStoryTarget,
+  required int? storyAudienceSize,
+}) {
+  return mediaReady &&
+      !sending &&
+      (hasChatRecipients ||
+          (storyPossible && hasStoryTarget && (storyAudienceSize ?? 0) > 0));
+}
+
+/// Every chat a send reaches: those picked directly and, with a story, the
+/// 1:1 chat of everybody the story goes to. Someone picked directly who also
+/// gets the story counts once.
+int sharedMediaRecipientCount({
+  required Set<String> selectedGroupIds,
+  required Set<String>? storyAudienceChats,
+}) => {...selectedGroupIds, ...?storyAudienceChats}.length;
+
 class ShareImageView extends StatefulWidget {
   const ShareImageView({
     required this.selectedGroupIds,
@@ -31,6 +57,7 @@ class ShareImageView extends StatefulWidget {
     required this.mediaFileService,
     required this.additionalData,
     required this.sendToWidget,
+    required this.storyTarget,
     super.key,
   });
   final HashSet<String> selectedGroupIds;
@@ -39,6 +66,7 @@ class ShareImageView extends StatefulWidget {
   final MediaFileService mediaFileService;
   final AdditionalMessageData? additionalData;
   final bool sendToWidget;
+  final StoryTarget storyTarget;
 
   @override
   State<ShareImageView> createState() => _ShareImageView();
@@ -57,6 +85,7 @@ class _ShareImageView extends State<ShareImageView> {
   late StreamSubscription<List<Group>> allGroupSub;
   String lastQuery = '';
   int _updateGroupsGeneration = 0;
+  Set<String>? _storyAudienceChats;
 
   @override
   void initState() {
@@ -96,6 +125,7 @@ class _ShareImageView extends State<ShareImageView> {
   @override
   void dispose() {
     unawaited(allGroupSub.cancel());
+    searchUserName.dispose();
     super.dispose();
   }
 
@@ -172,6 +202,58 @@ class _ShareImageView extends State<ShareImageView> {
     setState(() {});
   }
 
+  /// A story replays for everybody until it expires, so it takes neither a
+  /// twonly-protected send nor anything but an image or video.
+  bool get _storyPossible {
+    final media = widget.mediaFileService.mediaFile;
+    return !media.requiresAuthentication &&
+        (media.type == MediaType.image || media.type == MediaType.video);
+  }
+
+  int get _recipientCount => sharedMediaRecipientCount(
+    selectedGroupIds: widget.selectedGroupIds,
+    storyAudienceChats: _storyPossible && !widget.storyTarget.isEmpty
+        ? _storyAudienceChats
+        : null,
+  );
+
+  Future<void> _send() async {
+    setState(() {
+      sendingImage = true;
+    });
+    final story = _storyPossible ? widget.storyTarget.toAudience() : null;
+    // in case mediaStoreFutureReady is ready, the image is stored in the originalPath
+    final send = RustApi.sendMediaToGroups(
+      mediaId: widget.mediaFileService.mediaFile.mediaId,
+      groupIds: widget.selectedGroupIds.toList(),
+      additionalMessageData: widget.additionalData?.writeToBuffer(),
+      widgetOnly: widget.sendToWidget,
+      storyAudience: story,
+    );
+    if (story == null) {
+      unawaitedRustCall(send, 'sendMediaToGroups');
+    } else {
+      // A story can be refused, most likely for reaching more people than one
+      // send may, and the user has to hear about that before leaving here.
+      try {
+        await send;
+      } catch (e) {
+        Log.error('sendMediaToGroups with a story failed: $e');
+        if (mounted) {
+          setState(() => sendingImage = false);
+          showSnackbar(
+            context,
+            context.lang.shareImageStoryFailed(stories.maxMediaRecipients()),
+          );
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    if (mounted) {
+      Navigator.pop(context, true);
+    }
+  }
+
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     return Scaffold(
@@ -195,22 +277,35 @@ class _ShareImageView extends State<ShareImageView> {
                 const EmptyChatListComp()
               else ...[
                 Padding(
-                  padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 10),
+                  padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 4),
-                  child: TextField(
+                  child: MyInput(
+                    controller: searchUserName,
+                    dense: true,
+                    fontWeight: FontWeight.normal,
+                    hintText: context.lang.shareImageSearchAllContacts,
+                    prefixIcon: const Icon(Icons.search, size: 20),
                     onChanged: _filterUsers,
-                    decoration: getInputDecoration(
-                      context,
-                      context.lang.shareImageSearchAllContacts,
                   ),
                 ),
-                ),
+                const SizedBox(height: 12),
-                const SizedBox(height: 10),
+                if (!widget.sendToWidget) ...[
-                if (!widget.sendToWidget)
                   ContactGroupShortcutRow(
                     selectedGroupIds: widget.selectedGroupIds,
                     updateSelectedGroupIds: updateSelectedGroupIds,
                   ),
-                if (_pinnedContacts.isNotEmpty) const SizedBox(height: 10),
+                  const SizedBox(height: 10),
+                  StoryTargetSelector(
+                    target: widget.storyTarget,
+                    enabled: _storyPossible,
+                    onChanged: () => setState(() {}),
+                    onAudienceChanged: (chats) {
+                      if (!mounted) return;
+                      setState(() => _storyAudienceChats = chats);
+                    },
+                  ),
+                  // The next section's heading brings its own space.
+                  const SizedBox(height: 4),
+                ],
                 BestFriendsSelector(
                   groups: _pinnedContacts,
                   selectedGroupIds: widget.selectedGroupIds,
@@ -220,7 +315,7 @@ class _ShareImageView extends State<ShareImageView> {
                       !widget.sendToWidget &&
                       !widget.mediaFileService.mediaFile.requiresAuthentication,
                 ),
-                const SizedBox(height: 10),
+                if (_pinnedContacts.isNotEmpty) const SizedBox(height: 10),
                 BestFriendsSelector(
                   groups: _bestFriends,
                   selectedGroupIds: widget.selectedGroupIds,
@@ -230,7 +325,7 @@ class _ShareImageView extends State<ShareImageView> {
                       !widget.sendToWidget &&
                       !widget.mediaFileService.mediaFile.requiresAuthentication,
                 ),
-                const SizedBox(height: 10),
+                if (_bestFriends.isNotEmpty) const SizedBox(height: 10),
                 if (_otherUsers.isNotEmpty)
                   Row(
                     mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween,
@@ -319,32 +414,17 @@ class _ShareImageView extends State<ShareImageView> {
                     MyButton(
                       variant: MyButtonVariant.primaryMiddle,
                       onPressed:
-                          !mediaStoreFutureReady ||
+                          canSendSharedMedia(
-                              widget.selectedGroupIds.isEmpty ||
+                            mediaReady: mediaStoreFutureReady,
-                              sendingImage
+                            sending: sendingImage,
-                          ? null
+                            hasChatRecipients:
-                          : () async {
+                                widget.selectedGroupIds.isNotEmpty,
-                              setState(() {
+                            storyPossible: _storyPossible,
-                                sendingImage = true;
+                            hasStoryTarget: !widget.storyTarget.isEmpty,
-                              });
+                            storyAudienceSize: _storyAudienceChats?.length,
-
+                          )
-                              // in case mediaStoreFutureReady is ready, the image is stored in the originalPath
+                          ? _send
-                              unawaitedRustCall(
+                          : null,
-                                RustApi.sendMediaToGroups(
-                                  mediaId:
-                                      widget.mediaFileService.mediaFile.mediaId,
-                                  groupIds: widget.selectedGroupIds.toList(),
-                                  additionalMessageData: widget.additionalData
-                                      ?.writeToBuffer(),
-                                  widgetOnly: widget.sendToWidget,
-                                ),
-                                'sendMediaToGroups',
-                              );
-
-                              if (context.mounted) {
-                                Navigator.pop(context, true);
-                              }
-                            },
                       child: Row(
                         mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
                         children: [
@@ -366,7 +446,7 @@ class _ShareImageView extends State<ShareImageView> {
                             ),
                           const SizedBox(width: 8),
                           Text(
-                            '${context.lang.shareImagedEditorSendImage} (${widget.selectedGroupIds.length})',
+                            '${context.lang.shareImagedEditorSendImage} ($_recipientCount)',
                           ),
                         ],
                       ),

lib/src/visual/views/camera/share_image_contact_selection_components/contact_group_shortcut_row.comp.dart

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/locator.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/twonly.db.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/utils/misc.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/elements/my_chip.element.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/camera/share_image_contact_selection_components/first_seen_order.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/contact/contact_group_settings.view.dart';
 
 class ContactGroupShortcutRow extends StatefulWidget {
@@ -24,6 +26,11 @@ class ContactGroupShortcutRow extends StatefulWidget {
 
 class _ContactGroupShortcutRowState extends State<ContactGroupShortcutRow> {
   List<ContactGroup> _contactGroups = [];
+  final List<int> _order = [];
+
+  /// The chats each shortcut selects, by contact group.
+  Map<int, Set<String>> _targets = {};
+  int _targetsGeneration = 0;
   late final StreamSubscription<List<ContactGroup>> _subscription;
 
   @override
@@ -32,7 +39,11 @@ class _ContactGroupShortcutRowState extends State<ContactGroupShortcutRow> {
     _subscription = twonlyDB.contactGroupsDao
         .watchShortcutContactGroups()
         .listen((contactGroups) {
-          if (mounted) setState(() => _contactGroups = contactGroups);
+          if (!mounted) return;
+          setState(
+            () => _contactGroups = inFirstSeenOrder(contactGroups, _order),
+          );
+          unawaited(_loadTargets());
         });
   }
 
@@ -42,17 +53,17 @@ class _ContactGroupShortcutRowState extends State<ContactGroupShortcutRow> {
     super.dispose();
   }
 
-  Future<void> _openSettings([ContactGroup? contactGroup]) async {
+  Future<void> _loadTargets() async {
-    await context.navPush(
+    final generation = ++_targetsGeneration;
-      ContactGroupSettingsView(
+    final targets = {
-        contactGroup: contactGroup,
+      for (final contactGroup in _contactGroups)
-        initialShowAsShortcut: contactGroup == null,
+        contactGroup.id: await _resolveTargets(contactGroup),
-      ),
+    };
-    );
+    if (!mounted || generation != _targetsGeneration) return;
+    setState(() => _targets = targets);
   }
 
-  Future<void> _apply(ContactGroup contactGroup) async {
+  Future<Set<String>> _resolveTargets(ContactGroup contactGroup) async {
-    await twonlyDB.contactGroupsDao.incrementUsage(contactGroup.id);
     final members = await twonlyDB.contactGroupsDao.getMembers(contactGroup.id);
     final targetGroupIds = <String>{};
     for (final member in members) {
@@ -65,6 +76,38 @@ class _ContactGroupShortcutRowState extends State<ContactGroupShortcutRow> {
         if (directChat != null) targetGroupIds.add(directChat.groupId);
       }
     }
+    return targetGroupIds;
+  }
+
+  /// A shortcut is on while every chat it stands for is selected, however
+  /// they came to be.
+  bool _isSelected(Set<String>? targets) =>
+      targets != null &&
+      targets.isNotEmpty &&
+      widget.selectedGroupIds.containsAll(targets);
+
+  Future<void> _openSettings([ContactGroup? contactGroup]) async {
+    await context.navPush(
+      ContactGroupSettingsView(
+        contactGroup: contactGroup,
+        initialShowAsShortcut: contactGroup == null,
+      ),
+    );
+    // Members may have changed, which the contact groups alone do not show.
+    if (mounted) await _loadTargets();
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _apply(ContactGroup contactGroup) async {
+    final targetGroupIds = await _resolveTargets(contactGroup);
+    if (!mounted) return;
+    // Tapping a shortcut that is on turns it off again.
+    if (_isSelected(targetGroupIds)) {
+      for (final groupId in targetGroupIds) {
+        widget.updateSelectedGroupIds(groupId, false);
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+    await twonlyDB.contactGroupsDao.incrementUsage(contactGroup.id);
     for (final groupId in widget.selectedGroupIds.toList()) {
       widget.updateSelectedGroupIds(groupId, false);
     }
@@ -76,37 +119,32 @@ class _ContactGroupShortcutRowState extends State<ContactGroupShortcutRow> {
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     return SizedBox(
-      height: 40,
+      height: 36,
       child: ListView(
         scrollDirection: Axis.horizontal,
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 4),
         children: [
-          ActionChip(
+          MyChip(
-            padding: EdgeInsets.zero,
             tooltip: context.lang.createContactGroup,
-            onPressed: _openSettings,
+            onTap: _openSettings,
             label: _contactGroups.isEmpty
-                ? Text(
+                ? Text(context.lang.createContactGroup)
-                    context.lang.createContactGroup,
+                : const Icon(Icons.add_reaction_outlined),
-                    style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 9),
-                  )
-                : const Icon(Icons.add_reaction_outlined, size: 20),
-            shape: const StadiumBorder(),
           ),
-          for (final contactGroup in _contactGroups)
+          for (final contactGroup in _contactGroups) ...[
-            GestureDetector(
+            const SizedBox(width: 8),
-              onLongPress: () => _openSettings(contactGroup),
+            MyChip(
-              child: ActionChip(
-                padding: EdgeInsets.zero,
               tooltip: contactGroup.name,
-                onPressed: () => _apply(contactGroup),
+              selected: _isSelected(_targets[contactGroup.id]),
+              onTap: () => _apply(contactGroup),
+              onLongPress: () => _openSettings(contactGroup),
               label: Text(
                 contactGroup.emoji ?? contactGroup.name,
                 style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 18),
               ),
-                shape: const StadiumBorder(),
-              ),
             ),
           ],
+        ],
       ),
     );
   }

lib/src/visual/views/camera/share_image_contact_selection_components/first_seen_order.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/twonly.db.dart';
+
+/// Keeps a row of contact group chips in the order they first appeared.
+/// Groups arrive most used first and choosing one counts as a use, so taking
+/// every new order as it comes would move a chip away right after it was
+/// tapped. Groups that are gone are dropped and new ones go to the end.
+/// [seenIds] carries the order from one call to the next.
+List<ContactGroup> inFirstSeenOrder(
+  List<ContactGroup> contactGroups,
+  List<int> seenIds,
+) {
+  final byId = {for (final group in contactGroups) group.id: group};
+  seenIds.removeWhere((id) => !byId.containsKey(id));
+  for (final group in contactGroups) {
+    if (!seenIds.contains(group.id)) seenIds.add(group.id);
+  }
+  return [for (final id in seenIds) byId[id]!];
+}

lib/src/visual/views/camera/share_image_contact_selection_components/story_target_selector.comp.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_rust_bridge/flutter_rust_bridge_for_generated.dart'
+    show Int64List;
+import 'package:twonly/core/bridge/stories.dart' as stories;
+import 'package:twonly/locator.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/twonly.db.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/utils/misc.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/elements/headline.element.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/elements/my_chip.element.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/camera/share_image_contact_selection_components/first_seen_order.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/contact/contact_group_settings.view.dart';
+
+/// Where a send also posts the media as a story: to every contact, or to the
+/// contact groups that share stories. Kept by the editor, so the choice
+/// survives a trip back to it.
+class StoryTarget {
+  bool all = false;
+  final Set<int> contactGroupIds = {};
+
+  bool get isEmpty => !all && contactGroupIds.isEmpty;
+
+  void clear() {
+    all = false;
+    contactGroupIds.clear();
+  }
+
+  stories.StoryAudience? toAudience() => isEmpty
+      ? null
+      : stories.StoryAudience(
+          all: all,
+          contactGroupIds: Int64List.fromList(contactGroupIds.toList()),
+        );
+}
+
+/// The story choice at the top of the send screen. "All" and single contact
+/// groups exclude each other: everybody already includes every group.
+class StoryTargetSelector extends StatefulWidget {
+  const StoryTargetSelector({
+    required this.target,
+    required this.enabled,
+    required this.onChanged,
+    required this.onAudienceChanged,
+    super.key,
+  });
+
+  final StoryTarget target;
+
+  /// Off for media a story cannot carry, such as twonly-protected sends.
+  final bool enabled;
+  final VoidCallback onChanged;
+
+  /// The 1:1 chats the chosen story reaches, or null while nothing is
+  /// chosen or the answer is still coming.
+  final ValueChanged<Set<String>?> onAudienceChanged;
+
+  @override
+  State<StoryTargetSelector> createState() => _StoryTargetSelectorState();
+}
+
+class _StoryTargetSelectorState extends State<StoryTargetSelector> {
+  List<ContactGroup> _contactGroups = [];
+  final List<int> _order = [];
+  late final StreamSubscription<List<ContactGroup>> _subscription;
+  Set<String>? _audienceChats;
+  int _audienceGeneration = 0;
+
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    _subscription = twonlyDB.contactGroupsDao.watchStoryContactGroups().listen((
+      contactGroups,
+    ) {
+      if (!mounted) return;
+      // A group that stopped sharing stories cannot stay selected.
+      final ids = contactGroups.map((group) => group.id).toSet();
+      final before = widget.target.contactGroupIds.length;
+      widget.target.contactGroupIds.retainAll(ids);
+      setState(
+        () => _contactGroups = inFirstSeenOrder(contactGroups, _order),
+      );
+      if (before != widget.target.contactGroupIds.length) _changed();
+    });
+    unawaited(_updateAudience());
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    unawaited(_subscription.cancel());
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  void _changed() {
+    widget.onChanged();
+    if (_audienceChats != null) {
+      _audienceChats = null;
+      widget.onAudienceChanged(null);
+    }
+    setState(() {});
+    unawaited(_updateAudience());
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _updateAudience() async {
+    final generation = ++_audienceGeneration;
+    final audience = widget.target.toAudience();
+    final chats = audience == null
+        ? null
+        : (await stories.storyAudienceChats(audience: audience)).toSet();
+    if (!mounted || generation != _audienceGeneration) return;
+    widget.onAudienceChanged(chats);
+    setState(() => _audienceChats = chats);
+  }
+
+  void _toggleAll() {
+    final selected = !widget.target.all;
+    widget.target
+      ..clear()
+      ..all = selected;
+    _changed();
+  }
+
+  void _toggleGroup(ContactGroup contactGroup) {
+    final ids = (widget.target..all = false).contactGroupIds;
+    if (!ids.remove(contactGroup.id)) ids.add(contactGroup.id);
+    _changed();
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _createGroup() async {
+    final id = await context.navPush(
+      const ContactGroupSettingsView(initialShareStories: true),
+    );
+    if (id is int && mounted) {
+      widget.target
+        ..all = false
+        ..contactGroupIds.add(id);
+      _changed();
+    }
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final target = widget.target;
+    // In line with the other headings on the send screen, which come with
+    // this much inset of their own.
+    const inset = EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 4);
+    return Column(
+      crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+      children: [
+        Padding(
+          padding: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 4),
+          child: Row(
+            children: [
+              HeadLineComp(context.lang.shareImageStory),
+              const Spacer(),
+              if (widget.enabled && _audienceChats != null)
+                Text(
+                  context.lang.shareImageStoryAudience(_audienceChats!.length),
+                  style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 12),
+                ),
+            ],
+          ),
+        ),
+        if (!widget.enabled)
+          Padding(
+            padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(4, 0, 4, 8),
+            child: Text(
+              context.lang.shareImageStoryUnavailable,
+              style: TextStyle(
+                fontSize: 12,
+                color: context.color.onSurface.withAlpha(150),
+              ),
+            ),
+          )
+        else
+          SizedBox(
+            height: 36,
+            child: ListView(
+              scrollDirection: Axis.horizontal,
+              padding: inset,
+              children: [
+                MyChip(
+                  label: Text(context.lang.shareImageStoryAll),
+                  selected: target.all,
+                  onTap: _toggleAll,
+                ),
+                for (final contactGroup in _contactGroups) ...[
+                  const SizedBox(width: 8),
+                  MyChip(
+                    label: Text(
+                      [
+                        if (contactGroup.emoji != null) contactGroup.emoji!,
+                        contactGroup.name,
+                      ].join(' '),
+                    ),
+                    selected: target.contactGroupIds.contains(
+                      contactGroup.id,
+                    ),
+                    onTap: () => _toggleGroup(contactGroup),
+                    onLongPress: () => context.navPush(
+                      ContactGroupSettingsView(contactGroup: contactGroup),
+                    ),
+                  ),
+                ],
+                const SizedBox(width: 8),
+                MyChip(
+                  tooltip: context.lang.shareImageStoryNewGroup,
+                  onTap: _createGroup,
+                  label: _contactGroups.isEmpty
+                      ? Text(context.lang.shareImageStoryNewGroup)
+                      : const Icon(Icons.add),
+                ),
+              ],
+            ),
+          ),
+      ],
+    );
+  }
+}

lib/src/visual/views/camera/share_image_editor.view.dart

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import 'package:twonly/src/visual/helpers/media_view_sizing.helper.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/helpers/screenshot.helper.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/camera/camera_preview_components/main_camera_controller.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/camera/share_image_contact_selection.view.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/camera/share_image_contact_selection_components/story_target_selector.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/camera/share_image_editor_components/discard_media_dialog.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/camera/share_image_editor_components/display_time_picker.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/camera/share_image_editor_components/editor_bottom_bar.dart';
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ class _ShareImageEditorView extends State<ShareImageEditorView> {
   bool loadingImage = true;
   bool isDisposed = false;
   HashSet<String> selectedGroupIds = HashSet();
+  final StoryTarget storyTarget = StoryTarget();
   double pixelRatio = 1;
   VideoPlayerController? videoController;
 
@@ -352,6 +354,7 @@ class _ShareImageEditorView extends State<ShareImageEditorView> {
   Future<void> _toggleRequiresAuth() async {
     await mediaService.setRequiresAuth(!media.requiresAuthentication);
     selectedGroupIds = HashSet();
+    storyTarget.clear();
     if (mounted) setState(() {});
   }
 
@@ -361,6 +364,7 @@ class _ShareImageEditorView extends State<ShareImageEditorView> {
     if (widget.sendToGroup == null) {
       selectedGroupIds.clear();
     }
+    storyTarget.clear();
 
     if (enabled) {
       _displayLimitBeforeWidget = media.displayLimitInMilliseconds;
@@ -467,6 +471,7 @@ class _ShareImageEditorView extends State<ShareImageEditorView> {
           mediaFileService: mediaService,
           additionalData: getAdditionalData(),
           sendToWidget: _sendToWidget,
+          storyTarget: storyTarget,
         ),
       ),
     );

lib/src/visual/views/chats/chat_list.view.dart

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 
+import 'package:clock/clock.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart' show setEquals;
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:font_awesome_flutter/font_awesome_flutter.dart';
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import 'package:provider/provider.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/locator.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/constants/routes.keys.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/key_verification.dao.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/stories.dao.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/twonly.db.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/providers/purchases.provider.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/services/mediafiles/mediafile.service.dart';
@@ -17,10 +19,12 @@ import 'package:twonly/src/utils/misc.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/avatar_icon.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/connection_status.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/notification_badge.comp.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/story_preview.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/chat_list_components/empty_chat_list.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/chat_list_components/group_list_item.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/chat_list_components/news_btn.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/chat_messages_components/typing_indicator.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/story_expiry_timer.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/onboarding/setup/components/finish_setup.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/settings/backup/components/missing_backup_setup.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/settings/backup/passwordless_recovery/components/missing_recovery_contacts.comp.dart';
@@ -46,6 +50,9 @@ class _ChatListViewState extends State<ChatListView>
   StreamSubscription<Map<String, VerificationStatus>>? _verificationSub;
   StreamSubscription<List<(int, ContactGroup)>>? _contactGroupsSub;
   StreamSubscription<List<(String, ContactGroup)>>? _chatContactGroupsSub;
+  StreamSubscription<List<StoryItem>>? _storiesSub;
+  StreamSubscription<List<OwnStoryItem>>? _ownStoriesSub;
+  final StoryExpiryTimer _ownStoryExpiry = StoryExpiryTimer();
   Timer? _typingUpdateTimer;
   final Set<String> _precachedMediaIds = {};
   List<Group> _groupsNotPinned = [];
@@ -61,6 +68,8 @@ class _ChatListViewState extends State<ChatListView>
   Map<String, VerificationStatus> _verificationByGroup = {};
   Map<int, List<ContactGroup>> _contactGroupsByUser = {};
   Map<String, List<ContactGroup>> _contactGroupsByGroup = {};
+  Map<String, List<StoryItem>> _storiesByGroup = {};
+  List<OwnStoryItem> _ownStories = [];
 
   final ValueNotifier<bool> _hasContacts = ValueNotifier(false);
   bool _loading = true;
@@ -231,6 +240,42 @@ class _ChatListViewState extends State<ChatListView>
           }
           setState(() => _contactGroupsByGroup = contactGroups);
         });
+    _storiesSub = twonlyDB.storiesDao.watchReceivedStoryItems().listen((items) {
+      if (!mounted) return;
+      final byGroup = <String, List<StoryItem>>{};
+      for (final item in items) {
+        byGroup.putIfAbsent(item.message.groupId, () => []).add(item);
+      }
+      setState(() => _storiesByGroup = byGroup);
+    });
+    _ownStoriesSub = twonlyDB.storiesDao.watchOwnStoryItems().listen((items) {
+      if (!mounted) return;
+      setState(() => _ownStories = items);
+      _scheduleOwnStoryExpiry();
+    });
+  }
+
+  List<OwnStoryItem> get _activeOwnStories {
+    final now = clock.now();
+    return _ownStories.where((item) => item.isActiveAt(now)).toList();
+  }
+
+  /// Puts the avatar back when the oldest own story item runs out.
+  void _scheduleOwnStoryExpiry() {
+    final oldest = _activeOwnStories.firstOrNull;
+    if (oldest == null) {
+      _ownStoryExpiry.cancel();
+      return;
+    }
+    _ownStoryExpiry.schedule(
+      postedAt: oldest.postedAt,
+      now: clock.now(),
+      onExpired: () {
+        if (!mounted) return;
+        setState(() {});
+        _scheduleOwnStoryExpiry();
+      },
+    );
   }
 
   /// Labels of a chat: those of the contact for direct chats, those of the
@@ -265,6 +310,9 @@ class _ChatListViewState extends State<ChatListView>
     _verificationSub?.cancel();
     _contactGroupsSub?.cancel();
     _chatContactGroupsSub?.cancel();
+    _storiesSub?.cancel();
+    _ownStoriesSub?.cancel();
+    _ownStoryExpiry.cancel();
     super.dispose();
   }
 
@@ -307,12 +355,22 @@ class _ChatListViewState extends State<ChatListView>
           children: [
             ConnectionStatusComp(
               child: GestureDetector(
+                // The profile is where the user's own story is followed.
                 onTap: () => context.push(Routes.settingsProfile),
-                child: AvatarIcon(
+                child: switch (_activeOwnStories.lastOrNull) {
+                  // While the user has a story, it replaces their avatar.
+                  final OwnStoryItem newest => StoryPreview(
+                    mediaFile: newest.mediaFile,
+                    width: 28,
+                    height: 28,
+                    circle: true,
+                  ),
+                  null => AvatarIcon(
                     myAvatar: true,
                     fontSize: 14,
                     color: context.color.onSurface.withAlpha(20),
                   ),
+                },
               ),
             ),
             const SizedBox(width: 10),
@@ -446,6 +504,7 @@ class _ChatListViewState extends State<ChatListView>
                         useSharedSummary: true,
                         verificationStatus: _verificationByGroup[group.groupId],
                         contactGroups: _contactGroupsFor(group),
+                        storyItems: _storiesByGroup[group.groupId] ?? const [],
                       );
                     }
 
@@ -475,6 +534,7 @@ class _ChatListViewState extends State<ChatListView>
                       useSharedSummary: true,
                       verificationStatus: _verificationByGroup[group.groupId],
                       contactGroups: _contactGroupsFor(group),
+                      storyItems: _storiesByGroup[group.groupId] ?? const [],
                     );
                   },
                 ),

lib/src/visual/views/chats/chat_list_components/group_list_item.comp.dart

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 
+import 'package:clock/clock.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:font_awesome_flutter/font_awesome_flutter.dart';
 import 'package:go_router/go_router.dart';
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ import 'package:go_router/go_router.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/locator.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/constants/routes.keys.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/key_verification.dao.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/stories.dao.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/tables/mediafiles.table.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/tables/messages.table.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/twonly.db.dart';
@@ -15,11 +17,13 @@ import 'package:twonly/src/utils/misc.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/avatar_icon.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/contact_groups.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/flame_counter.comp.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/story_preview.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/verification_badge.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/context_menu/group.context_menu.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/chat_list_components/last_message_time.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/chat_list_components/typing_indicator_subtitle.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/chat_messages_components/message_send_state_icon.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/story_expiry_timer.dart';
 
 class GroupListItemComp extends StatefulWidget {
   const GroupListItemComp({
@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ class GroupListItemComp extends StatefulWidget {
     this.useSharedSummary = false,
     this.verificationStatus,
     this.contactGroups = const [],
+    this.storyItems,
     super.key,
   });
   final Group group;
@@ -46,6 +51,9 @@ class GroupListItemComp extends StatefulWidget {
   final VerificationStatus? verificationStatus;
   final List<ContactGroup> contactGroups;
 
+  /// The contact's story items in a direct chat. Null subscribes itself.
+  final List<StoryItem>? storyItems;
+
   @override
   State<GroupListItemComp> createState() => _UserListItem();
 }
@@ -63,6 +71,9 @@ class _UserListItem extends State<GroupListItemComp> {
   StreamSubscription<List<MediaFile>>? _lastMediaFilesStream;
   Contact? _directContact;
   StreamSubscription<List<Contact>>? _directContactStream;
+  List<StoryItem> _storyItems = const [];
+  StreamSubscription<List<StoryItem>>? _storyItemsStream;
+  final StoryExpiryTimer _storyExpiry = StoryExpiryTimer();
 
   List<Message> _previewMessages = [];
   final List<MediaFile> _previewMediaFiles = [];
@@ -75,6 +86,8 @@ class _UserListItem extends State<GroupListItemComp> {
     _applyContacts();
     _lastReaction = widget.lastReaction;
     _lastMessage = widget.lastMessage;
+    _storyItems = widget.storyItems ?? const [];
+    _scheduleStoryExpiry();
     _applyMediaFiles();
     if (widget.useSharedSummary) {
       _updateState(widget.lastMessage, widget.unopenedMessages ?? const []);
@@ -95,6 +108,11 @@ class _UserListItem extends State<GroupListItemComp> {
       _updateState(widget.lastMessage, widget.unopenedMessages ?? const []);
     }
     if (widget.mediaFiles != oldWidget.mediaFiles) _applyMediaFiles();
+    if (widget.storyItems != null &&
+        widget.storyItems != oldWidget.storyItems) {
+      _storyItems = widget.storyItems!;
+      _scheduleStoryExpiry();
+    }
   }
 
   void _applyContacts() {
@@ -120,10 +138,22 @@ class _UserListItem extends State<GroupListItemComp> {
     _lastMessageStream?.cancel();
     _lastMediaFilesStream?.cancel();
     _directContactStream?.cancel();
+    _storyItemsStream?.cancel();
+    _storyExpiry.cancel();
     super.dispose();
   }
 
   Future<void> initStreams() async {
+    if (widget.storyItems == null && widget.group.isDirectChat) {
+      _storyItemsStream = twonlyDB.storiesDao
+          .watchReceivedStoryItemsForGroup(widget.group.groupId)
+          .listen((items) {
+            if (!mounted) return;
+            setState(() => _storyItems = items);
+            _scheduleStoryExpiry();
+          });
+    }
+
     if (!widget.useSharedSummary) {
       final lastMsgStream = await twonlyDB.messagesDao.watchLastMessage(
         widget.group.groupId,
@@ -319,6 +349,72 @@ class _UserListItem extends State<GroupListItemComp> {
     );
   }
 
+  List<StoryItem> get _activeStoryItems {
+    final now = clock.now();
+    return _storyItems.where((item) => item.isActiveAt(now)).toList();
+  }
+
+  /// Redraws the row when its oldest story item runs out, so the preview
+  /// does not outlive the story.
+  void _scheduleStoryExpiry() {
+    final oldest = _activeStoryItems.firstOrNull;
+    if (oldest == null) {
+      _storyExpiry.cancel();
+      return;
+    }
+    _storyExpiry.schedule(
+      postedAt: oldest.postedAt,
+      now: clock.now(),
+      onExpired: () {
+        if (!mounted) return;
+        setState(() {});
+        _scheduleStoryExpiry();
+      },
+    );
+  }
+
+  /// While the contact has a story, it stands in for their avatar: the item
+  /// that plays first, with the avatar small in its corner. Once all of it
+  /// has been seen it is drawn softer.
+  Widget _avatar() {
+    final avatar = AvatarIcon(group: widget.group, contacts: widget.contacts);
+    if (!widget.group.isDirectChat) return avatar;
+    final active = _activeStoryItems;
+    if (active.isEmpty) return avatar;
+    final unseen = active.where((item) => !item.seen);
+    final shown = unseen.firstOrNull ?? active.last;
+    return StoryPreview(
+      mediaFile: shown.mediaFile,
+      width: 40,
+      height: 40,
+      faded: unseen.isEmpty,
+      badge: AvatarIcon(
+        group: widget.group,
+        contacts: widget.contacts,
+        fontSize: 9,
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
+  /// A contact's avatar opens their story while they have one, and their
+  /// profile otherwise.
+  Future<void> _onAvatarTap() async {
+    if (!widget.group.isDirectChat) {
+      await context.push(Routes.profileGroup(widget.group.groupId));
+      return;
+    }
+    final active = _activeStoryItems;
+    if (active.isNotEmpty) {
+      await context.push(Routes.chatsStory(active.first.senderId));
+      return;
+    }
+    final contacts = await twonlyDB.groupsDao.getGroupContact(
+      widget.group.groupId,
+    );
+    if (!mounted || contacts.isEmpty) return;
+    await context.push(Routes.profileContact(contacts.first.userId));
+  }
+
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     return StreamBuilder<void>(
@@ -414,21 +510,8 @@ class _UserListItem extends State<GroupListItemComp> {
                     ],
                   ),
             leading: GestureDetector(
-              onTap: () async {
+              onTap: _onAvatarTap,
-                if (widget.group.isDirectChat) {
+              child: _avatar(),
-                  final contacts = await twonlyDB.groupsDao.getGroupContact(
-                    widget.group.groupId,
-                  );
-                  if (!context.mounted) return;
-                  await context.push(
-                    Routes.profileContact(contacts.first.userId),
-                  );
-                  return;
-                } else {
-                  await context.push(Routes.profileGroup(widget.group.groupId));
-                }
-              },
-              child: AvatarIcon(group: widget.group, contacts: widget.contacts),
             ),
             trailing: (widget.group.leftGroup || _receiverDeletedAccount)
                 ? null

lib/src/visual/views/chats/chat_messages.view.dart

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:collection';
 
+import 'package:clock/clock.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart' show setEquals;
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:font_awesome_flutter/font_awesome_flutter.dart';
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import 'package:twonly/globals.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/locator.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/constants/routes.keys.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/contacts.dao.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/stories.dao.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/tables/messages.table.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/twonly.db.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/model/memory_item.model.dart';
@@ -563,6 +565,25 @@ class _ChatMessagesViewState extends State<ChatMessagesView>
   }
 
   Future<void> scrollToMessage(String messageId) async {
+    // A quoted story is not in the chat to scroll to; it opens the story at
+    // that item instead, for as long as the story is still there.
+    if (!_data.messagesById.containsKey(messageId)) {
+      final quoted = await twonlyDB.messagesDao
+          .getMessageById(messageId)
+          .getSingleOrNull();
+      if (quoted != null && quoted.isStory && !quoted.mediaStored) {
+        final alive =
+            quoted.mediaId != null &&
+            clock.now().isBefore(quoted.createdAt.add(storyLifetime));
+        if (!alive || !mounted) return;
+        final senderId = quoted.senderId;
+        await context.push(
+          senderId == null ? Routes.chatsOwnStory : Routes.chatsStory(senderId),
+          extra: quoted.mediaId,
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+    }
     var index = _data.chatItems.indexWhere(
       (x) => x.isMessage && x.message!.messageId == messageId,
     );

lib/src/visual/views/chats/chat_messages_components/response_container.dart

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+import 'package:clock/clock.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/locator.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/contacts.dao.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/stories.dao.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/tables/mediafiles.table.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/tables/messages.table.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/twonly.db.dart';
@@ -80,7 +82,9 @@ class ResponseContainer extends StatelessWidget {
                     contact: quotedMessage?.senderId == null
                         ? null
                         : contactsById?[quotedMessage!.senderId],
-                    useSharedData: useSharedData,
+                    // A quote the loaded page does not hold, such as a story
+                    // the chat never lists, is looked up by the preview.
+                    useSharedData: useSharedData && quotedMessage != null,
                     showBorder: false,
                     showLeftBorder: false,
                   ),
@@ -169,6 +173,17 @@ class _ResponsePreviewState extends State<ResponsePreview> {
     if (mounted) setState(() {});
   }
 
+  /// Whether the quoted story can still be shown. Once it expired, or its
+  /// sender took it down, only the fact that it was a story remains.
+  bool get _storyAlive {
+    final message = _message;
+    if (message == null || !message.isStory) return false;
+    if (message.mediaStored) return true;
+    return message.mediaId != null &&
+        _mediaService != null &&
+        clock.now().isBefore(message.createdAt.add(storyLifetime));
+  }
+
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     String? subtitle;
@@ -219,21 +234,28 @@ class _ResponsePreviewState extends State<ResponsePreview> {
         _username = context.lang.you;
       }
 
+      if (_message!.isStory) {
+        subtitle = _storyAlive ? context.lang.story : context.lang.storyExpired;
+      }
+
       color = getMessageColor(_message!.senderId != null);
     }
 
     final hasImage =
         _message != null &&
-        _message!.mediaStored &&
+        (_message!.mediaStored || _storyAlive) &&
         _mediaService != null &&
         _mediaService!.mediaFile.type != MediaType.audio;
 
     Widget? imageWidget;
     if (hasImage) {
       final isVideo = _mediaService!.mediaFile.type == MediaType.video;
+      // A story nobody saved is still in its temporary file.
       final pathToCheck = isVideo
           ? _mediaService!.thumbnailPath
-          : _mediaService!.storedPath;
+          : _message!.mediaStored
+          ? _mediaService!.storedPath
+          : _mediaService!.tempPath;
       imageWidget = Container(
         height: 40,
         width: 40,

lib/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer.view.dart

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import 'package:screen_protector/screen_protector.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/locator.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/constants/routes.keys.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/contacts.dao.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/stories.dao.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/tables/mediafiles.table.dart'
     show DownloadState, MediaType;
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/twonly.db.dart';
@@ -28,15 +29,40 @@ import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/keyboard_d
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/media_content_renderer.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/media_viewer_bottom_navigation.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/media_viewer_message_input.comp.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/own_story_bottom_bar.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/reaction_buttons.comp.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/story_expiry_timer.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/twonly_present_overlay.comp.dart';
 import 'package:video_player/video_player.dart';
 
+/// What a story viewer plays: one contact's active story, or the user's own.
+class StorySource {
+  const StorySource.contact(int this.contactId, {this.initialMediaId})
+    : own = false;
+  const StorySource.own({this.initialMediaId}) : contactId = null, own = true;
+
+  final int? contactId;
+  final bool own;
+
+  /// The item to start at. Without one a contact's story starts at the first
+  /// item not seen yet, and the user's own story at its oldest item.
+  final String? initialMediaId;
+}
+
 class MediaViewerView extends StatefulWidget {
-  const MediaViewerView(this.group, {super.key, this.initialMessage});
+  const MediaViewerView(Group this.group, {super.key, this.initialMessage})
-  final Group group;
+    : story = null;
+
+  /// Plays a story instead of a chat's unopened media. Items replay until
+  /// they expire, so nothing here is removed after it was shown.
+  const MediaViewerView.story(StorySource this.story, {super.key})
+    : group = null,
+      initialMessage = null;
+
+  final Group? group;
 
   final Message? initialMessage;
+  final StorySource? story;
   @override
   State<MediaViewerView> createState() => _MediaViewerViewState();
 }
@@ -44,6 +70,7 @@ class MediaViewerView extends StatefulWidget {
 class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
   Timer? nextMediaTimer;
   Timer? progressTimer;
+  final StoryExpiryTimer _storyExpiryTimer = StoryExpiryTimer();
 
   bool showShortReactions = false;
   double mediaViewerDistanceFromBottom = 0;
@@ -79,10 +106,23 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
 
   bool _isTransitioning = false;
 
+  /// The chat replies go to. For a contact's story it is the direct chat the
+  /// story rows are filed under, looked up once the story is loaded.
+  Group? _group;
+
+  bool get _isStory => widget.story != null;
+  bool get _isOwnStory => widget.story?.own ?? false;
+
   @override
   void initState() {
     super.initState();
-    _currentMediaSender = widget.group.groupName;
+    _group = widget.group;
+    _currentMediaSender = widget.group?.groupName ?? '';
+
+    if (_isStory) {
+      unawaited(_loadStory());
+      return;
+    }
 
     if (widget.initialMessage != null &&
         !widget.initialMessage!.isWidgetMedia) {
@@ -96,6 +136,7 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
   void dispose() {
     nextMediaTimer?.cancel();
     progressTimer?.cancel();
+    _storyExpiryTimer.cancel();
     _subscription?.cancel();
     downloadStateListener?.cancel();
     progress.dispose();
@@ -106,14 +147,16 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
 
     // Persist draft message on close
     final draftText = textMessageController.text;
+    if (!_isStory) {
       unawaited(
         twonlyDB.groupsDao.updateGroup(
-        widget.group.groupId,
+          widget.group!.groupId,
           GroupsCompanion(
             draftMessage: Value(draftText.isEmpty ? null : draftText),
           ),
         ),
       );
+    }
     textMessageController.dispose();
 
     super.dispose();
@@ -132,9 +175,54 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
 
   final Mutex _messageUpdateLock = Mutex();
 
+  /// A story is a fixed playlist: its items are all there when it is opened,
+  /// and new ones show up the next time it is.
+  Future<void> _loadStory() async {
+    final story = widget.story!;
+    final now = clock.now();
+    var playlist = <Message>[];
+    var start = 0;
+    if (story.own) {
+      final items = await twonlyDB.storiesDao.watchOwnStoryItems().first;
+      for (final item in items.where((item) => item.isActiveAt(now))) {
+        final rows = await twonlyDB.messagesDao.getMessagesByMediaId(
+          item.mediaFile.mediaId,
+        );
+        final row = rows
+            .where((row) => row.isStory && row.senderId == null)
+            .firstOrNull;
+        if (row != null) playlist.add(row);
+      }
+      if (mounted) _currentMediaSender = context.lang.storyMine;
+    } else {
+      final contactId = story.contactId!;
+      playlist = (await twonlyDB.storiesDao.getReceivedStoryItems(contactId))
+          .where((item) => item.isActiveAt(now))
+          .map((item) => item.message)
+          .toList();
+      start = playlist.indexWhere((message) => message.openedAt == null);
+      if (start < 0) start = 0;
+      final contact = await twonlyDB.contactsDao.getContactById(contactId);
+      if (contact != null) _currentMediaSender = getContactDisplayName(contact);
+      if (playlist.isNotEmpty) {
+        _group = await twonlyDB.groupsDao.getGroup(playlist.first.groupId);
+      }
+    }
+    final initial = story.initialMediaId;
+    if (initial != null) {
+      final index = playlist.indexWhere((m) => m.mediaId == initial);
+      if (index >= 0) start = index;
+    }
+    if (!mounted) return;
+    setState(() {
+      allMediaFiles = playlist.isEmpty ? [] : playlist.sublist(start);
+    });
+    await loadAndDownloadCurrentMedia();
+  }
+
   Future<void> listenForUnopenedMedia(bool firstRun) async {
     _subscription = twonlyDB.messagesDao
-        .watchMediaNotOpened(widget.group.groupId)
+        .watchMediaNotOpened(widget.group!.groupId)
         .listen((messages) async {
           await _messageUpdateLock.protect(() async {
             for (final msg in messages) {
@@ -193,8 +281,9 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
     _isTransitioning = true;
 
     try {
-      /// Remove the current media file in case it is not set to unlimited
+      /// Remove the current media file in case it is not set to unlimited.
-      if (currentMedia != null) {
+      /// A story replays until it expires, whatever the file says.
+      if (currentMedia != null && !_isStory) {
         if (!imageSaved &&
             currentMedia!.mediaFile.displayLimitInMilliseconds != null) {
           await currentMedia!.fullMediaRemoval();
@@ -207,9 +296,12 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
 
       nextMediaTimer?.cancel();
       progressTimer?.cancel();
+      _storyExpiryTimer.cancel();
 
-      if (allMediaFiles.isEmpty) {
+      if (allMediaFiles.isEmpty && _isStory) {
-        final group = await twonlyDB.groupsDao.getGroup(widget.group.groupId);
+        if (mounted) Navigator.pop(context);
+      } else if (allMediaFiles.isEmpty) {
+        final group = await twonlyDB.groupsDao.getGroup(widget.group!.groupId);
         if (mounted) {
           if (group != null &&
               group.draftMessage != null &&
@@ -232,6 +324,24 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
 
   Future<void> loadAndDownloadCurrentMedia({bool showTwonly = false}) async {
     if (!mounted || !context.mounted) return;
+    if (_isStory) {
+      final now = clock.now();
+      while (allMediaFiles.isNotEmpty &&
+          !allMediaFiles.first.createdAt.add(storyLifetime).isAfter(now)) {
+        allMediaFiles.removeAt(0);
+      }
+      if (allMediaFiles.isEmpty) {
+        Navigator.pop(context);
+        return;
+      }
+      _storyExpiryTimer.schedule(
+        postedAt: allMediaFiles.first.createdAt,
+        now: now,
+        onExpired: () {
+          if (mounted) unawaited(advanceToNextMediaOrExit());
+        },
+      );
+    }
     if (allMediaFiles.isEmpty || allMediaFiles.first.mediaId == null) {
       return advanceToNextMediaOrExit();
     }
@@ -270,7 +380,9 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
         await advanceToNextMediaOrExit();
         return;
       }
-      if (updated.downloadState != DownloadState.ready) {
+      // The user's own story plays from the file they sent; there is
+      // nothing to download.
+      if (!_isOwnStory && updated.downloadState != DownloadState.ready) {
         setState(() {
           _showDownloadingLoader = true;
         });
@@ -354,20 +466,25 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
       Log.warn(
         'Temp media file not found for media ID: ${currentMediaLocal.mediaFile.mediaId}',
       );
+      if (!_isOwnStory) {
         await RustApi.requestMediaReupload(
           mediaId: currentMediaLocal.mediaFile.mediaId,
         );
+      }
       return advanceToNextMediaOrExit();
     }
 
     // The server can now delete the encrypted bytes, as the user has successfully opened it.
+    final downloadToken = currentMediaLocal.mediaFile.downloadToken;
+    if (downloadToken != null) {
       Log.info(
         'Calling downloadDone for media ID: ${currentMediaLocal.mediaFile.mediaId}',
       );
       unawaitedRustCall(
-      RustApi.downloadDone(token: currentMediaLocal.mediaFile.downloadToken!),
+        RustApi.downloadDone(token: downloadToken),
         'downloadDone',
       );
+    }
 
     if (currentMediaLocal.mediaFile.type == MediaType.video) {
       await _setupVideoPlayer(currentMediaLocal);
@@ -383,21 +500,25 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
   }
 
   Future<void> _updateSenderInfo() async {
-    if (currentMessage == null || widget.group.isDirectChat) return;
+    final group = widget.group;
+    if (currentMessage == null || group == null || group.isDirectChat) return;
     final sender = await twonlyDB.contactsDao.getContactById(
       currentMessage!.senderId!,
     );
     if (mounted && sender != null) {
       _currentMediaSender =
-          '${getContactDisplayName(sender)} (${widget.group.groupName})';
+          '${getContactDisplayName(sender)} (${group.groupName})';
     }
   }
 
   Future<void> _notifyMessageOpened(MediaFileService mediaLocal) async {
-    if (currentMessage == null) return;
+    if (currentMessage == null || _isOwnStory) return;
+    // A story item is reported the first time only; replays are not news.
+    if (_isStory && currentMessage!.openedAt != null) return;
     var markAsOpenMessageIDs = [currentMessage!.messageId];
 
-    if (userService.currentUser.automaticallyMarkEqualMediaFilesAsOpened &&
+    if (!_isStory &&
+        userService.currentUser.automaticallyMarkEqualMediaFilesAsOpened &&
         mediaLocal.mediaFile.storedFileHash != null) {
       final messageIds = await twonlyDB.mediaFilesDao.getMessageIdsByMediaHash(
         mediaLocal.mediaFile.storedFileHash!,
@@ -432,7 +553,7 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
     );
 
     await controller.setLooping(
-      mediaLocal.mediaFile.displayLimitInMilliseconds == null,
+      _isStory || mediaLocal.mediaFile.displayLimitInMilliseconds == null,
     );
 
     if (!mounted) {
@@ -458,7 +579,8 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
               progress.value = 1 - ctrl.value.position.inSeconds / duration;
             }
 
-            if (mediaLocal.mediaFile.displayLimitInMilliseconds != null) {
+            if (!_isStory &&
+                mediaLocal.mediaFile.displayLimitInMilliseconds != null) {
               if (ctrl.value.position == ctrl.value.duration) {
                 advanceToNextMediaOrExit();
               }
@@ -482,7 +604,8 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
   }
 
   void _setupImageTimer(MediaFileService mediaLocal) {
-    if (mediaLocal.mediaFile.displayLimitInMilliseconds != null) {
+    // A story image stays until the viewer moves on.
+    if (!_isStory && mediaLocal.mediaFile.displayLimitInMilliseconds != null) {
       canBeSeenUntil = clock.now().add(
         Duration(
           milliseconds: mediaLocal.mediaFile.displayLimitInMilliseconds!,
@@ -534,7 +657,7 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
       ),
     );
     await RustApi.sendEncryptedContentToGroup(
-      groupId: widget.group.groupId,
+      groupId: msg.groupId,
       content: pb.EncryptedContent(
         mediaUpdate: pb.EncryptedContent_MediaUpdate(
           type: pb.EncryptedContent_MediaUpdate_Type.STORED,
@@ -561,6 +684,13 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
   }
 
   Widget bottomNavigation() {
+    if (_isOwnStory) {
+      return OwnStoryBottomBar(
+        key: mediaWidgetKey,
+        mediaFile: currentMedia?.mediaFile,
+        onDeleted: advanceToNextMediaOrExit,
+      );
+    }
     return MediaViewerBottomNavigationBar(
       key: mediaWidgetKey,
       currentMedia: currentMedia,
@@ -589,15 +719,18 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
         progressTimer?.cancel();
         await videoController?.pause();
         if (!mounted) return;
+        final group = _group;
+        if (group == null) return;
         await Navigator.push(
           context,
           MaterialPageRoute(
             builder: (context) {
-              return CameraSendToView(widget.group);
+              return CameraSendToView(group);
             },
           ),
         );
         if (mounted &&
+            !_isStory &&
             currentMedia!.mediaFile.displayLimitInMilliseconds != null) {
           await advanceToNextMediaOrExit();
         } else {
@@ -624,7 +757,7 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
     if (textMessageController.text.isNotEmpty) {
       unawaitedRustCall(
         RustApi.insertAndSendText(
-          groupId: widget.group.groupId,
+          groupId: currentMessage!.groupId,
           text: textMessageController.text,
           quoteMessageId: currentMessage!.messageId,
         ),
@@ -700,7 +833,10 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
               if (currentMedia != null &&
                   currentMedia?.mediaFile.downloadState != DownloadState.ready)
                 Positioned.fill(child: _loader()),
-              if (canBeSeenUntil != null || progress.value >= 0)
+              // A story image has no clock to show; a video still shows how far
+              // it has played.
+              if ((canBeSeenUntil != null || progress.value >= 0) &&
+                  !(_isStory && videoController == null))
                 Positioned(
                   right: 20,
                   top: 27,
@@ -755,13 +891,16 @@ class _MediaViewerViewState extends State<MediaViewerView> {
                 ),
               if (currentMessage != null)
                 AdditionalMessageContent(currentMessage!),
-              if (currentMedia != null)
+              if (currentMedia != null && !_isOwnStory)
                 ReactionButtons(
                   show: showShortReactions,
                   textInputFocused: showSendTextMessageInput,
                   mediaViewerDistanceFromBottom: mediaViewerDistanceFromBottom,
-                  groupId: widget.group.groupId,
+                  groupId: currentMessage!.groupId,
                   messageId: currentMessage!.messageId,
+                  // A story row never shows in the chat, so a reaction to it
+                  // goes there as a message quoting the story instead.
+                  asQuotedText: _isStory,
                   emojiKey: emojiKey,
                   hide: () {
                     setState(() {

lib/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/emoji_reactions_row.comp.dart

@@ -21,8 +21,17 @@ Offset getGlobalOffset(GlobalKey targetKey) {
 Future<void> sendReaction(
   String groupId,
   String messageId,
-  String emoji,
+  String emoji, {
-) async {
+  bool asQuotedText = false,
+}) async {
+  if (asQuotedText) {
+    await RustApi.insertAndSendText(
+      groupId: groupId,
+      text: emoji,
+      quoteMessageId: messageId,
+    );
+    return;
+  }
   await twonlyDB.reactionsDao.updateMyReaction(
     messageId,
     emoji,
@@ -49,6 +58,7 @@ class EmojiReactionWidget extends StatefulWidget {
     required this.show,
     required this.emoji,
     required this.emojiKey,
+    this.asQuotedText = false,
     super.key,
   });
   final String messageId;
@@ -57,6 +67,7 @@ class EmojiReactionWidget extends StatefulWidget {
   final bool show;
   final String emoji;
   final GlobalKey<EmojiFloatWidgetState> emojiKey;
+  final bool asQuotedText;
 
   @override
   State<EmojiReactionWidget> createState() => _EmojiReactionWidgetState();
@@ -70,7 +81,12 @@ class _EmojiReactionWidgetState extends State<EmojiReactionWidget> {
     return GestureDetector(
       key: _targetKey,
       onTap: () async {
-        await sendReaction(widget.groupId, widget.messageId, widget.emoji);
+        await sendReaction(
+          widget.groupId,
+          widget.messageId,
+          widget.emoji,
+          asQuotedText: widget.asQuotedText,
+        );
         widget.emojiKey.currentState?.spawn(
           getGlobalOffset(_targetKey),
           widget.emoji,

lib/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/own_story_bottom_bar.comp.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:font_awesome_flutter/font_awesome_flutter.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/locator.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/stories.dao.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/twonly.db.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/elements/my_icon_button.element.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/story_viewers.bottom_sheet.dart';
+
+/// What the media viewer offers under one of the user's own story items: who
+/// has seen it, and taking it down early.
+class OwnStoryBottomBar extends StatelessWidget {
+  const OwnStoryBottomBar({
+    required this.mediaFile,
+    required this.onDeleted,
+    super.key,
+  });
+
+  final MediaFile? mediaFile;
+
+  /// Called once the item is gone, so the viewer can move on.
+  final Future<void> Function() onDeleted;
+
+  Future<void> _showViewers(BuildContext context, MediaFile media) async {
+    await showModalBottomSheet<void>(
+      context: context,
+      backgroundColor: Colors.black,
+      builder: (context) => StoryViewersBottomSheet(mediaFile: media),
+    );
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _delete(BuildContext context, MediaFile media) async {
+    if (await confirmAndDeleteStoryItem(context, media)) await onDeleted();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final media = mediaFile;
+    if (media == null) return const SizedBox(height: 55);
+    return Row(
+      mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
+      children: [
+        StreamBuilder<List<StoryViewer>>(
+          stream: twonlyDB.storiesDao.watchStoryViewers(media.mediaId),
+          builder: (context, snapshot) {
+            final seen = (snapshot.data ?? const [])
+                .where((viewer) => viewer.openedAt != null)
+                .length;
+            return MyIconButton(
+              variant: MyIconButtonVariant.secondary,
+              onPressed: () => _showViewers(context, media),
+              icon: Row(
+                mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+                children: [
+                  const FaIcon(FontAwesomeIcons.eye, size: 18),
+                  const SizedBox(width: 8),
+                  Text('$seen'),
+                ],
+              ),
+            );
+          },
+        ),
+        const SizedBox(width: 10),
+        MyIconButton(
+          variant: MyIconButtonVariant.secondary,
+          onPressed: canDeleteStoryItem(media)
+              ? () => _delete(context, media)
+              : null,
+          icon: const FaIcon(FontAwesomeIcons.trash, size: 18),
+        ),
+      ],
+    );
+  }
+}

lib/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/reaction_buttons.comp.dart

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class ReactionButtons extends StatefulWidget {
     required this.groupId,
     required this.emojiKey,
     required this.hide,
+    this.asQuotedText = false,
     super.key,
   });
 
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ class ReactionButtons extends StatefulWidget {
   final String groupId;
   final void Function() hide;
 
+  /// Send the emoji as a message quoting the target instead of a reaction.
+  final bool asQuotedText;
+
   @override
   State<ReactionButtons> createState() => _ReactionButtonsState();
 }
@@ -123,6 +127,7 @@ class _ReactionButtonsState extends State<ReactionButtons> {
                             show: _renderAnimations,
                             emoji: emoji as String,
                             emojiKey: widget.emojiKey,
+                            asQuotedText: widget.asQuotedText,
                           ),
                         )
                         .toList(),
@@ -140,6 +145,7 @@ class _ReactionButtonsState extends State<ReactionButtons> {
                         show: _renderAnimations,
                         emoji: emoji,
                         emojiKey: widget.emojiKey,
+                        asQuotedText: widget.asQuotedText,
                       ),
                     ),
                     GestureDetector(
@@ -160,6 +166,7 @@ class _ReactionButtonsState extends State<ReactionButtons> {
                           widget.groupId,
                           widget.messageId,
                           layer.text,
+                          asQuotedText: widget.asQuotedText,
                         );
                         widget.emojiKey.currentState?.spawn(
                           getGlobalOffset(_keyEmojiPicker),

lib/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/story_expiry_timer.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/stories.dao.dart';
+
+typedef StoryTimerFactory =
+    Timer Function(
+      Duration duration,
+      void Function() callback,
+    );
+
+class StoryExpiryTimer {
+  StoryExpiryTimer({StoryTimerFactory? timerFactory})
+    : _timerFactory = timerFactory ?? Timer.new;
+
+  final StoryTimerFactory _timerFactory;
+  Timer? _timer;
+
+  void schedule({
+    required DateTime postedAt,
+    required DateTime now,
+    required void Function() onExpired,
+  }) {
+    cancel();
+    final remaining = postedAt.add(storyLifetime).difference(now);
+    _timer = _timerFactory(
+      remaining.isNegative ? Duration.zero : remaining,
+      onExpired,
+    );
+  }
+
+  void cancel() {
+    _timer?.cancel();
+    _timer = null;
+  }
+}

lib/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/story_viewers.bottom_sheet.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:font_awesome_flutter/font_awesome_flutter.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/core/bridge/stories.dart' as stories;
+import 'package:twonly/locator.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/contacts.dao.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/stories.dao.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/tables/mediafiles.table.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/twonly.db.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/utils/log.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/utils/misc.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/alert.dialog.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/avatar_icon.comp.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/snackbar.dart';
+
+/// Asks, then takes one of the user's story items down for everybody.
+/// Returns whether it is gone.
+Future<bool> confirmAndDeleteStoryItem(
+  BuildContext context,
+  MediaFile mediaFile,
+) async {
+  final confirmed = await showAlertDialog(
+    context,
+    context.lang.storyDeleteTitle,
+    context.lang.storyDeleteBody,
+    customOk: context.lang.storyDelete,
+  );
+  if (!confirmed) return false;
+  try {
+    await stories.deleteStoryItem(mediaId: mediaFile.mediaId);
+    return true;
+  } catch (e) {
+    Log.error('Could not delete the story item: $e');
+    if (context.mounted) showSnackbar(context, context.lang.storyDeleteFailed);
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+/// A delete could overtake an upload still on its way and the item would then
+/// arrive after all, so it waits until the upload is done.
+bool canDeleteStoryItem(MediaFile mediaFile) =>
+    mediaFile.uploadState == UploadState.uploaded;
+
+/// Who has viewed one of the user's story items. Recipients who have not
+/// looked at it yet, and how far delivery got, are not the question here.
+class StoryViewersBottomSheet extends StatefulWidget {
+  const StoryViewersBottomSheet({required this.mediaFile, super.key});
+
+  final MediaFile mediaFile;
+
+  @override
+  State<StoryViewersBottomSheet> createState() =>
+      _StoryViewersBottomSheetState();
+}
+
+class _StoryViewersBottomSheetState extends State<StoryViewersBottomSheet> {
+  StreamSubscription<List<StoryViewer>>? _viewersSub;
+  List<StoryViewer> _viewers = [];
+
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    _viewersSub = twonlyDB.storiesDao
+        .watchStoryViewers(widget.mediaFile.mediaId)
+        .listen((viewers) {
+          if (!mounted) return;
+          setState(
+            () => _viewers = viewers
+                .where((viewer) => viewer.openedAt != null)
+                .toList(),
+          );
+        });
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    _viewersSub?.cancel();
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _delete() async {
+    final deleted = await confirmAndDeleteStoryItem(context, widget.mediaFile);
+    if (deleted && mounted) Navigator.pop(context);
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return Container(
+      height: 400,
+      decoration: BoxDecoration(
+        borderRadius: const BorderRadius.only(
+          topLeft: Radius.circular(32),
+          topRight: Radius.circular(32),
+        ),
+        color: context.color.surface,
+        boxShadow: const [
+          BoxShadow(
+            blurRadius: 10.9,
+            color: Color.fromRGBO(0, 0, 0, 0.1),
+          ),
+        ],
+      ),
+      child: Column(
+        children: [
+          Container(
+            margin: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 20, bottom: 8),
+            decoration: BoxDecoration(
+              borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(32),
+              color: Colors.grey,
+            ),
+            height: 3,
+            width: 60,
+          ),
+          Padding(
+            padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 18),
+            child: Row(
+              children: [
+                const SizedBox(width: 48),
+                Expanded(
+                  child: Text(
+                    context.lang.storyViews(_viewers.length),
+                    textAlign: TextAlign.center,
+                    style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.titleMedium,
+                  ),
+                ),
+                IconButton(
+                  tooltip: context.lang.storyDelete,
+                  onPressed: canDeleteStoryItem(widget.mediaFile)
+                      ? _delete
+                      : null,
+                  icon: const FaIcon(FontAwesomeIcons.trash, size: 16),
+                ),
+              ],
+            ),
+          ),
+          Expanded(
+            child: ListView(
+              padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 30),
+              children: [
+                for (final viewer in _viewers)
+                  Padding(
+                    key: ValueKey(viewer.message.messageId),
+                    padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 8),
+                    child: Row(
+                      children: [
+                        AvatarIcon(contactId: viewer.contact.userId),
+                        const SizedBox(width: 10),
+                        Expanded(
+                          child: Text(
+                            getContactDisplayName(viewer.contact),
+                            style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 17),
+                            overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
+                          ),
+                        ),
+                        Text(
+                          friendlyDateTime(context, viewer.openedAt!),
+                          style: TextStyle(
+                            fontSize: 12,
+                            color: context.color.onSurface.withAlpha(150),
+                          ),
+                        ),
+                      ],
+                    ),
+                  ),
+              ],
+            ),
+          ),
+        ],
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}

lib/src/visual/views/chats/message_info.view.dart

@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 import 'package:font_awesome_flutter/font_awesome_flutter.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/locator.dart';
-import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/contacts.dao.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/tables/messages.table.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/database/twonly.db.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/model/memory_item.model.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/services/mediafiles/mediafile.service.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/utils/misc.dart';
-import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/avatar_icon.comp.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/recipient_status_row.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/elements/better_list_title.element.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/chat_messages_components/bottom_sheets/message_history.bottom_sheet.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/chat_messages_components/chat_list_entry.dart';
@@ -164,38 +163,11 @@ class _MessageInfoViewState extends State<MessageInfoView> {
       }
 
       columns.add(
-        Padding(
+        RecipientStatusRow(
           key: ValueKey(groupMember.$1.contactId),
-          padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 8),
+          contact: groupMember.$2,
-          child: Row(
+          status: actionTypeText,
-            children: [
+          at: actionAt,
-              AvatarIcon(
-                contactId: groupMember.$2.userId,
-                fontSize: 15,
-              ),
-              const SizedBox(width: 6),
-              Expanded(
-                child: Column(
-                  crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
-                  children: [
-                    Text(
-                      getContactDisplayName(groupMember.$2),
-                      style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 17),
-                    ),
-                  ],
-                ),
-              ),
-              Column(
-                children: [
-                  Text(
-                    friendlyDateTime(context, actionAt),
-                    style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 12),
-                  ),
-                  Text(actionTypeText),
-                ],
-              ),
-            ],
-          ),
         ),
       );
     }

lib/src/visual/views/contact/contact_group_settings.view.dart

@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ class ContactGroupSettingsView extends StatefulWidget {
   const ContactGroupSettingsView({
     this.contactGroup,
     this.initialShowAsShortcut = false,
+    this.initialShareStories = false,
     super.key,
   });
 
   final ContactGroup? contactGroup;
   final bool initialShowAsShortcut;
+  final bool initialShareStories;
 
   @override
   State<ContactGroupSettingsView> createState() =>
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ class _ContactGroupSettingsViewState extends State<ContactGroupSettingsView> {
   late int _textColor;
   late bool _showAsShortcut;
   late bool _showAsLabel;
+  late bool _shareStories;
   String? _emoji;
   bool _saving = false;
   String _memberFilter = '';
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ class _ContactGroupSettingsViewState extends State<ContactGroupSettingsView> {
     _showAsShortcut =
         contactGroup?.showAsShortcut ?? widget.initialShowAsShortcut;
     _showAsLabel = contactGroup?.showAsLabel ?? !widget.initialShowAsShortcut;
+    _shareStories = contactGroup?.shareStories ?? widget.initialShareStories;
     _emoji = contactGroup?.emoji;
     if (contactGroup != null) unawaited(_loadWidgetUsage(contactGroup.id));
 
@@ -226,6 +230,7 @@ class _ContactGroupSettingsViewState extends State<ContactGroupSettingsView> {
             backgroundColor: _backgroundColor,
             showAsShortcut: _showAsShortcut,
             showAsLabel: _showAsLabel,
+            shareStories: _shareStories,
           );
       if (_isEditing) {
         await twonlyDB.contactGroupsDao.updateContactGroup(
@@ -236,6 +241,7 @@ class _ContactGroupSettingsViewState extends State<ContactGroupSettingsView> {
           backgroundColor: _backgroundColor,
           showAsShortcut: _showAsShortcut,
           showAsLabel: _showAsLabel,
+          shareStories: _shareStories,
         );
       }
       await twonlyDB.contactGroupsDao.replaceMembers(
@@ -528,6 +534,13 @@ class _ContactGroupSettingsViewState extends State<ContactGroupSettingsView> {
               value: _showAsShortcut,
               onChanged: (value) => setState(() => _showAsShortcut = value),
             ),
+            SwitchListTile.adaptive(
+              contentPadding: EdgeInsets.zero,
+              title: Text(context.lang.contactGroupShareStories),
+              subtitle: Text(context.lang.contactGroupShareStoriesSubtitle),
+              value: _shareStories,
+              onChanged: (value) => setState(() => _shareStories = value),
+            ),
             if (_showAsShortcut)
               ListTile(
                 contentPadding: EdgeInsets.zero,

lib/src/visual/views/contact/select_contact_groups.view.dart

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import 'package:twonly/src/database/twonly.db.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/utils/misc.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/avatar_icon.comp.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/contact_groups.comp.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/elements/my_button.element.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/contact/contact_group_settings.view.dart';
 
 class SelectContactGroupsView extends StatefulWidget {
@@ -193,10 +194,17 @@ class _SelectContactGroupsViewState extends State<SelectContactGroupsView> {
           Expanded(
             child: _contactGroups.isEmpty
                 ? Center(
-                    child: FilledButton.icon(
+                    child: MyButton(
+                      variant: MyButtonVariant.primaryDense,
                       onPressed: _openSettings,
-                      icon: const Icon(Icons.add),
+                      child: Row(
-                      label: Text(context.lang.createContactGroup),
+                        mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+                        children: [
+                          const Icon(Icons.add),
+                          const SizedBox(width: 8),
+                          Text(context.lang.createContactGroup),
+                        ],
+                      ),
                     ),
                   )
                 : ListView.builder(
@@ -209,6 +217,8 @@ class _SelectContactGroupsViewState extends State<SelectContactGroupsView> {
                           context.lang.contactGroupLabelFeature,
                         if (contactGroup.showAsShortcut)
                           context.lang.contactGroupShortcutFeature,
+                        if (contactGroup.shareStories)
+                          context.lang.contactGroupStoriesFeature,
                       ].join(' · ');
                       return ListTile(
                         contentPadding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(

lib/src/visual/views/home.view.dart

@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ class HomeViewState extends State<HomeView> with WidgetsBindingObserver {
   double _offsetFromOne = 0;
   bool _isBottomNavVisible = true;
   Timer? _disableCameraTimer;
+
+  /// Whether [_openEditor] has the editor open over this view.
+  bool _editorOpen = false;
   bool _startPreloading = false;
 
   final MainCameraController _mainCameraController = MainCameraController();
@@ -153,14 +156,7 @@ class HomeViewState extends State<HomeView> with WidgetsBindingObserver {
         return;
       }
       file.copySync(newMediaService.originalPath.path);
-      if (!mounted) return;
+      await _openEditor(newMediaService);
-
-      await context.navPush(
-        ShareImageEditorView(
-          mediaFileService: newMediaService,
-          sharedFromGallery: true,
-        ),
-      );
     });
 
     if (HomeViewState.pendingSharedLink != null) {
@@ -269,17 +265,29 @@ class HomeViewState extends State<HomeView> with WidgetsBindingObserver {
 
     final draftMedia = await twonlyDB.mediaFilesDao.getDraftMediaFile();
     if (draftMedia != null) {
+      await _openEditor(MediaFileService(draftMedia));
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// Opens the editor on media that did not come from the camera, such as a
+  /// restored draft. The camera may already be running, started with the
+  /// app, and would keep running underneath the editor for as long as it is
+  /// open. It is closed, and the camera page counts as hidden until the
+  /// editor is left, so nothing starts it again in the meantime; the camera
+  /// page starts it itself once it shows again.
+  Future<void> _openEditor(MediaFileService mediaFileService) async {
     if (!mounted) return;
-      await Navigator.push(
+    _disableCameraTimer?.cancel();
-        context,
+    setState(() => _editorOpen = true);
-        MaterialPageRoute(
+    await _mainCameraController.closeCamera();
-          builder: (context) => ShareImageEditorView(
+    if (!mounted) return;
-            mediaFileService: MediaFileService(draftMedia),
+    await context.navPush(
+      ShareImageEditorView(
+        mediaFileService: mediaFileService,
         sharedFromGallery: true,
       ),
-        ),
     );
-    }
+    if (mounted) setState(() => _editorOpen = false);
   }
 
   @override
@@ -453,7 +461,9 @@ class HomeViewState extends State<HomeView> with WidgetsBindingObserver {
               child: CameraPreviewControllerView(
                 mainController: _mainCameraController,
                 isVisible:
-                    ((1 - (_offsetRatio * 4) % 1) == 1) && _activePageIdx == 1,
+                    ((1 - (_offsetRatio * 4) % 1) == 1) &&
+                    _activePageIdx == 1 &&
+                    !_editorOpen,
               ),
             ),
           ),

lib/src/visual/views/settings/notification.view.dart

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:permission_handler/permission_handler.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/locator.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/services/notifications/fcm.notifications.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/services/user.service.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/utils/misc.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/alert.dialog.dart';
 
@@ -30,6 +32,13 @@ class _NotificationViewState extends State<NotificationView> {
     }
   }
 
+  Future<void> _toggleStoryNotifications() async {
+    await UserService.update((u) {
+      u.storyNotifications = !u.storyNotifications;
+    });
+    setState(() {});
+  }
+
   Future<void> _resetTokens() async {
     setState(() {
       _isLoadingReset = true;
@@ -60,6 +69,15 @@ class _NotificationViewState extends State<NotificationView> {
               subtitle: Text(context.lang.settingsNotifyPermissionDesc),
               onTap: openAppSettings,
             ),
+          ListTile(
+            title: Text(context.lang.settingsNotifyStories),
+            subtitle: Text(context.lang.settingsNotifyStoriesSubtitle),
+            onTap: _toggleStoryNotifications,
+            trailing: Switch.adaptive(
+              value: userService.currentUser.storyNotifications,
+              onChanged: (_) => _toggleStoryNotifications(),
+            ),
+          ),
           if (_hasNotificationPermission == true)
             ListTile(
               title: Text(context.lang.settingsNotifyResetTitle),

lib/src/visual/views/settings/profile/own_story_strip.comp.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:clock/clock.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:font_awesome_flutter/font_awesome_flutter.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/locator.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/database/daos/stories.dao.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/utils/misc.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/story_preview.comp.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/chat_list_components/last_message_time.comp.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/story_expiry_timer.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/chats/media_viewer_components/story_viewers.bottom_sheet.dart';
+
+/// The user's story on their profile: every live item with how long ago it
+/// was posted and how many have viewed it. Tapping one lists those viewers.
+/// Nothing is shown while the user has no story.
+class OwnStoryStrip extends StatefulWidget {
+  const OwnStoryStrip({super.key});
+
+  @override
+  State<OwnStoryStrip> createState() => _OwnStoryStripState();
+}
+
+class _OwnStoryStripState extends State<OwnStoryStrip> {
+  StreamSubscription<List<OwnStoryItem>>? _itemsSub;
+  List<OwnStoryItem> _items = [];
+  final StoryExpiryTimer _expiry = StoryExpiryTimer();
+
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    _itemsSub = twonlyDB.storiesDao.watchOwnStoryItems().listen((items) {
+      if (!mounted) return;
+      setState(() => _items = items);
+      _scheduleExpiry();
+    });
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    _itemsSub?.cancel();
+    _expiry.cancel();
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  List<OwnStoryItem> get _active {
+    final now = clock.now();
+    return _items.where((item) => item.isActiveAt(now)).toList();
+  }
+
+  void _scheduleExpiry() {
+    final oldest = _active.firstOrNull;
+    if (oldest == null) {
+      _expiry.cancel();
+      return;
+    }
+    _expiry.schedule(
+      postedAt: oldest.postedAt,
+      now: clock.now(),
+      onExpired: () {
+        if (!mounted) return;
+        setState(() {});
+        _scheduleExpiry();
+      },
+    );
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _showViewers(OwnStoryItem item) async {
+    await showModalBottomSheet<void>(
+      context: context,
+      backgroundColor: Colors.transparent,
+      builder: (context) => StoryViewersBottomSheet(mediaFile: item.mediaFile),
+    );
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    // Newest first: the item posted last is the one people see next to the
+    // user's name.
+    final items = _active.reversed.toList();
+    if (items.isEmpty) return const SizedBox.shrink();
+    final secondary = TextStyle(
+      fontSize: 12,
+      color: context.color.onSurface.withAlpha(170),
+    );
+    return Column(
+      crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+      children: [
+        Padding(
+          padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20, 8, 20, 10),
+          child: Text(
+            context.lang.storyMine,
+            style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.titleMedium,
+          ),
+        ),
+        SizedBox(
+          height: 150,
+          child: ListView.separated(
+            scrollDirection: Axis.horizontal,
+            padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 20),
+            itemCount: items.length,
+            separatorBuilder: (_, _) => const SizedBox(width: 12),
+            itemBuilder: (context, index) {
+              final item = items[index];
+              return GestureDetector(
+                key: ValueKey(item.mediaFile.mediaId),
+                onTap: () => _showViewers(item),
+                child: Column(
+                  crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+                  children: [
+                    StoryPreview(
+                      mediaFile: item.mediaFile,
+                      width: 72,
+                      height: 110,
+                    ),
+                    const SizedBox(height: 6),
+                    SizedBox(
+                      width: 72,
+                      child: Row(
+                        children: [
+                          DefaultTextStyle.merge(
+                            style: secondary,
+                            child: LastMessageTimeComp(
+                              dateTime: item.postedAt,
+                            ),
+                          ),
+                          const Spacer(),
+                          FaIcon(
+                            FontAwesomeIcons.eye,
+                            size: 11,
+                            color: secondary.color,
+                          ),
+                          const SizedBox(width: 4),
+                          Text('${item.viewerCount}', style: secondary),
+                        ],
+                      ),
+                    ),
+                  ],
+                ),
+              );
+            },
+          ),
+        ),
+        const SizedBox(height: 10),
+      ],
+    );
+  }
+}

lib/src/visual/views/settings/profile/profile.view.dart

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import 'package:twonly/src/visual/components/snackbar.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/elements/better_list_title.element.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/elements/my_button.element.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/groups/group.view.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/visual/views/settings/profile/own_story_strip.comp.dart';
 
 class ProfileView extends StatefulWidget {
   const ProfileView({super.key});
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ class _ProfileViewState extends State<ProfileView> {
                 ),
               ),
               const SizedBox(height: 20),
+              const OwnStoryStrip(),
               const Divider(),
               BetterListTile(
                 leading: const Padding(

rust/.sqlx/query-0e41d6bc329927e36f9f47028c8fed85d00a117be9b731f6641f0d0bb6ae210d.json

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "SELECT EXISTS(\n               SELECT 1 FROM messages\n               WHERE message_id = ? AND sender_id IS NULL AND is_story = 1\n           ) AS \"own_story!: bool\"",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "name": "own_story!: bool",
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "type_info": "Integer",
+        "origin": "Expression"
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 1
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      false
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "0e41d6bc329927e36f9f47028c8fed85d00a117be9b731f6641f0d0bb6ae210d"
+}

rust/.sqlx/query-0fd03444e490940d3c953bf98935ad6711dbce8dddffb266d0681123cd910a1b.json

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "SELECT stored AS \"stored: bool\" FROM media_files WHERE media_id = ?",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "name": "stored: bool",
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "type_info": "Integer",
+        "origin": {
+          "Table": {
+            "table": "media_files",
+            "name": "stored"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 1
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      false
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "0fd03444e490940d3c953bf98935ad6711dbce8dddffb266d0681123cd910a1b"
+}

rust/.sqlx/query-3166edaa454ae4d5fb69012963ccc4a468ae0e07d5b61ffee329308c6f3e02c5.json

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "UPDATE groups\n               SET last_text_or_media_at = MAX(COALESCE(last_text_or_media_at, 0), ?)\n               WHERE group_id = ?",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 2
+    },
+    "nullable": []
+  },
+  "hash": "3166edaa454ae4d5fb69012963ccc4a468ae0e07d5b61ffee329308c6f3e02c5"
+}

rust/.sqlx/query-4add98e13f0f12e3d852e0b23183d57a2501ebf7df4e3daecef0c43e9ec5f0ab.json

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM messages WHERE quotes_message_id = ?) AS \"quoted!: bool\"",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "name": "quoted!: bool",
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "type_info": "Integer",
+        "origin": "Expression"
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 1
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      false
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "4add98e13f0f12e3d852e0b23183d57a2501ebf7df4e3daecef0c43e9ec5f0ab"
+}

rust/.sqlx/query-649d1ed9bcc18ad5ea496f3c10992e31190deaea130850e4c286267d053158e7.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "db_name": "SQLite",
-  "query": "SELECT message_id, sender_id AS \"sender_id!: i64\" FROM messages\n               WHERE media_id = ? AND sender_id IS NOT NULL\n                 AND (opened_at IS NULL OR is_widget_media = 1)",
+  "query": "SELECT message_id, sender_id AS \"sender_id!: i64\" FROM messages\n               WHERE media_id = ? AND sender_id IS NOT NULL\n                 AND (opened_at IS NULL OR is_widget_media = 1 OR is_story = 1)",
   "describe": {
     "columns": [
       {
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@
       true
     ]
   },
-  "hash": "f96e23fc46fe9d566e332d17edece9fd3f3d617907841e30bfeaba38eff12a52"
+  "hash": "649d1ed9bcc18ad5ea496f3c10992e31190deaea130850e4c286267d053158e7"
 }

rust/.sqlx/query-65fc2abdab1eaba3ac336697a775215ff7a2a94f050c20630c69b384e2a59ef7.json

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "SELECT EXISTS(\n               SELECT 1 FROM groups WHERE group_id = ? AND last_text_or_media_at > ?\n           ) AS \"recent!: bool\"",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "name": "recent!: bool",
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "type_info": "Integer",
+        "origin": "Expression"
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 2
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      false
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "65fc2abdab1eaba3ac336697a775215ff7a2a94f050c20630c69b384e2a59ef7"
+}

rust/.sqlx/query-ac056007bc89c8e50751106922a524b9cad10b7855af3dacda23269af2c6f3ee.json

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "UPDATE notification_outbox SET cleared_at = ?\n                   WHERE message_id = ? AND kind = 'story' AND cleared_at IS NULL",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 2
+    },
+    "nullable": []
+  },
+  "hash": "ac056007bc89c8e50751106922a524b9cad10b7855af3dacda23269af2c6f3ee"
+}

rust/.sqlx/query-b47ac224594691c9a878877f8815d870d6d887679ffa0297c67ae0c4bf490f0e.json

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "SELECT user_id FROM contacts\n           WHERE accepted = 1 AND blocked = 0 AND deleted_by_user = 0 AND account_deleted = 0",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "name": "user_id",
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "type_info": "Integer",
+        "origin": {
+          "Table": {
+            "table": "contacts",
+            "name": "user_id"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 0
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      false
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "b47ac224594691c9a878877f8815d870d6d887679ffa0297c67ae0c4bf490f0e"
+}

rust/.sqlx/query-b984da6db7f2c197bb89566f2fcc00ae3982ca57a4ad5183e23db672bfc7ca79.json

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM groups WHERE group_id = ?) AS \"exists!: bool\"",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "name": "exists!: bool",
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "type_info": "Integer",
+        "origin": "Expression"
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 1
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      false
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "b984da6db7f2c197bb89566f2fcc00ae3982ca57a4ad5183e23db672bfc7ca79"
+}

rust/.sqlx/query-b9b8a9700410dfd75de46b561feb26cb00d1aaa27aa23d9d43fbc582972b5978.json

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "SELECT cgm.user_id AS \"user_id!: i64\"\n               FROM contact_group_members cgm\n               JOIN contact_groups cg ON cg.id = cgm.contact_group_id\n               WHERE cg.id = ? AND cg.share_stories = 1 AND cgm.user_id IS NOT NULL",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "name": "user_id!: i64",
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "type_info": "Integer",
+        "origin": {
+          "Table": {
+            "table": "contact_group_members",
+            "name": "user_id"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 1
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      true
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "b9b8a9700410dfd75de46b561feb26cb00d1aaa27aa23d9d43fbc582972b5978"
+}

rust/.sqlx/query-ba5a9b12e344593eda59f627b8b7eb124eaa4aeb981ee3ee37cfa7e2297c1987.json

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "SELECT gm.contact_id\n               FROM contact_group_members cgm\n               JOIN contact_groups cg ON cg.id = cgm.contact_group_id\n               JOIN group_members gm ON gm.group_id = cgm.group_id\n               WHERE cg.id = ? AND cg.share_stories = 1 AND cgm.group_id IS NOT NULL\n                 AND (gm.member_state IS NULL OR gm.member_state != 'leftGroup')",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "name": "contact_id",
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "type_info": "Integer",
+        "origin": {
+          "Table": {
+            "table": "group_members",
+            "name": "contact_id"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 1
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      false
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "ba5a9b12e344593eda59f627b8b7eb124eaa4aeb981ee3ee37cfa7e2297c1987"
+}

rust/.sqlx/query-bf36937c8900ffce1ce941ae44bc0d7e48ca176f3b2e7df9f94559dd240c6eef.json

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "SELECT message_id FROM messages\n           WHERE is_story = 1 AND media_stored = 0 AND created_at <= ?",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "name": "message_id",
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "type_info": "Text",
+        "origin": {
+          "Table": {
+            "table": "messages",
+            "name": "message_id"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 1
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      false
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "bf36937c8900ffce1ce941ae44bc0d7e48ca176f3b2e7df9f94559dd240c6eef"
+}

rust/.sqlx/query-c44fdd0c6ac77ef4b604dd0008f69db96edbcac9c3f3dac16d8c0945b5451d9e.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "db_name": "SQLite",
-  "query": "\n        INSERT INTO messages(\n            group_id,\n            message_id,\n            sender_id,\n            type,\n            media_id,\n            additional_message_data,\n            quotes_message_id,\n            is_widget_media,\n            opened_at,\n            opened_by_all,\n            created_at\n        ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, 'media', ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)\n        ",
+  "query": "\n        INSERT INTO messages(\n            group_id,\n            message_id,\n            sender_id,\n            type,\n            media_id,\n            additional_message_data,\n            quotes_message_id,\n            is_widget_media,\n            is_story,\n            opened_at,\n            opened_by_all,\n            created_at\n        ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, 'media', ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)\n        ",
   "describe": {
     "columns": [],
     "parameters": {
-      "Right": 10
+      "Right": 11
     },
     "nullable": []
   },
-  "hash": "013966ba4d977a6d396259f9f6706e00ef02c0b9923d0dac6b5719223482822e"
+  "hash": "c44fdd0c6ac77ef4b604dd0008f69db96edbcac9c3f3dac16d8c0945b5451d9e"
 }

rust/.sqlx/query-dc47c3260c79b988e6c74af7bc6e38c197cc6922c101f455ef3d0fd4f644c993.json

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "SELECT message_id, group_id FROM messages\n           WHERE media_id = ? AND is_story = 1 AND sender_id IS NULL AND media_stored = 0",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "name": "message_id",
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "type_info": "Text",
+        "origin": {
+          "Table": {
+            "table": "messages",
+            "name": "message_id"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "group_id",
+        "ordinal": 1,
+        "type_info": "Text",
+        "origin": {
+          "Table": {
+            "table": "messages",
+            "name": "group_id"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 1
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      false,
+      false
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "dc47c3260c79b988e6c74af7bc6e38c197cc6922c101f455ef3d0fd4f644c993"
+}

rust/.sqlx/query-e28362e3911929f66746631d9dff86002d9900e14f71dacde26f008af96c18af.json

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "UPDATE notification_outbox SET cleared_at = ?\n               WHERE message_id = ? AND kind = 'story' AND cleared_at IS NULL",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 2
+    },
+    "nullable": []
+  },
+  "hash": "e28362e3911929f66746631d9dff86002d9900e14f71dacde26f008af96c18af"
+}

rust/.sqlx/query-e2f68ef88181ad5b8f35a9be2d56ed2c3f4e0cac87d58e18fc27704a4d7688dc.json

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "SELECT type AS media_type, stored, is_draft_media FROM media_files\n               WHERE media_id = ?\n                 AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM messages WHERE media_id = media_files.media_id)",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "name": "media_type",
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "type_info": "Text",
+        "origin": {
+          "Table": {
+            "table": "media_files",
+            "name": "type"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "stored",
+        "ordinal": 1,
+        "type_info": "Integer",
+        "origin": {
+          "Table": {
+            "table": "media_files",
+            "name": "stored"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "is_draft_media",
+        "ordinal": 2,
+        "type_info": "Integer",
+        "origin": {
+          "Table": {
+            "table": "media_files",
+            "name": "is_draft_media"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 1
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      false,
+      false,
+      false
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "e2f68ef88181ad5b8f35a9be2d56ed2c3f4e0cac87d58e18fc27704a4d7688dc"
+}

rust/.sqlx/query-e3684506954963d336412dea8579fa2586dcb4474d19758b2b41284a105161d9.json

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "UPDATE messages SET media_id = NULL WHERE message_id = ?",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 1
+    },
+    "nullable": []
+  },
+  "hash": "e3684506954963d336412dea8579fa2586dcb4474d19758b2b41284a105161d9"
+}

rust/src/api/messages/incoming.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ mod media;
 pub mod messages;
 mod reaction;
 pub mod recovery;
+pub(crate) mod story;
 mod text_message;
 mod typing_indicator;
 mod user_discovery;
@@ -495,7 +496,7 @@ pub async fn handle_decoded_server_message(
         return Ok(());
     }
 
-    let mut sends_error_response = false;
+    let mut withhold_delivery_receipt = false;
     let mut rebuild_session = false;
 
     match message_type {
@@ -520,7 +521,7 @@ pub async fn handle_decoded_server_message(
             }
             // Never acknowledged: the message was not read, so the sender must
             // not be told it was delivered.
-            sends_error_response = true;
+            withhold_delivery_receipt = true;
         }
         Type::CiphertextV2 => {
             let decrypted = match resumed_plaintext {
@@ -577,7 +578,7 @@ pub async fn handle_decoded_server_message(
                                 "invalid decrypted client content: {error}"
                             ))
                         })?;
-                    sends_error_response = process_encrypted_or_queue_error(
+                    withhold_delivery_receipt = process_encrypted_or_queue_error(
                         ctx,
                         &mut t,
                         from_user_id,
@@ -585,7 +586,7 @@ pub async fn handle_decoded_server_message(
                         content,
                     )
                     .await?
-                    .is_some();
+                        == Delivery::Withhold;
                 }
                 // The ratchet has already consumed this message, so it was
                 // handled and the peer is only missing the answer. Falling
@@ -611,7 +612,7 @@ pub async fn handle_decoded_server_message(
                         error_type as i32,
                     )
                     .await?;
-                    sends_error_response = true;
+                    withhold_delivery_receipt = true;
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -627,7 +628,7 @@ pub async fn handle_decoded_server_message(
         Type::TestNotification => {}
     }
 
-    if is_encrypted_message & !sends_error_response {
+    if is_encrypted_message & !withhold_delivery_receipt {
         queue_sender_delivery_receipt(&mut t, from_user_id, &message.receipt_id).await?;
     }
 
@@ -720,6 +721,16 @@ async fn rebuild_session(ctx: &Arc<Context>, from_user_id: i64) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Whether the sender learns that a handled message arrived.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub(crate) enum Delivery {
+    /// Queue the sender delivery receipt, which ends the sender's retries.
+    Ack,
+    /// Tell the sender nothing, either because an error response goes back
+    /// instead or because the content is ignored outright.
+    Withhold,
+}
+
 /// Dispatches already-decrypted client-to-client content to its concrete
 /// feature module. Transport decoding and Signal decryption do not belong in
 /// this dispatcher.
@@ -729,7 +740,15 @@ pub(crate) async fn handle_encrypted(
     from_user_id: i64,
     receipt_id: &str,
     content: proto::EncryptedContent,
-) -> Result<()> {
+) -> Result<Delivery> {
+    // A story that arrives after its 24 hours is ignored whole: no row, no
+    // notification and no receipt. The sender drops its receipt when the story
+    // expires there, which is what ends its retransmissions.
+    if content.story.as_ref().is_some_and(story::is_expired) {
+        tracing::info!("Ignoring a story that arrived after it expired");
+        return Ok(Delivery::Withhold);
+    }
+
     let notification_content = content.clone();
     handle_encrypted_inner(ctx, t, from_user_id, receipt_id, content).await?;
     crate::services::notifications::record_incoming_event(
@@ -739,7 +758,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn handle_encrypted(
         receipt_id,
         &notification_content,
     )
-    .await
+    .await?;
+    Ok(Delivery::Ack)
 }
 
 async fn handle_encrypted_inner(
@@ -793,6 +813,10 @@ async fn handle_encrypted_inner(
         return media::handle_media_update(ctx, t, from_user_id, update).await;
     }
 
+    if let Some(item) = content.story {
+        return story::handle_story(ctx, t, from_user_id, item).await;
+    }
+
     if let Some(error) = content.error_messages {
         return errors::handle_error_message(
             ctx,
@@ -925,7 +949,7 @@ async fn handle_encrypted_inner(
     }
 
     if let Some(media) = content.media {
-        return media::handle_media(ctx, t, from_user_id, &group_id, media).await;
+        return media::handle_media(ctx, t, from_user_id, &group_id, media, false).await;
     }
 
     if let Some(reaction) = content.reaction {

rust/src/api/messages/incoming/media.rs

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn handle_media(
     from_user_id: i64,
     group_id: &str,
     media: encrypted_content::Media,
+    is_story: bool,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     let media_type = MediaType::try_from(media.r#type)?;
     let widget_only = media.widget_only == Some(true);
@@ -225,10 +226,11 @@ pub(crate) async fn handle_media(
             additional_message_data,
             quotes_message_id,
             is_widget_media,
+            is_story,
             opened_at,
             opened_by_all,
             created_at
-        ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, 'media', ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+        ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, 'media', ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
         "#,
         group_id,
         media.sender_message_id,
@@ -237,6 +239,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn handle_media(
         media.additional_message_data,
         media.quote_message_id,
         widget_only,
+        is_story,
         opened_at,
         opened_by_all,
         timestamp,
@@ -244,9 +247,12 @@ pub(crate) async fn handle_media(
     .execute(&mut **t)
     .await?;
 
-    if !widget_only {
+    // A story is not an exchange in the chat it is filed under: it neither
+    // moves the chat up nor feeds its flames.
+    if !widget_only && !is_story {
         Group::increase_last_message_exchange(t, group_id, timestamp).await?;
         Group::record_media_exchange(t, group_id, true, timestamp).await?;
+        Group::record_text_or_media(t, group_id, timestamp).await?;
     }
 
     spawn_media_download(ctx, media_id);
@@ -300,8 +306,19 @@ pub(crate) async fn handle_media_update(
             .execute(&mut **t)
             .await?;
 
+            // Every recipient of a story shares one media file here, so the
+            // second person saving it must not export it to the gallery again.
+            let already_stored = sqlx::query_scalar!(
+                r#"SELECT stored AS "stored: bool" FROM media_files WHERE media_id = ?"#,
+                media_id,
+            )
+            .fetch_optional(&mut **t)
+            .await?
+            .unwrap_or(false);
+            if !already_stored {
                 spawn_media_store(ctx, media_id.clone());
             }
+        }
         MediaUpdateType::DecryptionError => {
             // The upload state and the requester list are owned by the reupload
             // path itself, which appends this contact instead of replacing

rust/src/api/messages/incoming/messages.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-use super::handle_encrypted;
+use super::{handle_encrypted, Delivery};
 use crate::api::proto::client::{self as proto};
 use crate::api::Server;
 use crate::bridge::api::ServerResult;
@@ -167,16 +167,16 @@ pub(crate) async fn process_encrypted_or_queue_error(
     from_user_id: i64,
     receipt_id: &str,
     content: proto::EncryptedContent,
-) -> Result<Option<String>> {
+) -> Result<Delivery> {
     let group_id = content.group_id.clone();
 
     match handle_encrypted(ctx, t, from_user_id, receipt_id, content).await {
-        Ok(()) => Ok(None),
+        Ok(delivery) => Ok(delivery),
         Err(error) => {
             let description = error.to_string();
             if description.contains("group join arrived before") {
                 queue_retry_control(t, from_user_id, receipt_id).await?;
-                return Ok(Some(receipt_id.to_owned()));
+                return Ok(Delivery::Withhold);
             }
 
             let error_type = if description.contains("not a member") {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn process_encrypted_or_queue_error(
             .execute(&mut **t)
             .await?;
 
-            Ok(Some(outgoing_receipt_id))
+            Ok(Delivery::Withhold)
         }
     }
 }

rust/src/api/messages/incoming/story.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, Tobias Müller git@tsmr.eu
+ *
+ */
+
+use super::media;
+use crate::api::proto::client::encrypted_content;
+use crate::context::Context;
+use crate::database::app::tables::{Contact, Group};
+use crate::error::{Result, TwonlyError};
+use crate::services::stories::STORY_LIFETIME_SECONDS;
+use crate::utils::milliseconds_to_seconds;
+use encrypted_content::media::Type as MediaType;
+use sqlx::{Sqlite, Transaction};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+/// When the story was posted, capped at `now`: a timestamp from the future
+/// would otherwise keep the story around for longer than its 24 hours.
+pub(crate) fn posted_at(story: &encrypted_content::Story, now: i64) -> i64 {
+    story
+        .media
+        .as_ref()
+        .map_or(0, |media| milliseconds_to_seconds(media.timestamp))
+        .min(now)
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn is_expired(story: &encrypted_content::Story) -> bool {
+    let now = chrono::Utc::now().timestamp();
+    posted_at(story, now) + STORY_LIFETIME_SECONDS <= now
+}
+
+/// Files a story item under the 1:1 chat with its sender, where it stays
+/// hidden until it is saved. Expired items never get here; see
+/// `handle_encrypted`.
+pub(crate) async fn handle_story(
+    ctx: &Arc<Context>,
+    t: &mut Transaction<'_, Sqlite>,
+    from_user_id: i64,
+    story: encrypted_content::Story,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    let posted_at = posted_at(&story, chrono::Utc::now().timestamp());
+    let Some(mut media) = story.media else {
+        return Err(TwonlyError::UnprocessableContent(
+            "story carries no media".into(),
+        ));
+    };
+    if !matches!(
+        MediaType::try_from(media.r#type)?,
+        MediaType::Image | MediaType::Video
+    ) {
+        tracing::warn!(
+            from_user_id,
+            "dropping a story that is not an image or video"
+        );
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    let Some(contact) = Contact::get_contact_by_id(t, from_user_id)
+        .await?
+        .filter(|contact| {
+            contact.accepted != 0 && contact.blocked == 0 && contact.deleted_by_user == 0
+        })
+    else {
+        tracing::info!(
+            from_user_id,
+            "dropping a story from someone who is not a contact"
+        );
+        return Ok(());
+    };
+
+    let group_id = Group::direct_chat_id(ctx.user_id().await?, from_user_id);
+    let has_chat = sqlx::query_scalar!(
+        r#"SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM groups WHERE group_id = ?) AS "exists!: bool""#,
+        group_id,
+    )
+    .fetch_one(&mut **t)
+    .await?;
+    if !has_chat {
+        Group::create_direct_chat(ctx, t, contact).await?;
+    }
+
+    // A story replays until it expires, for everybody it was sent to, so
+    // whatever limits the sender's editor attached do not apply to it.
+    media.display_limit_in_milliseconds = None;
+    media.requires_authentication = false;
+    media.widget_only = None;
+    media.quote_message_id = None;
+    media.timestamp = posted_at.saturating_mul(1_000);
+
+    media::handle_media(ctx, t, from_user_id, &group_id, media, true).await
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::api::messages::incoming::{handle_encrypted, Delivery};
+    use crate::api::proto::client::{encrypted_content, EncryptedContent};
+    use crate::context::Context;
+    use crate::database::app::tables::Group;
+    use crate::error::Result;
+    use crate::services::stories::{
+        STORY_ANNOUNCE_RECENT_EXCHANGE_SECONDS, STORY_LIFETIME_SECONDS,
+    };
+    use crate::user_config::UserConfig;
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+
+    async fn context(story_notifications: bool) -> Result<(tempfile::TempDir, Arc<Context>)> {
+        let directory = tempfile::tempdir()?;
+        let ctx =
+            Context::init_for_testing(directory.path().join("db"), directory.path().join("data"))
+                .await?;
+        UserConfig::save_json(
+            &ctx,
+            &format!(
+                r#"{{"userId":42,"username":"ben","displayName":"Ben","storyNotifications":{story_notifications}}}"#
+            ),
+        )?;
+        ctx.inject_test_user_id(42).await?;
+        let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+        sqlx::query("INSERT INTO contacts(user_id, username, accepted) VALUES (7, 'anna', 1)")
+            .execute(&database.pool)
+            .await?;
+        sqlx::query("INSERT INTO contacts(user_id, username) VALUES (8, 'stranger')")
+            .execute(&database.pool)
+            .await?;
+        Ok((directory, ctx))
+    }
+
+    /// The 1:1 chat with contact 7, last used for a text or media message at
+    /// `last_text_or_media_at`.
+    async fn chat_with_anna(ctx: &Context, last_text_or_media_at: Option<i64>) -> Result<String> {
+        let chat = Group::direct_chat_id(42, 7);
+        let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+        sqlx::query(
+            "INSERT INTO groups(group_id, group_name, is_direct_chat, joined_group, last_text_or_media_at) VALUES (?, 'Anna', 1, 1, ?)",
+        )
+        .bind(&chat)
+        .bind(last_text_or_media_at)
+        .execute(&database.pool)
+        .await?;
+        sqlx::query("INSERT INTO group_members(group_id, contact_id) VALUES (?, 7)")
+            .bind(&chat)
+            .execute(&database.pool)
+            .await?;
+        Ok(chat)
+    }
+
+    fn story(message_id: &str, posted_at: i64, notify: bool) -> EncryptedContent {
+        EncryptedContent {
+            story: Some(encrypted_content::Story {
+                media: Some(encrypted_content::Media {
+                    sender_message_id: message_id.into(),
+                    r#type: encrypted_content::media::Type::Image as i32,
+                    // Whatever the editor had set, a story replays.
+                    display_limit_in_milliseconds: Some(5_000),
+                    timestamp: posted_at * 1_000,
+                    download_token: Some(vec![1; 32]),
+                    encryption_key: Some(vec![2; 32]),
+                    encryption_mac: Some(vec![3; 16]),
+                    encryption_nonce: Some(vec![4; 12]),
+                    ..Default::default()
+                }),
+                notify,
+            }),
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn receive(
+        ctx: &Arc<Context>,
+        from: i64,
+        receipt_id: &str,
+        content: EncryptedContent,
+    ) -> Result<Delivery> {
+        let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+        let mut t = database.pool.begin().await?;
+        let delivery = handle_encrypted(ctx, &mut t, from, receipt_id, content).await?;
+        t.commit().await?;
+        Ok(delivery)
+    }
+
+    async fn outbox_kinds(ctx: &Context) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
+        let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+        Ok(
+            sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT kind FROM notification_outbox ORDER BY event_id")
+                .fetch_all(&database.pool)
+                .await?,
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn a_story_is_filed_hidden_in_the_direct_chat_and_announced_once() -> Result<()> {
+        let (_directory, ctx) = context(true).await?;
+        let now = chrono::Utc::now().timestamp();
+        chat_with_anna(&ctx, Some(now - 3600)).await?;
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            receive(&ctx, 7, "r1", story("s1", now, true)).await?,
+            Delivery::Ack
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            receive(&ctx, 7, "r2", story("s2", now, false)).await?,
+            Delivery::Ack
+        );
+
+        let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+        let rows: Vec<(String, String, i64)> = sqlx::query_as(
+            "SELECT message_id, group_id, is_story FROM messages ORDER BY message_id",
+        )
+        .fetch_all(&database.pool)
+        .await?;
+        let chat = Group::direct_chat_id(42, 7);
+        assert_eq!(
+            rows,
+            vec![
+                ("s1".into(), chat.clone(), 1),
+                ("s2".into(), chat.clone(), 1)
+            ]
+        );
+        let limits: Vec<Option<i64>> =
+            sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT display_limit_in_milliseconds FROM media_files")
+                .fetch_all(&database.pool)
+                .await?;
+        assert_eq!(limits, vec![None, None]);
+        // Not an exchange in the chat: no flames, no media counted.
+        let counter: i64 =
+            sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT total_media_counter FROM groups WHERE group_id = ?")
+                .bind(&chat)
+                .fetch_one(&database.pool)
+                .await?;
+        assert_eq!(counter, 0);
+        // Only the item the sender woke this device for is announced.
+        assert_eq!(outbox_kinds(&ctx).await?, vec!["story".to_owned()]);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn a_muted_receiver_files_the_story_without_announcing_it() -> Result<()> {
+        let (_directory, ctx) = context(false).await?;
+        let now = chrono::Utc::now().timestamp();
+        chat_with_anna(&ctx, Some(now - 3600)).await?;
+        assert_eq!(
+            receive(&ctx, 7, "r1", story("s1", now, true)).await?,
+            Delivery::Ack
+        );
+        let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+        let stories: i64 = sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM messages WHERE is_story = 1")
+            .fetch_one(&database.pool)
+            .await?;
+        assert_eq!(stories, 1);
+        assert!(outbox_kinds(&ctx).await?.is_empty());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn an_expired_story_is_ignored_without_a_receipt() -> Result<()> {
+        let (_directory, ctx) = context(true).await?;
+        let late = chrono::Utc::now().timestamp() - STORY_LIFETIME_SECONDS - 60;
+        assert_eq!(
+            receive(&ctx, 7, "r1", story("s1", late, true)).await?,
+            Delivery::Withhold
+        );
+        let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+        let messages: i64 = sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM messages")
+            .fetch_one(&database.pool)
+            .await?;
+        assert_eq!(messages, 0);
+        assert!(outbox_kinds(&ctx).await?.is_empty());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn a_story_from_someone_not_accepted_is_dropped() -> Result<()> {
+        let (_directory, ctx) = context(true).await?;
+        let now = chrono::Utc::now().timestamp();
+        assert_eq!(
+            receive(&ctx, 8, "r1", story("s1", now, true)).await?,
+            Delivery::Ack
+        );
+        let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+        let messages: i64 = sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM messages")
+            .fetch_one(&database.pool)
+            .await?;
+        assert_eq!(messages, 0);
+        assert!(outbox_kinds(&ctx).await?.is_empty());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn a_story_between_people_who_stopped_writing_is_not_announced() -> Result<()> {
+        let (_directory, ctx) = context(true).await?;
+        let now = chrono::Utc::now().timestamp();
+        // They last wrote to each other just over two weeks ago.
+        chat_with_anna(
+            &ctx,
+            Some(now - STORY_ANNOUNCE_RECENT_EXCHANGE_SECONDS - 60),
+        )
+        .await?;
+        assert_eq!(
+            receive(&ctx, 7, "r1", story("s1", now, true)).await?,
+            Delivery::Ack
+        );
+        assert!(outbox_kinds(&ctx).await?.is_empty());
+
+        // A text from them counts as writing again, and the next story is
+        // announced.
+        let text = EncryptedContent {
+            group_id: Some(Group::direct_chat_id(42, 7)),
+            text_message: Some(encrypted_content::TextMessage {
+                sender_message_id: "t1".into(),
+                text: "hi".into(),
+                timestamp: now * 1_000,
+                ..Default::default()
+            }),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        receive(&ctx, 7, "r2", text).await?;
+        assert_eq!(
+            receive(&ctx, 7, "r3", story("s2", now, true)).await?,
+            Delivery::Ack
+        );
+        // Ordered by receipt: the text (r2) came before the story (r3).
+        assert_eq!(
+            outbox_kinds(&ctx).await?,
+            vec!["text".to_owned(), "story".to_owned()]
+        );
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn a_story_does_not_count_as_writing() -> Result<()> {
+        let (_directory, ctx) = context(true).await?;
+        let now = chrono::Utc::now().timestamp();
+        let chat = chat_with_anna(&ctx, None).await?;
+        receive(&ctx, 7, "r1", story("s1", now, true)).await?;
+        let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+        let last: Option<i64> =
+            sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT last_text_or_media_at FROM groups WHERE group_id = ?")
+                .bind(&chat)
+                .fetch_one(&database.pool)
+                .await?;
+        assert_eq!(last, None);
+        assert!(outbox_kinds(&ctx).await?.is_empty());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_future_timestamp_is_capped_at_arrival() {
+        let content = story("s1", 2_000, true);
+        assert_eq!(
+            super::posted_at(content.story.as_ref().unwrap(), 1_000),
+            1_000
+        );
+    }
+}

rust/src/api/messages/incoming/text_message.rs

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn handle_text_message(
         .await?;
 
     Group::increase_last_message_exchange(t, group_id, timestamp).await?;
+    Group::record_text_or_media(t, group_id, timestamp).await?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -72,6 +73,17 @@ pub(crate) async fn handle_message_update(
                     .remove_files_if_deleted(t, &media.media_id, &media.media_type)
                     .await?;
             }
+
+            // A story taken down before it was seen should not stay announced.
+            let cleared_at = crate::utils::current_time().timestamp();
+            sqlx::query!(
+                r#"UPDATE notification_outbox SET cleared_at = ?
+                   WHERE message_id = ? AND kind = 'story' AND cleared_at IS NULL"#,
+                cleared_at,
+                update.sender_message_id,
+            )
+            .execute(&mut **t)
+            .await?;
         }
         Type::EditText => {
             Message::edit_text(

rust/src/api/messages/mod.rs

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ pub(crate) fn content_type_kind(
         "MessageUpdate"
     } else if content.media.is_some() {
         "Media"
+    } else if content.story.is_some() {
+        "Story"
     } else if content.media_update.is_some() {
         "MediaUpdate"
     } else if content.contact_update.is_some() {

rust/src/api/proto/client/messages.proto

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ message EncryptedContent {
   optional KeyVerificationProof          key_verification_proof          = 24;
   optional PasswordLessRecovery          passwordless_recovery           = 26;
   optional PasswordLessRecoveryHeartbeat passwordless_recovery_heartbeat = 27;
+  optional Story                         story                           = 30;
 
   message ErrorMessages {
     enum Type {
@@ -134,6 +135,17 @@ message EncryptedContent {
     optional bool widget_only = 12;
   }
 
+  // A story item. It carries no group ID: the receiver files it under its 1:1
+  // chat with the sender, keeps it for 24 hours after `media.timestamp`, and
+  // never shows it in that chat unless it is saved.
+  message Story {
+    Media media  = 1;
+    // Whether the sender woke the receiver for this item, which it does for
+    // the first story in 24 hours only. The receiver announces the story only
+    // when this is set, so a push and its notification never disagree.
+    bool  notify = 2;
+  }
+
   message MediaUpdate {
     enum Type {
       REOPENED         = 0;

rust/src/bridge/api.rs

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use crate::services::contacts::ContactService;
 use crate::services::media_upload::{MediaSizeReport, MediaUploadService};
 use crate::services::messages::MessageService;
 use crate::services::outbox_dispatch::OutboxDispatchService;
+use crate::services::stories::StoryAudience;
 use crate::user_config::UserConfig;
 use flutter_rust_bridge::frb;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -223,16 +224,24 @@ impl RustApi {
         crate::services::location_metadata::prewarm(ctx)
     }
 
-    /// Creates one outgoing message per selected group and starts the upload.
+    /// Creates one outgoing message per selected group, plus the story rows
+    /// for `story_audience`, and starts the upload they all share.
     pub async fn send_media_to_groups(
         media_id: String,
         group_ids: Vec<String>,
         additional_message_data: Option<Vec<u8>>,
         widget_only: bool,
+        story_audience: Option<StoryAudience>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         let ctx = Context::get_static()?;
         MediaUploadService::new(ctx)
-            .insert_into_messages(media_id, group_ids, additional_message_data, widget_only)
+            .insert_into_messages(
+                media_id,
+                group_ids,
+                additional_message_data,
+                widget_only,
+                story_audience,
+            )
             .await
     }
 

rust/src/bridge/mod.rs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ pub mod api;
 pub mod callbacks;
 pub mod groups;
 pub mod logging;
+pub mod stories;
 pub mod user_config;
 pub mod webxdc;
 pub mod wrapper;

rust/src/bridge/stories.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, Tobias Müller git@tsmr.eu
+ *
+ */
+
+//! What the Flutter layer may ask of stories. Story rows themselves are read
+//! straight from the database; sending goes through `send_media_to_groups`.
+
+use crate::context::Context;
+use crate::error::Result;
+use crate::services::direct_media_upload::MAX_ATTACHMENT_DISPATCHES;
+use crate::services::stories;
+pub use crate::services::stories::StoryAudience;
+use flutter_rust_bridge::frb;
+
+#[frb(mirror(StoryAudience))]
+pub struct _StoryAudience {
+    pub all: bool,
+    pub contact_group_ids: Vec<i64>,
+}
+
+/// The 1:1 chats a story sent to `audience` would go to right now, one per
+/// contact. Together with the chats picked for a direct send, this is who a
+/// send reaches.
+pub async fn story_audience_chats(audience: StoryAudience) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
+    let ctx = Context::get_static()?;
+    stories::audience_chats(ctx, &audience).await
+}
+
+/// The most recipients one media send, story rows included, may reach.
+#[frb(sync)]
+pub fn max_media_recipients() -> u32 {
+    MAX_ATTACHMENT_DISPATCHES as u32
+}
+
+/// Takes one of the user's own story items down for every recipient.
+pub async fn delete_story_item(media_id: String) -> Result<()> {
+    let ctx = Context::get_static()?;
+    stories::delete_item(ctx, &media_id).await
+}
+
+/// Lets go of every story item older than 24 hours.
+pub async fn purge_expired_stories() -> Result<()> {
+    let ctx = Context::get_static()?;
+    stories::purge_expired(ctx).await
+}

rust/src/database/app/migrations/0025_stories.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+-- A story item is a hidden message row in the 1:1 chat: one per recipient on
+-- the sender, all sharing one media file, and one per received item on the
+-- receiver. Upload, receipts and opened tracking stay on the message path;
+-- chats only show a story row once someone saved it, and unsaved story rows
+-- are purged 24 hours after the sender's timestamp instead of by the chat
+-- deletion timer.
+ALTER TABLE messages ADD COLUMN is_story INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
+    CHECK (is_story IN (0, 1));
+CREATE INDEX idx_messages_story ON messages(is_story, created_at)
+    WHERE is_story = 1;
+
+-- Contact groups whose members receive stories sent to that group.
+ALTER TABLE contact_groups ADD COLUMN share_stories INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
+    CHECK (share_stories IN (0, 1));

rust/src/database/app/migrations/0026_last_text_or_media.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+-- When this chat last carried a text or media message, in either direction.
+-- Unlike last_message_exchange it ignores reactions, shared data and the
+-- chat's creation, and unlike the messages themselves it outlives the chat's
+-- deletion timer. A story is announced only between people who wrote to each
+-- other within the last two weeks, and this is what that is measured by.
+ALTER TABLE groups ADD COLUMN last_text_or_media_at INTEGER;
+
+-- Existing chats start from what is still known: the newest text or media
+-- message left, and the media timestamps the flames keep.
+UPDATE groups SET last_text_or_media_at = NULLIF(MAX(
+    COALESCE((SELECT MAX(created_at) FROM messages
+              WHERE messages.group_id = groups.group_id
+                AND messages.type IN ('text', 'media')
+                AND messages.is_story = 0), 0),
+    COALESCE(last_message_send, 0),
+    COALESCE(last_message_received, 0)
+), 0);

rust/src/database/app/mod.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ mod legacy_import;
 pub mod tables;
 
 pub const APP_DATABASE_FILE: &str = "app_db.sqlite";
-pub const APP_SCHEMA_VERSION: i64 = 9;
+pub const APP_SCHEMA_VERSION: i64 = 11;
 
 /// User-owned application tables in the current Rust schema. Rust-only outbox
 /// tables are deliberately absent because they are reconstructed locally.

rust/src/database/app/tables/groups.rs

@@ -440,6 +440,28 @@ impl Group {
         Ok(is_member)
     }
 
+    /// Notes a text or media message in this chat, sent or received. This is
+    /// what "these two still talk" is measured by; see
+    /// `stories::exchanged_recently`.
+    pub async fn record_text_or_media(
+        tr: &mut Transaction<'_, Sqlite>,
+        group_id: &str,
+        timestamp: i64,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        let now = current_unix_timestamp()?;
+        let timestamp = timestamp.min(now.saturating_add(MAX_FUTURE_TIMESTAMP_SKEW_SECONDS));
+        sqlx::query!(
+            r#"UPDATE groups
+               SET last_text_or_media_at = MAX(COALESCE(last_text_or_media_at, 0), ?)
+               WHERE group_id = ?"#,
+            timestamp,
+            group_id,
+        )
+        .execute(&mut **tr)
+        .await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub async fn increase_last_message_exchange_to_now(
         tr: &mut Transaction<'_, Sqlite>,
         group_id: &str,

rust/src/error.rs

@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ pub enum TwonlyError {
     #[error("encrypted media is {bytes} bytes but the plan allows {limit}")]
     MediaTooLarge { bytes: i64, limit: i64 },
 
+    #[error("a media send reaches {count} recipients but at most {limit} are allowed")]
+    TooManyRecipients { count: usize, limit: usize },
+
     /// The group server refused a state update because it was written against
     /// a version it no longer holds. Somebody else changed the group first, so
     /// the update has to be applied again to the version that won.

rust/src/frb_generated.rs

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ flutter_rust_bridge::frb_generated_boilerplate!(
     default_rust_auto_opaque = RustAutoOpaqueMoi,
 );
 pub(crate) const FLUTTER_RUST_BRIDGE_CODEGEN_VERSION: &str = "2.12.0";
-pub(crate) const FLUTTER_RUST_BRIDGE_CODEGEN_CONTENT_HASH: i32 = -1675944024;
+pub(crate) const FLUTTER_RUST_BRIDGE_CODEGEN_CONTENT_HASH: i32 = -1336092087;
 
 // Section: executor
 
@@ -462,6 +462,43 @@ fn wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__delete_instance_impl(
         },
     )
 }
+fn wire__crate__bridge__stories__delete_story_item_impl(
+    port_: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::MessagePort,
+    ptr_: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::PlatformGeneralizedUint8ListPtr,
+    rust_vec_len_: i32,
+    data_len_: i32,
+) {
+    FLUTTER_RUST_BRIDGE_HANDLER.wrap_async::<flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::SseCodec, _, _, _>(
+        flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::TaskInfo {
+            debug_name: "delete_story_item",
+            port: Some(port_),
+            mode: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::FfiCallMode::Normal,
+        },
+        move || {
+            let message = unsafe {
+                flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::Dart2RustMessageSse::from_wire(
+                    ptr_,
+                    rust_vec_len_,
+                    data_len_,
+                )
+            };
+            let mut deserializer =
+                flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::SseDeserializer::new(message);
+            let api_media_id = <String>::sse_decode(&mut deserializer);
+            deserializer.end();
+            move |context| async move {
+                transform_result_sse::<_, flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::anyhow::Error>(
+                    (move || async move {
+                        let output_ok =
+                            crate::bridge::stories::delete_story_item(api_media_id).await?;
+                        Ok(output_ok)
+                    })()
+                    .await,
+                )
+            }
+        },
+    )
+}
 fn wire__crate__bridge__groups__fetch_group_state_impl(
     port_: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::MessagePort,
     ptr_: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::PlatformGeneralizedUint8ListPtr,
@@ -968,6 +1005,36 @@ fn wire__crate__bridge__groups__manage_admin_state_impl(
         },
     )
 }
+fn wire__crate__bridge__stories__max_media_recipients_impl(
+    ptr_: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::PlatformGeneralizedUint8ListPtr,
+    rust_vec_len_: i32,
+    data_len_: i32,
+) -> flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::WireSyncRust2DartSse {
+    FLUTTER_RUST_BRIDGE_HANDLER.wrap_sync::<flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::SseCodec, _>(
+        flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::TaskInfo {
+            debug_name: "max_media_recipients",
+            port: None,
+            mode: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::FfiCallMode::Sync,
+        },
+        move || {
+            let message = unsafe {
+                flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::Dart2RustMessageSse::from_wire(
+                    ptr_,
+                    rust_vec_len_,
+                    data_len_,
+                )
+            };
+            let mut deserializer =
+                flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::SseDeserializer::new(message);
+            deserializer.end();
+            transform_result_sse::<_, ()>((move || {
+                let output_ok =
+                    Result::<_, ()>::Ok(crate::bridge::stories::max_media_recipients())?;
+                Ok(output_ok)
+            })())
+        },
+    )
+}
 fn wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__members_impl(
     port_: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::MessagePort,
     ptr_: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::PlatformGeneralizedUint8ListPtr,
@@ -1080,6 +1147,41 @@ fn wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__prepare_bundle_impl(
         },
     )
 }
+fn wire__crate__bridge__stories__purge_expired_stories_impl(
+    port_: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::MessagePort,
+    ptr_: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::PlatformGeneralizedUint8ListPtr,
+    rust_vec_len_: i32,
+    data_len_: i32,
+) {
+    FLUTTER_RUST_BRIDGE_HANDLER.wrap_async::<flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::SseCodec, _, _, _>(
+        flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::TaskInfo {
+            debug_name: "purge_expired_stories",
+            port: Some(port_),
+            mode: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::FfiCallMode::Normal,
+        },
+        move || {
+            let message = unsafe {
+                flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::Dart2RustMessageSse::from_wire(
+                    ptr_,
+                    rust_vec_len_,
+                    data_len_,
+                )
+            };
+            let mut deserializer =
+                flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::SseDeserializer::new(message);
+            deserializer.end();
+            move |context| async move {
+                transform_result_sse::<_, flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::anyhow::Error>(
+                    (move || async move {
+                        let output_ok = crate::bridge::stories::purge_expired_stories().await?;
+                        Ok(output_ok)
+                    })()
+                    .await,
+                )
+            }
+        },
+    )
+}
 fn wire__crate__bridge__logging__read_last_log_lines_impl(
     port_: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::MessagePort,
     ptr_: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::PlatformGeneralizedUint8ListPtr,
@@ -4198,6 +4300,8 @@ fn wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_media_to_groups_impl(
             let api_group_ids = <Vec<String>>::sse_decode(&mut deserializer);
             let api_additional_message_data = <Option<Vec<u8>>>::sse_decode(&mut deserializer);
             let api_widget_only = <bool>::sse_decode(&mut deserializer);
+            let api_story_audience =
+                <Option<crate::bridge::stories::StoryAudience>>::sse_decode(&mut deserializer);
             deserializer.end();
             move |context| async move {
                 transform_result_sse::<_, flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::anyhow::Error>(
@@ -4207,6 +4311,7 @@ fn wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_media_to_groups_impl(
                             api_group_ids,
                             api_additional_message_data,
                             api_widget_only,
+                            api_story_audience,
                         )
                         .await?;
                         Ok(output_ok)
@@ -6066,6 +6171,44 @@ fn wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__serve_impl(
         },
     )
 }
+fn wire__crate__bridge__stories__story_audience_chats_impl(
+    port_: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::MessagePort,
+    ptr_: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::PlatformGeneralizedUint8ListPtr,
+    rust_vec_len_: i32,
+    data_len_: i32,
+) {
+    FLUTTER_RUST_BRIDGE_HANDLER.wrap_async::<flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::SseCodec, _, _, _>(
+        flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::TaskInfo {
+            debug_name: "story_audience_chats",
+            port: Some(port_),
+            mode: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::FfiCallMode::Normal,
+        },
+        move || {
+            let message = unsafe {
+                flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::Dart2RustMessageSse::from_wire(
+                    ptr_,
+                    rust_vec_len_,
+                    data_len_,
+                )
+            };
+            let mut deserializer =
+                flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::SseDeserializer::new(message);
+            let api_audience =
+                <crate::bridge::stories::StoryAudience>::sse_decode(&mut deserializer);
+            deserializer.end();
+            move |context| async move {
+                transform_result_sse::<_, flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::anyhow::Error>(
+                    (move || async move {
+                        let output_ok =
+                            crate::bridge::stories::story_audience_chats(api_audience).await?;
+                        Ok(output_ok)
+                    })()
+                    .await,
+                )
+            }
+        },
+    )
+}
 fn wire__crate__bridge__groups__update_chat_deletion_time_impl(
     port_: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::MessagePort,
     ptr_: flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::PlatformGeneralizedUint8ListPtr,
@@ -6458,10 +6601,17 @@ fn wire__crate__bridge__logging__write_log_impl(
 
 #[allow(clippy::unnecessary_literal_unwrap)]
 const _: fn() = || {
+    {
         let FlameState = None::<crate::bridge::FlameState>.unwrap();
         let _: i64 = FlameState.counter;
         let _: bool = FlameState.is_expiring;
         let _: bool = FlameState.is_best_friend;
+    }
+    {
+        let StoryAudience = None::<crate::bridge::stories::StoryAudience>.unwrap();
+        let _: bool = StoryAudience.all;
+        let _: Vec<i64> = StoryAudience.contact_group_ids;
+    }
 };
 
 // Section: related_funcs
@@ -7308,6 +7458,19 @@ impl SseDecode for Option<crate::user_config::PasswordlessRecoveryConfig> {
     }
 }
 
+impl SseDecode for Option<crate::bridge::stories::StoryAudience> {
+    // Codec=Sse (Serialization based), see doc to use other codecs
+    fn sse_decode(deserializer: &mut flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::SseDeserializer) -> Self {
+        if (<bool>::sse_decode(deserializer)) {
+            return Some(<crate::bridge::stories::StoryAudience>::sse_decode(
+                deserializer,
+            ));
+        } else {
+            return None;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl SseDecode for Option<crate::user_config::TwonlySafeBackup> {
     // Codec=Sse (Serialization based), see doc to use other codecs
     fn sse_decode(deserializer: &mut flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::SseDeserializer) -> Self {
@@ -7567,6 +7730,18 @@ impl SseDecode for crate::database::app::SqlValue {
     }
 }
 
+impl SseDecode for crate::bridge::stories::StoryAudience {
+    // Codec=Sse (Serialization based), see doc to use other codecs
+    fn sse_decode(deserializer: &mut flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::SseDeserializer) -> Self {
+        let mut var_all = <bool>::sse_decode(deserializer);
+        let mut var_contactGroupIds = <Vec<i64>>::sse_decode(deserializer);
+        return crate::bridge::stories::StoryAudience {
+            all: var_all,
+            contact_group_ids: var_contactGroupIds,
+        };
+    }
+}
+
 impl SseDecode for crate::user_config::ThemeMode {
     // Codec=Sse (Serialization based), see doc to use other codecs
     fn sse_decode(deserializer: &mut flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::SseDeserializer) -> Self {
@@ -7678,6 +7853,7 @@ impl SseDecode for crate::user_config::UserConfig {
         let mut var_storeLocationInMemories = <bool>::sse_decode(deserializer);
         let mut var_autoStoreAllSendUnlimitedMediaFiles = <bool>::sse_decode(deserializer);
         let mut var_typingIndicators = <bool>::sse_decode(deserializer);
+        let mut var_storyNotifications = <bool>::sse_decode(deserializer);
         let mut var_showRestoreFlame = <bool>::sse_decode(deserializer);
         let mut var_myBestFriendGroupId = <Option<String>>::sse_decode(deserializer);
         let mut var_signalLastSignedPreKeyUpdated =
@@ -7747,6 +7923,7 @@ impl SseDecode for crate::user_config::UserConfig {
             store_location_in_memories: var_storeLocationInMemories,
             auto_store_all_send_unlimited_media_files: var_autoStoreAllSendUnlimitedMediaFiles,
             typing_indicators: var_typingIndicators,
+            story_notifications: var_storyNotifications,
             show_restore_flame: var_showRestoreFlame,
             my_best_friend_group_id: var_myBestFriendGroupId,
             signal_last_signed_pre_key_updated: var_signalLastSignedPreKeyUpdated,
@@ -7920,166 +8097,169 @@ fn pde_ffi_dispatcher_primary_impl(
 9 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__create_instance_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
 10 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__create_new_group_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
 11 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__delete_instance_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-12 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__fetch_group_state_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+12 => wire__crate__bridge__stories__delete_story_item_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-13 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__fetch_group_states_for_unjoined_groups_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+13 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__fetch_group_state_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-14 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__fetch_missing_group_public_keys_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+14 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__fetch_group_states_for_unjoined_groups_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-15 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__flame_state_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+15 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__fetch_missing_group_public_keys_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-16 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__flame_states_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+16 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__flame_state_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-17 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__user_discovery__flutter_user_discovery_change_exclusion_for_contact_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+17 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__flame_states_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-18 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__user_discovery__flutter_user_discovery_get_current_version_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+18 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__user_discovery__flutter_user_discovery_change_exclusion_for_contact_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-19 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__user_discovery__flutter_user_discovery_update_verification_state_for_user_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+19 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__user_discovery__flutter_user_discovery_get_current_version_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-20 => wire__crate__bridge__callbacks__init_flutter_callbacks_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+20 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__user_discovery__flutter_user_discovery_update_verification_state_for_user_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-21 => wire__crate__bridge__initialize_twonly_flutter_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+21 => wire__crate__bridge__callbacks__init_flutter_callbacks_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-22 => wire__crate__bridge__initialize_twonly_standalone_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+22 => wire__crate__bridge__initialize_twonly_flutter_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-23 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__instance_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+23 => wire__crate__bridge__initialize_twonly_standalone_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-24 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__leave_group_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+24 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__instance_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-25 => wire__crate__bridge__logging__load_log_file_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+25 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__leave_group_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-26 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__manage_admin_state_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+26 => wire__crate__bridge__logging__load_log_file_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-27 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__members_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+27 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__manage_admin_state_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-28 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__one_time_instances_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+29 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__members_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-29 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__prepare_bundle_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+30 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__one_time_instances_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-30 => wire__crate__bridge__logging__read_last_log_lines_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+31 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__prepare_bundle_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-31 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__refresh_catalog_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+32 => wire__crate__bridge__stories__purge_expired_stories_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-32 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__remove_member_from_group_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+33 => wire__crate__bridge__logging__read_last_log_lines_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-33 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__restore_flames_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+34 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__refresh_catalog_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-34 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_abandon_media_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+35 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__remove_member_from_group_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-35 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_add_additional_user_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+36 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__restore_flames_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-36 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_allocate_sequence_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+37 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_abandon_media_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-38 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_authentication_headers_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+38 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_add_additional_user_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-40 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_change_username_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+39 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_allocate_sequence_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-41 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_check_for_deleted_usernames_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+41 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_authentication_headers_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-42 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_check_for_passwordless_notification_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+43 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_change_username_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-43 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_clear_contact_request_notifications_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+44 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_check_for_deleted_usernames_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-44 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_clear_conversation_notifications_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+45 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_check_for_passwordless_notification_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-45 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_close_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+46 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_clear_contact_request_notifications_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-46 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_confirm_memories_upload_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+47 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_clear_conversation_notifications_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-47 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_connect_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+48 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_close_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-48 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_connection_state_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+49 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_confirm_memories_upload_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-49 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_crop_media_transparent_borders_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+50 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_connect_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-50 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_current_user_avatar_path_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+51 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_connection_state_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-52 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_delete_account_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+52 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_crop_media_transparent_borders_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-53 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_delete_memory_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+53 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_current_user_avatar_path_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-54 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_delete_widget_media_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+55 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_delete_account_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-55 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_disable_memories_backup_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+56 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_delete_memory_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-56 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_download_done_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+57 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_delete_widget_media_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-57 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_download_media_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+58 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_disable_memories_backup_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-58 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_download_pending_media_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+59 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_download_done_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-59 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_ensure_avatar_png_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+60 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_download_media_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-60 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_establish_signal_session_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+61 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_download_pending_media_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-61 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_events_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+62 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_ensure_avatar_png_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-62 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_finish_started_media_uploads_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+63 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_establish_signal_session_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-63 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_force_ipa_check_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+64 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_events_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-64 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_get_memories_url_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+65 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_finish_started_media_uploads_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-65 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_get_memories_usage_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+66 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_force_ipa_check_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-66 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_get_plan_balance_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+67 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_get_memories_url_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-67 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_get_proof_of_work_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+68 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_get_memories_usage_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-68 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_get_server_key_for_passwordless_recovery_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+69 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_get_plan_balance_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-69 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_get_user_by_id_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+70 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_get_proof_of_work_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-70 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_get_user_data_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+71 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_get_server_key_for_passwordless_recovery_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-71 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_get_user_id_from_username_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+72 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_get_user_by_id_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-72 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_hand_outbox_to_os_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+73 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_get_user_data_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-73 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_initialize_media_upload_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+74 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_get_user_id_from_username_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-74 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_initialize_memory_location_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+75 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_hand_outbox_to_os_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-75 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_insert_and_send_additional_data_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+76 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_initialize_media_upload_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-76 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_insert_and_send_ask_about_user_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+77 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_initialize_memory_location_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-77 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_insert_and_send_contact_share_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+78 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_insert_and_send_additional_data_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-78 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_insert_and_send_text_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+79 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_insert_and_send_ask_about_user_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-79 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_ipa_purchase_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+80 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_insert_and_send_contact_share_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-80 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_load_plan_balance_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+81 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_insert_and_send_text_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-81 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_media_size_limit_report_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+82 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_ipa_purchase_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-82 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_media_step_finished_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+83 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_load_plan_balance_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-83 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_notification_badge_count_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+84 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_media_size_limit_report_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-84 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_notify_messages_opened_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+85 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_media_step_finished_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-85 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_perform_passwordless_recovery_heartbeat_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+86 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_notification_badge_count_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-86 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_prerender_media_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+87 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_notify_messages_opened_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-87 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_prewarm_memory_location_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+88 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_perform_passwordless_recovery_heartbeat_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-88 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_purge_media_temp_folder_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+89 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_prerender_media_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-89 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_purge_widget_media_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+90 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_prewarm_memory_location_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-90 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_refresh_widget_manifest_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+91 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_purge_media_temp_folder_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-91 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_register_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+92 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_purge_widget_media_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-92 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_register_home_widget_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+93 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_refresh_widget_manifest_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-93 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_register_passwordless_notification_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+94 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_register_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-94 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_register_passwordless_recovery_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+95 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_register_home_widget_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-95 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_reload_configuration_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+96 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_register_passwordless_notification_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-96 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_remove_additional_user_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+97 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_register_passwordless_recovery_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-97 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_remove_media_files_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+98 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_reload_configuration_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-98 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_report_user_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+99 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_remove_additional_user_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-99 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_request_binary_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+100 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_remove_media_files_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-100 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_request_contact_by_username_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+101 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_report_user_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-101 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_request_media_reupload_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+102 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_request_binary_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-102 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_request_memories_upload_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+103 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_request_contact_by_username_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-103 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_retransmit_all_messages_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+104 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_request_media_reupload_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-104 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_retry_pending_media_reuploads_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+105 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_request_memories_upload_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-105 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_reupload_pending_media_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+106 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_retransmit_all_messages_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-106 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_save_media_to_gallery_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+107 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_retry_pending_media_reuploads_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-107 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_binary_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+108 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_reupload_pending_media_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-108 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_contact_profile_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+109 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_save_media_to_gallery_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-109 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_encrypted_content_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+110 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_binary_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-110 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_encrypted_content_to_group_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+111 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_contact_profile_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-111 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_media_to_groups_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+112 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_encrypted_content_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-112 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_queued_message_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+113 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_encrypted_content_to_group_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-113 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_text_message_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+114 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_media_to_groups_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-114 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_typing_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+115 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_queued_message_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-115 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_set_background_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+116 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_text_message_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-116 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_set_home_widget_groups_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+117 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_send_typing_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-117 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_set_login_token_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+118 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_set_background_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-118 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_set_media_display_limit_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+119 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_set_home_widget_groups_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-119 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_set_media_requires_authentication_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+120 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_set_login_token_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-120 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_set_media_trim_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+121 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_set_media_display_limit_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-121 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_set_network_available_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+122 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_set_media_requires_authentication_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-122 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_store_media_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+123 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_set_media_trim_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-123 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_submit_recovery_share_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+124 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_set_network_available_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-124 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_sync_widget_permissions_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+125 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_store_media_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-125 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_toggle_media_remove_audio_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+126 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_submit_recovery_share_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-126 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_try_request_contact_by_id_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+127 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_sync_widget_permissions_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-127 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_unregister_home_widget_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+128 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_toggle_media_remove_audio_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-128 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_update_fcm_token_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+129 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_try_request_contact_by_id_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-129 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_update_signed_pre_key_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+130 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_unregister_home_widget_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-130 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_upload_pqc_pre_keys_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+131 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_update_fcm_token_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-131 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__app_database__rust_app_database_changes_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+132 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_update_signed_pre_key_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-132 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__app_database__rust_app_database_execute_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+133 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_upload_pqc_pre_keys_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-133 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__app_database__rust_app_database_legacy_import_complete_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+134 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__app_database__rust_app_database_changes_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-134 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__app_database__rust_app_database_migrate_legacy_database_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+135 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__app_database__rust_app_database_execute_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-135 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__app_database__rust_app_database_select_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+136 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__app_database__rust_app_database_legacy_import_complete_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-136 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_archive_create_backup_archive_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+137 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__app_database__rust_app_database_migrate_legacy_database_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-137 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_archive_get_backup_download_token_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+138 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__app_database__rust_app_database_select_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-138 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_archive_restore_backup_archive_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+139 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_archive_create_backup_archive_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-139 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_identity_get_backup_id_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+140 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_archive_get_backup_download_token_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-140 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_identity_get_backup_password_keys_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+141 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_archive_restore_backup_archive_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-141 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_identity_get_identity_backup_bytes_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+142 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_identity_get_backup_id_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-142 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_identity_import_backup_password_keys_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+143 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_identity_get_backup_password_keys_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-143 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_identity_restore_identity_backup_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+144 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_identity_get_identity_backup_bytes_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-144 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_identity_set_backup_password_keys_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+145 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_identity_import_backup_password_keys_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-145 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_decrypt_cloud_media_key_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+146 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_identity_restore_identity_backup_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-146 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_encrypt_cloud_media_key_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+147 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__backup__rust_backup_identity_set_backup_password_keys_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-147 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_get_signal_identity_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+148 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_decrypt_cloud_media_key_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-148 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_get_user_id_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+149 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_encrypt_cloud_media_key_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-149 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_import_serialized_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+150 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_get_signal_identity_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-150 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_import_signal_identity_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+151 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_get_user_id_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-151 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_remove_local_credentials_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+152 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_import_serialized_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-152 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_serialize_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+153 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_import_signal_identity_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-153 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_set_user_id_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+154 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_remove_local_credentials_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-154 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_decrypt_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+155 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_serialize_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-155 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_encrypt_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+156 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__key_manager__rust_key_manager_set_user_id_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-156 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_generate_bundle_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+157 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_decrypt_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-157 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_generate_pqc_prekeys_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+158 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_encrypt_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-158 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_get_contact_public_key_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+159 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_generate_bundle_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-159 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_get_safety_number_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+160 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_generate_pqc_prekeys_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-160 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_get_user_public_key_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+161 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_get_contact_public_key_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-161 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_process_prekey_bundle_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+162 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_get_safety_number_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-162 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_reset_contact_session_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+163 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_get_user_public_key_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-163 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__rust_utils_generate_shares_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+164 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_process_prekey_bundle_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-164 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__rust_utils_recover_secret_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+165 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__signal__rust_signal_reset_contact_session_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-165 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__send_update_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+166 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__rust_utils_generate_shares_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-166 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__serve_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+167 => wire__crate__bridge__wrapper__rust_utils_recover_secret_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-167 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__update_chat_deletion_time_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+168 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__send_update_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-168 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__update_group_name_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+169 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__serve_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-169 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__updates_after_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+170 => wire__crate__bridge__stories__story_audience_chats_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-171 => wire__crate__bridge__user_config__user_config_api_create_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+171 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__update_chat_deletion_time_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-172 => wire__crate__bridge__user_config__user_config_api_import_json_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+172 => wire__crate__bridge__groups__update_group_name_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-173 => wire__crate__bridge__user_config__user_config_api_load_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+173 => wire__crate__bridge__webxdc__updates_after_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-174 => wire__crate__bridge__user_config__user_config_api_save_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+175 => wire__crate__bridge__user_config__user_config_api_create_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-175 => wire__crate__bridge__user_config__user_config_api_update_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+176 => wire__crate__bridge__user_config__user_config_api_import_json_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+177 => wire__crate__bridge__user_config__user_config_api_load_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+178 => wire__crate__bridge__user_config__user_config_api_save_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+179 => wire__crate__bridge__user_config__user_config_api_update_impl(port, ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
                         _ => unreachable!(),
                     }
 }
@@ -8092,17 +8272,18 @@ fn pde_ffi_dispatcher_sync_impl(
 ) -> flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::WireSyncRust2DartSse {
     // Codec=Pde (Serialization + dispatch), see doc to use other codecs
     match func_id {
-        37 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_api_base_url_impl(ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+        28 => wire__crate__bridge__stories__max_media_recipients_impl(ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-        39 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_avatar_png_path_impl(ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+        40 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_api_base_url_impl(ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
-        51 => {
+        42 => wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_avatar_png_path_impl(ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+        54 => {
             wire__crate__bridge__api__rust_api_decode_avatar_svg_impl(ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len)
         }
-        170 => wire__crate__bridge__user_config__user_config_api_clone_impl(
+        174 => wire__crate__bridge__user_config__user_config_api_clone_impl(
             ptr,
             rust_vec_len,
             data_len,
         ),
-        176 => wire__crate__bridge__logging__write_log_impl(ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
+        180 => wire__crate__bridge__logging__write_log_impl(ptr, rust_vec_len, data_len),
         _ => unreachable!(),
     }
 }
@@ -8877,6 +9058,27 @@ impl flutter_rust_bridge::IntoIntoDart<crate::database::app::SqlValue>
     }
 }
 // Codec=Dco (DartCObject based), see doc to use other codecs
+impl flutter_rust_bridge::IntoDart for FrbWrapper<crate::bridge::stories::StoryAudience> {
+    fn into_dart(self) -> flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::DartAbi {
+        [
+            self.0.all.into_into_dart().into_dart(),
+            self.0.contact_group_ids.into_into_dart().into_dart(),
+        ]
+        .into_dart()
+    }
+}
+impl flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::IntoDartExceptPrimitive
+    for FrbWrapper<crate::bridge::stories::StoryAudience>
+{
+}
+impl flutter_rust_bridge::IntoIntoDart<FrbWrapper<crate::bridge::stories::StoryAudience>>
+    for crate::bridge::stories::StoryAudience
+{
+    fn into_into_dart(self) -> FrbWrapper<crate::bridge::stories::StoryAudience> {
+        self.into()
+    }
+}
+// Codec=Dco (DartCObject based), see doc to use other codecs
 impl flutter_rust_bridge::IntoDart for crate::user_config::ThemeMode {
     fn into_dart(self) -> flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::DartAbi {
         match self {
@@ -8965,6 +9167,7 @@ impl flutter_rust_bridge::IntoDart for crate::user_config::UserConfig {
                 .into_into_dart()
                 .into_dart(),
             self.typing_indicators.into_into_dart().into_dart(),
+            self.story_notifications.into_into_dart().into_dart(),
             self.show_restore_flame.into_into_dart().into_dart(),
             self.my_best_friend_group_id.into_into_dart().into_dart(),
             self.signal_last_signed_pre_key_updated
@@ -9797,6 +10000,16 @@ impl SseEncode for Option<crate::user_config::PasswordlessRecoveryConfig> {
     }
 }
 
+impl SseEncode for Option<crate::bridge::stories::StoryAudience> {
+    // Codec=Sse (Serialization based), see doc to use other codecs
+    fn sse_encode(self, serializer: &mut flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::SseSerializer) {
+        <bool>::sse_encode(self.is_some(), serializer);
+        if let Some(value) = self {
+            <crate::bridge::stories::StoryAudience>::sse_encode(value, serializer);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl SseEncode for Option<crate::user_config::TwonlySafeBackup> {
     // Codec=Sse (Serialization based), see doc to use other codecs
     fn sse_encode(self, serializer: &mut flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::SseSerializer) {
@@ -10001,6 +10214,14 @@ impl SseEncode for crate::database::app::SqlValue {
     }
 }
 
+impl SseEncode for crate::bridge::stories::StoryAudience {
+    // Codec=Sse (Serialization based), see doc to use other codecs
+    fn sse_encode(self, serializer: &mut flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::SseSerializer) {
+        <bool>::sse_encode(self.all, serializer);
+        <Vec<i64>>::sse_encode(self.contact_group_ids, serializer);
+    }
+}
+
 impl SseEncode for crate::user_config::ThemeMode {
     // Codec=Sse (Serialization based), see doc to use other codecs
     fn sse_encode(self, serializer: &mut flutter_rust_bridge::for_generated::SseSerializer) {
@@ -10119,6 +10340,7 @@ impl SseEncode for crate::user_config::UserConfig {
         <bool>::sse_encode(self.store_location_in_memories, serializer);
         <bool>::sse_encode(self.auto_store_all_send_unlimited_media_files, serializer);
         <bool>::sse_encode(self.typing_indicators, serializer);
+        <bool>::sse_encode(self.story_notifications, serializer);
         <bool>::sse_encode(self.show_restore_flame, serializer);
         <Option<String>>::sse_encode(self.my_best_friend_group_id, serializer);
         <Option<chrono::DateTime<chrono::Utc>>>::sse_encode(

rust/src/services/background.rs

@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ pub async fn run(config: InitConfig, job: Job) -> Result<RunOutcome> {
             MediaUploadService::new(&ctx).start_upload(media_id).await?;
         }
         Job::Flush => {
+            // First, so nothing below spends effort on an expired story.
+            if let Err(error) = crate::services::stories::purge_expired(&ctx).await {
+                tracing::warn!(%error, "could not purge expired stories");
+            }
             if let Err(error) = MediaUploadService::new(&ctx).finish_started_uploads().await {
                 tracing::warn!(%error, "could not finish started media uploads");
             }

rust/src/services/direct_media_upload.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use crate::context::Context;
 use crate::database::app::{tables::MediaFile, AppDatabase};
 use crate::error::{Result, TwonlyError};
 use crate::native::transfer;
+use crate::services::stories::{STORY_ANNOUNCE_RECENT_EXCHANGE_SECONDS, STORY_LIFETIME_SECONDS};
 use chacha20poly1305::aead::{AeadInPlace, KeyInit};
 use chacha20poly1305::{ChaCha20Poly1305, Nonce};
 use prost::Message;
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ const REFILL_THRESHOLD_KEY: &str = "direct_media_refill_threshold";
 /// durable jobs.
 const API_NAMESPACE_KEY: &str = "direct_media_api_namespace";
 const WATCH_FIRST_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
+/// The server accepts at most this many recipients for one uploaded attachment.
+pub(crate) const MAX_ATTACHMENT_DISPATCHES: usize = 300;
 const WATCH_MAX_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_secs(120);
 
 static WATCHING: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
@@ -159,6 +162,7 @@ struct MessageRow {
     quotes_message_id: Option<String>,
     additional_message_data: Option<Vec<u8>>,
     is_widget_media: i64,
+    is_story: i64,
 }
 
 #[derive(FromRow)]
@@ -953,14 +957,22 @@ impl DirectMediaUploadService {
             .execute(&database.pool)
             .await?;
 
+        let now = chrono::Utc::now().timestamp();
         let messages = sqlx::query_as::<_, MessageRow>(
             r#"SELECT group_id, message_id, created_at, quotes_message_id,
-                      additional_message_data, is_widget_media
+                      additional_message_data, is_widget_media, is_story
                FROM messages WHERE media_id = ?"#,
         )
         .bind(media_id)
         .fetch_all(&database.pool)
-        .await?;
+        .await?
+        .into_iter()
+        // An upload that took longer than a story lives would deliver an item
+        // its recipients ignore on arrival.
+        .filter(|message| {
+            message.is_story == 0 || message.created_at + STORY_LIFETIME_SECONDS > now
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
         if messages.is_empty() {
             return Err(TwonlyError::Generic(
                 "media has no recipient messages".into(),
@@ -988,7 +1000,38 @@ impl DirectMediaUploadService {
             for recipient in recipients {
                 let mut download_token = vec![0_u8; 32];
                 rand::rng().fill_bytes(&mut download_token);
-                let content = EncryptedContent {
+                let mut wake = message.is_widget_media == 0;
+                let content = if message.is_story != 0 {
+                    wake = story_wakes_recipient(
+                        &database,
+                        &message,
+                        media_id,
+                        recipient.contact_id,
+                        now,
+                    )
+                    .await?;
+                    EncryptedContent {
+                        story: Some(encrypted_content::Story {
+                            media: Some(encrypted_content::Media {
+                                sender_message_id: message.message_id.clone(),
+                                r#type: media_type as i32,
+                                display_limit_in_milliseconds: None,
+                                requires_authentication: false,
+                                timestamp: message.created_at.saturating_mul(1_000),
+                                quote_message_id: None,
+                                download_token: Some(download_token.clone()),
+                                encryption_key: Some(key.to_vec()),
+                                encryption_mac: Some(tag.to_vec()),
+                                encryption_nonce: Some(nonce.to_vec()),
+                                additional_message_data: message.additional_message_data.clone(),
+                                widget_only: None,
+                            }),
+                            notify: wake,
+                        }),
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    EncryptedContent {
                         group_id: Some(message.group_id.clone()),
                         media: Some(encrypted_content::Media {
                             sender_message_id: message.message_id.clone(),
@@ -1005,6 +1048,7 @@ impl DirectMediaUploadService {
                             widget_only: Some(message.is_widget_media != 0),
                         }),
                         ..Default::default()
+                    }
                 };
                 let encrypted_body = send_c2c_message_to_contact()
                     .ctx(&self.ctx)
@@ -1023,13 +1067,14 @@ impl DirectMediaUploadService {
                     encrypted_body,
                     // Widget media arrives already opened and raises no
                     // notification, so a push for it only buys the recipient
-                    // an alert with nothing behind it.
+                    // an alert with nothing behind it. A story wakes only for
-                    push_data: (message.is_widget_media == 0).then(|| vec![1]),
+                    // the first item in a day, see `story_wakes_recipient`.
+                    push_data: wake.then(|| vec![1]),
                     download_token,
                 });
             }
         }
-        if dispatches.is_empty() || dispatches.len() > 300 {
+        if dispatches.is_empty() || dispatches.len() > MAX_ATTACHMENT_DISPATCHES {
             return Err(TwonlyError::Generic(format!(
                 "direct-media fan-out has {} dispatches",
                 dispatches.len()
@@ -1046,6 +1091,64 @@ impl DirectMediaUploadService {
     }
 }
 
+/// Whether a story row's recipient is woken for it. Stories wake only for the
+/// first item in a day, so a burst of them is one alert rather than a stream:
+///
+/// - an older own story row in the same chat that has not expired yet means
+///   this is not the first. Ties on the timestamp are broken by message id, so
+///   two items prepared at once cannot each defer to the other.
+/// - a direct copy of the same media already wakes the recipient.
+/// - a row the server or recipient already acknowledged is being prepared
+///   again for a reupload, and was announced the first time.
+/// - the two have not sent each other a text or media message in two weeks;
+///   the recipient would not announce it then, so waking them is pointless.
+///
+/// The answer also travels inside the story, so the receiver announces
+/// exactly the items it was woken for.
+async fn story_wakes_recipient(
+    database: &AppDatabase,
+    message: &MessageRow,
+    media_id: &str,
+    contact_id: i64,
+    now: i64,
+) -> Result<bool> {
+    let quiet = sqlx::query_scalar::<_, i64>(
+        r#"SELECT EXISTS(
+               SELECT 1 FROM messages older
+               WHERE older.is_story = 1 AND older.sender_id IS NULL
+                 AND older.group_id = ? AND older.media_id IS NOT NULL
+                 AND older.created_at > ?
+                 AND (older.created_at < ?
+                      OR (older.created_at = ? AND older.message_id < ?))
+           ) OR EXISTS(
+               SELECT 1 FROM messages direct
+               JOIN group_members gm ON gm.group_id = direct.group_id
+               WHERE direct.media_id = ? AND direct.is_story = 0 AND gm.contact_id = ?
+           ) OR EXISTS(
+               SELECT 1 FROM message_actions action
+               WHERE action.message_id = ? AND action.contact_id = ?
+                 AND action.type IN ('ackByServerAt', 'ackByUserAt')
+           ) OR NOT EXISTS(
+               SELECT 1 FROM groups chat
+               WHERE chat.group_id = ? AND chat.last_text_or_media_at > ?
+           )"#,
+    )
+    .bind(&message.group_id)
+    .bind(now - STORY_LIFETIME_SECONDS)
+    .bind(message.created_at)
+    .bind(message.created_at)
+    .bind(&message.message_id)
+    .bind(media_id)
+    .bind(contact_id)
+    .bind(&message.message_id)
+    .bind(contact_id)
+    .bind(&message.group_id)
+    .bind(now - STORY_ANNOUNCE_RECENT_EXCHANGE_SECONDS)
+    .fetch_one(&database.pool)
+    .await?;
+    Ok(quiet == 0)
+}
+
 fn media_extension(media_type: &str) -> &'static str {
     match media_type {
         "video" => "mp4",
@@ -1090,6 +1193,141 @@ fn write_multipart_body(
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use crate::services::media_upload::MediaUploadService;
+    use crate::user_config::UserConfig;
+    use libsignal_protocol::IdentityKeyPair;
+    use rand::SeedableRng;
+
+    async fn upload_test_context(root: &Path, user_id: i64) -> anyhow::Result<Arc<Context>> {
+        let data_dir = root.join("data");
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(data_dir.join("keyvalue"))?;
+        let config = UserConfig {
+            user_id,
+            username: format!("user-{user_id}"),
+            display_name: format!("User {user_id}"),
+            is_user_discovery_enabled: false,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        std::fs::write(
+            data_dir.join("keyvalue/user.json"),
+            serde_json::to_vec(&config)?,
+        )?;
+        let context = Context::init_for_testing(root.join("database"), data_dir).await?;
+        let mut csprng = rand::rngs::StdRng::from_os_rng();
+        let identity = IdentityKeyPair::generate(&mut csprng);
+        let registration_id = rand::Rng::random::<u32>(&mut csprng) & 0x7fff_ffff;
+        context
+            .inject_test_signal_identity(identity.serialize().to_vec(), registration_id as i64)
+            .await?;
+        context.inject_test_user_id(user_id).await?;
+        Ok(context)
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn story_upload_preparation_encrypts_media_and_dispatch_payload() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let sender_dir = tempfile::tempdir()?;
+        let receiver_dir = tempfile::tempdir()?;
+        let sender = upload_test_context(sender_dir.path(), 42).await?;
+        let receiver = upload_test_context(receiver_dir.path(), 7).await?;
+
+        let receiver_bundle = receiver
+            .signal_engine
+            .lock()
+            .await
+            .as_ref()
+            .unwrap()
+            .generate_bundle()
+            .await?;
+        sender
+            .signal_engine
+            .lock()
+            .await
+            .as_ref()
+            .unwrap()
+            .process_prekey_bundle("7".into(), 1, receiver_bundle)
+            .await?;
+
+        let upload = MediaUploadService::new(&sender);
+        let media_id = upload.initialize("image".into(), None, false).await?;
+        let original = b"story image bytes";
+        let source = crate::services::mediafiles::MediaFileService::new(&sender)
+            .temp_path(&media_id, "image");
+        if let Some(parent) = source.parent() {
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(parent)?;
+        }
+        std::fs::write(&source, original)?;
+
+        let database = sender.app_db.read().await.clone();
+        sqlx::query(
+            "INSERT INTO contacts(user_id, username, accepted, signal_version) VALUES(7, 'receiver', 1, 'v2')",
+        )
+        .execute(&database.pool)
+        .await?;
+        // They wrote to each other recently, so the story wakes the receiver.
+        sqlx::query(
+            "INSERT INTO groups(group_id, group_name, is_direct_chat, last_text_or_media_at) VALUES('direct-7', 'Receiver', 1, CAST(strftime('%s','now') AS INTEGER))",
+        )
+        .execute(&database.pool)
+        .await?;
+        sqlx::query("INSERT INTO group_members(group_id, contact_id) VALUES('direct-7', 7)")
+            .execute(&database.pool)
+            .await?;
+        let created_at = chrono::Utc::now().timestamp();
+        sqlx::query(
+            r#"INSERT INTO messages
+               (message_id, group_id, type, media_id, is_story, created_at)
+               VALUES('story-message', 'direct-7', 'media', ?, 1, ?)"#,
+        )
+        .bind(&media_id)
+        .bind(created_at)
+        .execute(&database.pool)
+        .await?;
+        drop(database);
+
+        let (encrypted_path, encrypted_size, manifest) = DirectMediaUploadService::new(&sender)
+            .prepare_media(&media_id)
+            .await?;
+
+        let encrypted_media = std::fs::read(encrypted_path)?;
+        assert_eq!(encrypted_size, original.len() as i64);
+        assert_ne!(encrypted_media, original);
+        assert_eq!(manifest.dispatches.len(), 1);
+        let dispatch = &manifest.dispatches[0];
+        assert_eq!(dispatch.recipient_user_id, 7);
+        assert_eq!(dispatch.push_data.as_deref(), Some([1].as_slice()));
+
+        let envelope =
+            crate::api::proto::client::Message::decode(dispatch.encrypted_body.as_slice())?;
+        assert_eq!(
+            envelope.r#type,
+            crate::api::proto::client::message::Type::CiphertextV2 as i32
+        );
+        let plaintext = receiver
+            .signal_engine
+            .lock()
+            .await
+            .as_ref()
+            .unwrap()
+            .decrypt_message(
+                "42".into(),
+                1,
+                envelope
+                    .encrypted_content
+                    .expect("encrypted story envelope"),
+            )
+            .await?;
+        let content = EncryptedContent::decode(plaintext.as_slice())?;
+        let story = content.story.expect("story payload");
+        assert!(story.notify);
+        let media = story.media.expect("story media payload");
+        assert_eq!(media.sender_message_id, "story-message");
+        assert_eq!(media.timestamp, created_at * 1_000);
+        assert_eq!(media.download_token, Some(dispatch.download_token.clone()));
+        assert_eq!(media.encryption_key.as_deref().map(<[u8]>::len), Some(32));
+        assert_eq!(media.encryption_nonce.as_deref().map(<[u8]>::len), Some(12));
+        assert_eq!(media.encryption_mac.as_deref().map(<[u8]>::len), Some(16));
+        Ok(())
+    }
 
     #[test]
     fn cancelled_watcher_releases_process_claim() {
@@ -1399,4 +1637,102 @@ mod tests {
         // out makes the server abandon the transfer as `not_in_client_cache`.
         assert_eq!(known, vec!["slot-cached", "slot-reserved"]);
     }
+
+    fn story_row(message_id: &str, created_at: i64) -> MessageRow {
+        MessageRow {
+            group_id: "d".into(),
+            message_id: message_id.into(),
+            created_at,
+            quotes_message_id: None,
+            additional_message_data: None,
+            is_widget_media: 0,
+            is_story: 1,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn only_the_first_story_of_a_day_wakes_its_recipient() {
+        let directory = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let database_path = directory.path().join("app.sqlite");
+        let database = AppDatabase::new(database_path.to_str().unwrap(), None, false)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        database.run_migrations().await.unwrap();
+        let now = 1_000_000_000;
+        let expired = now - STORY_LIFETIME_SECONDS - 60;
+        for statement in [
+            "INSERT INTO contacts(user_id, username, accepted) VALUES (7, 'anna', 1)".to_owned(),
+            format!("INSERT INTO groups(group_id, group_name, is_direct_chat, last_text_or_media_at) VALUES ('d', 'Anna', 1, {}), ('trip', 'Trip', 0, NULL)", now - 3600),
+            "INSERT INTO group_members(group_id, contact_id) VALUES ('d', 7), ('trip', 7)".to_owned(),
+            "INSERT INTO media_files(media_id, type) VALUES ('old', 'image'), ('first', 'image'), ('second', 'image'), ('twin', 'image')".to_owned(),
+            format!("INSERT INTO messages(message_id, group_id, type, media_id, is_story, created_at) VALUES ('old', 'd', 'media', 'old', 1, {expired})"),
+            format!("INSERT INTO messages(message_id, group_id, type, media_id, is_story, created_at) VALUES ('first', 'd', 'media', 'first', 1, {})", now - 120),
+            format!("INSERT INTO messages(message_id, group_id, type, media_id, is_story, created_at) VALUES ('second', 'd', 'media', 'second', 1, {now})"),
+            format!("INSERT INTO messages(message_id, group_id, type, media_id, is_story, created_at) VALUES ('twin', 'd', 'media', 'twin', 1, {now})"),
+        ] {
+            sqlx::query(sqlx::AssertSqlSafe(statement))
+                .execute(&database.pool)
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+        }
+        let wakes = |row: MessageRow, media_id: &'static str| {
+            let database = &database;
+            async move {
+                story_wakes_recipient(database, &row, media_id, 7, now)
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap()
+            }
+        };
+
+        // An expired story does not count against the first one of a new day.
+        assert!(wakes(story_row("first", now - 120), "first").await);
+        assert!(!wakes(story_row("second", now), "second").await);
+        // Two items posted in the same second: exactly one of them is first
+        // once the older one is gone.
+        sqlx::query("DELETE FROM messages WHERE message_id = 'first'")
+            .execute(&database.pool)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(wakes(story_row("second", now), "second").await);
+        assert!(!wakes(story_row("twin", now), "twin").await);
+
+        // A direct copy of the same media already wakes the recipient.
+        sqlx::query(
+            "INSERT INTO messages(message_id, group_id, type, media_id) VALUES ('direct', 'trip', 'media', 'second')",
+        )
+        .execute(&database.pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+        assert!(!wakes(story_row("second", now), "second").await);
+        sqlx::query("DELETE FROM messages WHERE message_id = 'direct'")
+            .execute(&database.pool)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // Preparing an item again after it reached the server does not
+        // announce it a second time.
+        sqlx::query(
+            "INSERT INTO message_actions(message_id, contact_id, type) VALUES ('second', 7, 'ackByServerAt')",
+        )
+        .execute(&database.pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+        assert!(!wakes(story_row("second", now), "second").await);
+
+        // Two weeks without a text or media message between them: the
+        // recipient would not announce it, so they are not woken for it.
+        sqlx::query("DELETE FROM message_actions")
+            .execute(&database.pool)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(wakes(story_row("second", now), "second").await);
+        sqlx::query(sqlx::AssertSqlSafe(format!(
+            "UPDATE groups SET last_text_or_media_at = {} WHERE group_id = 'd'",
+            now - STORY_ANNOUNCE_RECENT_EXCHANGE_SECONDS - 60
+        )))
+        .execute(&database.pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+        assert!(!wakes(story_row("second", now), "second").await);
+    }
 }

rust/src/services/media_upload.rs

@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ use crate::error::{Result, TwonlyError};
 use crate::native::gallery;
 use crate::native::prepare;
 use crate::native::video;
-use crate::services::direct_media_upload::DirectMediaUploadService;
+use crate::services::direct_media_upload::{DirectMediaUploadService, MAX_ATTACHMENT_DISPATCHES};
 use crate::services::media_codec;
 use crate::services::media_exif;
 use crate::services::mediafiles::MediaFileService;
 use crate::services::messages::MessageService;
+use crate::services::stories::{self, StoryAudience};
 use crate::user_config::UserConfig;
 use crate::utils::new_uuid_v7;
 use prost::Message as _;
@@ -161,19 +162,68 @@ impl MediaUploadService {
         Ok(media_id)
     }
 
-    /// Turns an edited media file into one outgoing message per selected group
+    /// Turns an edited media file into one outgoing message per selected group,
-    /// and hands the send to the background uploader.
+    /// plus one hidden story row per contact `story` reaches, and hands the
+    /// send to the background uploader. Everything shares one upload.
     pub async fn insert_into_messages(
         &self,
         media_id: String,
         group_ids: Vec<String>,
         additional_message_data: Option<Vec<u8>>,
         widget_only: bool,
+        story: Option<StoryAudience>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         let database = self.ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
         let now = chrono::Utc::now().timestamp();
 
         let mut transaction = database.pool.begin().await?;
+        let story_recipients = match &story {
+            Some(audience) => {
+                let (media_type, requires_authentication) = sqlx::query_as::<_, (String, i64)>(
+                    "SELECT type, requires_authentication FROM media_files WHERE media_id = ?",
+                )
+                .bind(&media_id)
+                .fetch_optional(&mut *transaction)
+                .await?
+                .ok_or_else(|| TwonlyError::Generic(format!("media {media_id} does not exist")))?;
+                // A story replays for everybody until it expires, which is the
+                // opposite of what a twonly-protected send promises.
+                if widget_only
+                    || requires_authentication != 0
+                    || !matches!(media_type.as_str(), "image" | "video")
+                {
+                    return Err(TwonlyError::Generic(
+                        "stories take an unprotected image or video".into(),
+                    ));
+                }
+                stories::resolve_audience(&mut transaction, audience).await?
+            }
+            None => Vec::new(),
+        };
+        // The server takes a bounded number of recipients per upload. Refusing
+        // here keeps the media from being retried against that limit forever.
+        let mut dispatches = story_recipients.len();
+        for group_id in &group_ids {
+            dispatches += sqlx::query_scalar::<_, i64>(
+                r#"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM group_members gm
+                   JOIN contacts c ON c.user_id = gm.contact_id
+                   WHERE gm.group_id = ? AND c.account_deleted = 0
+                     AND (gm.member_state IS NULL OR gm.member_state != 'leftGroup')"#,
+            )
+            .bind(group_id)
+            .fetch_one(&mut *transaction)
+            .await? as usize;
+        }
+        if dispatches == 0 {
+            return Err(TwonlyError::Generic("media send has no recipients".into()));
+        }
+        if dispatches > MAX_ATTACHMENT_DISPATCHES {
+            return Err(TwonlyError::TooManyRecipients {
+                count: dispatches,
+                limit: MAX_ATTACHMENT_DISPATCHES,
+            });
+        }
+
         if widget_only {
             let media = sqlx::query_as::<_, (String, Option<i64>)>(
                 "SELECT type, display_limit_in_milliseconds FROM media_files WHERE media_id = ?",
@@ -253,8 +303,27 @@ impl MediaUploadService {
                 .execute(&mut *transaction)
                 .await?;
                 Group::record_media_exchange(&mut transaction, group_id, false, now).await?;
+                Group::record_text_or_media(&mut transaction, group_id, now).await?;
             }
         }
+        // A story row neither lifts its chat nor feeds its flames: it is not
+        // part of the conversation until somebody saves it.
+        for contact_id in story_recipients {
+            let group_id = stories::direct_chat(&self.ctx, &mut transaction, contact_id).await?;
+            sqlx::query(
+                r#"INSERT INTO messages
+                   (group_id, message_id, type, media_id, additional_message_data,
+                    is_story, created_at)
+                   VALUES (?, ?, 'media', ?, ?, 1, ?)"#,
+            )
+            .bind(&group_id)
+            .bind(new_uuid_v7())
+            .bind(&media_id)
+            .bind(additional_message_data.as_deref())
+            .bind(now)
+            .execute(&mut *transaction)
+            .await?;
+        }
         transaction.commit().await?;
         drop(database);
 
@@ -399,6 +468,9 @@ impl MediaUploadService {
         if let Err(error) = self.record_plaintext_size(media_id, &temp_path).await {
             tracing::warn!(media_id, %error, "could not record the media size");
         }
+        if let Err(error) = self.create_story_thumbnail(media_id).await {
+            tracing::warn!(media_id, %error, "could not create the story thumbnail");
+        }
 
         // Auto-storing has to happen before the plaintext is consumed, and only
         // for media the recipient could have kept anyway.
@@ -613,6 +685,20 @@ impl MediaUploadService {
             }
         };
 
+        // The recipient ignores a story once it expired, so resending one only
+        // costs traffic until the story purge takes the receipt away.
+        let expired_story = sqlx::query_scalar::<_, i64>(
+            "SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM messages WHERE message_id = ? AND is_story = 1 AND created_at <= ?)",
+        )
+        .bind(&message_id)
+        .bind(now - stories::STORY_LIFETIME_SECONDS)
+        .fetch_one(&database.pool)
+        .await?
+            != 0;
+        if expired_story {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
         // Nothing can be delivered to a contact who has not accepted yet.
         if receipt.mark_for_retry_after_accepted.is_some() {
             let accepted = sqlx::query_scalar::<_, Option<i64>>(
@@ -972,11 +1058,15 @@ impl MediaUploadService {
                      -- still reopen their own copy.
                      AND (m.sender_id IS NULL OR g.is_direct_chat = 0)
                    )
+                   -- A story replays until it expires, and a viewer saving it
+                   -- makes the sender store its own copy from these bytes.
+                   OR (m.is_story = 1 AND m.created_at > ?)
                  )"#,
         )
         .bind(media_id)
         .bind(now - 3 * 60)
         .bind(now - 2 * 24 * 60 * 60)
+        .bind(now - stories::STORY_LIFETIME_SECONDS)
         .fetch_one(&database.pool)
         .await?;
         Ok(keepers == 0)
@@ -1281,28 +1371,48 @@ impl MediaUploadService {
     async fn create_thumbnail(&self, media: &MediaRow) -> Result<()> {
         let files = MediaFileService::new(&self.ctx);
         let stored = files.stored_path(&media.media_id, &media.media_type);
-        let thumbnail = files.thumbnail_path(&media.media_id);
         if media.media_type == "audio" || !stored.exists() {
             return Ok(());
         }
-        let media_id = media.media_id.clone();
+        render_thumbnail(
-        let is_video = media.media_type == "video";
+            &media.media_id,
-        if let Err(error) = blocking(move || {
+            stored,
-            if is_video {
+            files.thumbnail_path(&media.media_id),
-                // Only the frame grab needs the platform's video decoder; the
+            media.media_type == "video",
-                // scaling and encoding is the same code stills use.
+        )
-                let frame = thumbnail.with_extension("frame.png");
+        .await;
-                video::extract_frame(&stored, &frame)?;
+        Ok(())
-                let result = media_codec::create_image_thumbnail(&frame, &thumbnail);
-                let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&frame);
-                result
-            } else {
-                media_codec::create_image_thumbnail(&stored, &thumbnail)
     }
-        })
+
-        .await
+    /// Renders the frame a reply to a video story is shown with. Stored media
-        {
+    /// gets its thumbnail from the stored file, but a story is replied to long
-            tracing::warn!(media_id, %error, "could not create a thumbnail");
+    /// before anybody stores it, so this one comes from the plaintext.
+    pub(crate) async fn create_story_thumbnail(&self, media_id: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        let Some(media) = self.load(media_id).await? else {
+            return Ok(());
+        };
+        if media.media_type != "video" {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        let database = self.ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+        let is_story = sqlx::query_scalar::<_, i64>(
+            "SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM messages WHERE media_id = ? AND is_story = 1)",
+        )
+        .bind(media_id)
+        .fetch_one(&database.pool)
+        .await?
+            != 0;
+        let files = MediaFileService::new(&self.ctx);
+        let source = files.temp_path(media_id, &media.media_type);
+        let thumbnail = files.thumbnail_path(media_id);
+        if !is_story || !source.exists() || thumbnail.exists() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        if render_thumbnail(media_id, source, thumbnail, true).await {
+            sqlx::query("UPDATE media_files SET has_thumbnail = 1 WHERE media_id = ?")
+                .bind(media_id)
+                .execute(&database.pool)
+                .await?;
         }
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -1501,6 +1611,34 @@ where
         .map_err(|error| TwonlyError::Generic(error.to_string()))?
 }
 
+/// Writes a webp thumbnail of `source` to `thumbnail`. A failure only costs
+/// the preview, so it is logged and reported rather than returned.
+async fn render_thumbnail(
+    media_id: &str,
+    source: std::path::PathBuf,
+    thumbnail: std::path::PathBuf,
+    is_video: bool,
+) -> bool {
+    let result = blocking(move || {
+        if is_video {
+            // Only the frame grab needs the platform's video decoder; the
+            // scaling and encoding is the same code stills use.
+            let frame = thumbnail.with_extension("frame.png");
+            video::extract_frame(&source, &frame)?;
+            let result = media_codec::create_image_thumbnail(&frame, &thumbnail);
+            let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&frame);
+            result
+        } else {
+            media_codec::create_image_thumbnail(&source, &thumbnail)
+        }
+    })
+    .await;
+    if let Err(error) = &result {
+        tracing::warn!(media_id, %error, "could not create a thumbnail");
+    }
+    result.is_ok()
+}
+
 fn remove_file(path: &Path) {
     match std::fs::remove_file(path) {
         Ok(()) => {}
@@ -1531,6 +1669,42 @@ fn parse_reupload_requested_by(value: Option<&str>) -> Vec<i64> {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn refuses_a_story_send_with_no_resolved_recipients() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let temp = tempfile::tempdir()?;
+        let data_dir = temp.path().join("data");
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(data_dir.join("keyvalue"))?;
+        std::fs::write(
+            data_dir.join("keyvalue/user.json"),
+            serde_json::to_vec(&UserConfig::default())?,
+        )?;
+        let ctx = Context::init_for_testing(temp.path().join("database"), data_dir).await?;
+        let service = MediaUploadService::new(&ctx);
+        let media_id = service.initialize("image".into(), None, false).await?;
+
+        let error = service
+            .insert_into_messages(
+                media_id,
+                vec![],
+                None,
+                false,
+                Some(StoryAudience {
+                    all: true,
+                    contact_group_ids: vec![],
+                }),
+            )
+            .await
+            .unwrap_err();
+
+        assert!(error.to_string().contains("no recipients"));
+        let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+        let messages = sqlx::query_scalar::<_, i64>("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM messages")
+            .fetch_one(&database.pool)
+            .await?;
+        assert_eq!(messages, 0);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn parses_both_reupload_requested_by_encodings() {
         assert!(parse_reupload_requested_by(None).is_empty());

rust/src/services/mediafiles.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use crate::api::runtime::API_EVENTS;
 use crate::bridge::api::{ApiEvent, ApiEventKind, RustApi};
 use crate::context::Context;
 use crate::error::{Result, TwonlyError};
+use crate::services::media_upload::MediaUploadService;
 use chacha20poly1305::aead::{AeadInPlace, KeyInit};
 use chacha20poly1305::{ChaCha20Poly1305, Nonce, Tag};
 use prost::Message as _;
@@ -238,6 +239,12 @@ impl MediaFileService {
                 return Ok(());
             }
         }
+        if let Err(error) = MediaUploadService::new(&self.ctx)
+            .create_story_thumbnail(media_id)
+            .await
+        {
+            tracing::warn!(media_id, %error, "could not create the story thumbnail");
+        }
         let is_widget = sqlx::query_scalar::<_, i64>(
             "SELECT is_widget_media FROM media_files WHERE media_id = ?",
         )
@@ -365,12 +372,13 @@ impl MediaFileService {
         // Widget media is marked opened the moment it arrives, since nobody
         // ever opens it in a chat. Asking only for what has not been opened
         // would therefore never ask for it at all, and the state set below
-        // hides the message for good.
+        // hides the message for good. A story replays after it was opened, so
+        // the same holds for it.
         let targets = sqlx::query_as!(
             ReuploadTarget,
             r#"SELECT message_id, sender_id AS "sender_id!: i64" FROM messages
                WHERE media_id = ? AND sender_id IS NOT NULL
-                 AND (opened_at IS NULL OR is_widget_media = 1)"#,
+                 AND (opened_at IS NULL OR is_widget_media = 1 OR is_story = 1)"#,
             media_id,
         )
         .fetch_all(&database.pool)

rust/src/services/messages.rs

@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ impl MessageService {
         )
         .execute(&mut *t)
         .await?;
+        Group::record_text_or_media(&mut t, &group_id, timestamp / 1000).await?;
         // The commit hook installed on the connection publishes `groups` and
         // `messages` on its own, so the chat list is already on its way.
         t.commit().await?;

rust/src/services/mod.rs

@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ pub mod mediafiles;
 pub mod messages;
 pub mod notifications;
 pub mod outbox_dispatch;
+pub mod stories;
 pub mod webxdc;

rust/src/services/notifications.rs

@@ -77,6 +77,63 @@ async fn message_sender(
     .await?)
 }
 
+/// Whether `message_id` is one of this device's own story rows, which is what
+/// a reply, reaction or save aimed at the user's story points at.
+async fn is_own_story(transaction: &mut Transaction<'_, Sqlite>, message_id: &str) -> Result<bool> {
+    Ok(sqlx::query_scalar!(
+        r#"SELECT EXISTS(
+               SELECT 1 FROM messages
+               WHERE message_id = ? AND sender_id IS NULL AND is_story = 1
+           ) AS "own_story!: bool""#,
+        message_id
+    )
+    .fetch_one(&mut **transaction)
+    .await?)
+}
+
+/// Whether `text` is nothing but emoji. A reaction to a story travels as a
+/// text quoting it, so this is what tells a reaction from a reply.
+fn is_emoji_only(text: &str) -> bool {
+    fn pictographic(c: char) -> bool {
+        matches!(
+            c as u32,
+            0x1F000..=0x1FAFF
+                | 0x2600..=0x27BF
+                | 0x2300..=0x23FF
+                | 0x2B00..=0x2BFF
+                | 0x2190..=0x21FF
+                | 0x25A0..=0x25FF
+                | 0x00A9
+                | 0x00AE
+                | 0x203C
+                | 0x2049
+                | 0x2122
+                | 0x2139
+                | 0x3030
+                | 0x303D
+                | 0x3297
+                | 0x3299
+        )
+    }
+    // Joiners, variation selectors, skin tones, tags and keycap bases only
+    // ever build an emoji out of the pictographs around them.
+    fn component(c: char) -> bool {
+        matches!(
+            c as u32,
+            0x200D | 0xFE0E | 0xFE0F | 0x20E3 | 0x1F3FB..=0x1F3FF | 0xE0020..=0xE007F
+        ) || c.is_ascii_digit()
+            || c == '#'
+            || c == '*'
+    }
+    let text = text.trim();
+    !text.is_empty()
+        && text.chars().count() <= 16
+        // A keycap is a digit or sign wrapped by U+20E3; that mark is what
+        // makes "1\u{fe0f}\u{20e3}" an emoji rather than a number.
+        && text.chars().any(|c| pictographic(c) || c == '\u{20E3}')
+        && text.chars().all(|c| pictographic(c) || component(c))
+}
+
 /// Whether this envelope is worth spending the recipient's push budget on.
 ///
 /// A wake-up is not free to get wrong. iOS renders the alert the push carried
@@ -119,6 +176,9 @@ pub(crate) async fn should_wake_receiver(
                     .is_ok_and(|kind| kind != encrypted_content::media::Type::Reupload)
         })
         || reaction_reaches_author
+        // The sender decided, and wrote into the story, that this is the first
+        // item in a day; `record_incoming_event` announces exactly those.
+        || content.story.as_ref().is_some_and(|story| story.notify)
         || content
             .media_update
             .as_ref()
@@ -250,18 +310,28 @@ pub(crate) async fn record_incoming_event(
     let conversation_id = content.group_id.clone();
     let now = current_time().timestamp();
     let draft = if let Some(message) = content.text_message.as_ref() {
+        // An answer to the user's own story says so: an emoji is a reaction
+        // to it, anything else a reply.
+        let about_story = match message.quote_message_id.as_deref() {
+            Some(quoted) => is_own_story(transaction, quoted).await?,
+            None => false,
+        };
+        let (kind, reaction) = match (about_story, message.quote_message_id.is_some()) {
+            (true, _) if is_emoji_only(&message.text) => {
+                ("story_reaction", Some(message.text.trim().to_owned()))
+            }
+            (true, _) => ("story_reply", None),
+            (false, true) => ("response", None),
+            (false, false) => ("text", None),
+        };
         Some(NotificationDraft {
             event_id: receipt_id.to_owned(),
             notification_id: message.sender_message_id.clone(),
             conversation_id,
             sender_id: from_user_id,
             message_id: Some(message.sender_message_id.clone()),
-            kind: if message.quote_message_id.is_some() {
+            kind,
-                "response"
+            content: reaction,
-            } else {
-                "text"
-            },
-            content: None,
             created_at: milliseconds_to_seconds(message.timestamp),
         })
     } else if let Some(media) = content.media.as_ref() {
@@ -288,6 +358,35 @@ pub(crate) async fn record_incoming_event(
                 created_at: milliseconds_to_seconds(media.timestamp),
             })
         }
+    } else if let Some(story) = content.story.as_ref() {
+        // Only the first story in a day woke this device, and the sender says
+        // which one that was. Whether to announce it at all is this device's
+        // call alone: muted, or from someone the user has not written with in
+        // two weeks, it stays quiet. A wake-up it declines is silenced by the
+        // notification extension instead of showing the push's placeholder.
+        let config = UserConfig::load_required_from(ctx)?;
+        // The same chat `handle_story` filed the story under.
+        let chat =
+            crate::database::app::tables::Group::direct_chat_id(ctx.user_id().await?, from_user_id);
+        match story.media.as_ref() {
+            Some(media) if story.notify && config.story_notifications => {
+                let filed = message_sender(transaction, &media.sender_message_id).await?
+                    == Some(Some(from_user_id));
+                let recent =
+                    crate::services::stories::exchanged_recently(transaction, &chat, now).await?;
+                (filed && recent).then(|| NotificationDraft {
+                    event_id: receipt_id.to_owned(),
+                    notification_id: media.sender_message_id.clone(),
+                    conversation_id: Some(chat.clone()),
+                    sender_id: from_user_id,
+                    message_id: Some(media.sender_message_id.clone()),
+                    kind: "story",
+                    content: None,
+                    created_at: milliseconds_to_seconds(media.timestamp).min(now),
+                })
+            }
+            _ => None,
+        }
     } else if let Some(message) = content.additional_data_message.as_ref() {
         // A hidden message is state a feature exchanges and leaves no row of
         // its own, so the only thing in one worth an alert is an app's
@@ -331,6 +430,11 @@ pub(crate) async fn record_incoming_event(
         // else in the group watched it land on somebody else's message and has
         // nothing to be told, and a reaction the sender put on their own
         // message concerns nobody here at all.
+        let kind = if is_own_story(transaction, &reaction.target_message_id).await? {
+            "story_reaction"
+        } else {
+            "reaction"
+        };
         matches!(
             message_sender(transaction, &reaction.target_message_id).await?,
             Some(None)
@@ -341,13 +445,15 @@ pub(crate) async fn record_incoming_event(
             conversation_id,
             sender_id: from_user_id,
             message_id: Some(reaction.target_message_id.clone()),
-            kind: "reaction",
+            kind,
             content: Some(reaction.emoji.clone()),
             created_at: now,
         })
     } else if let Some(update) = content.media_update.as_ref() {
         let update_type = encrypted_content::media_update::Type::try_from(update.r#type)?;
+        let story = is_own_story(transaction, &update.target_message_id).await?;
         let kind = match update_type {
+            encrypted_content::media_update::Type::Stored if story => Some("stored_story"),
             encrypted_content::media_update::Type::Stored => Some("stored_media"),
             encrypted_content::media_update::Type::Reopened => Some("reopened_media"),
             encrypted_content::media_update::Type::DecryptionError => None,
@@ -410,7 +516,7 @@ async fn clear_stale_opened(database: &Arc<AppDatabase>) -> Result<()> {
         UPDATE notification_outbox
         SET cleared_at = ?
         WHERE cleared_at IS NULL
-          AND kind IN ('text', 'response', 'image', 'video', 'audio', 'twonly', 'webxdc')
+          AND kind IN ('text', 'response', 'image', 'video', 'audio', 'twonly', 'webxdc', 'story', 'story_reply', 'story_reaction')
           AND EXISTS (
               SELECT 1
               FROM messages
@@ -616,6 +722,12 @@ pub async fn finalize_wakeup(deadline_ms: u64) -> Result<()> {
         Ok(Ok(())) => {}
     }
 
+    match tokio::time::timeout(remaining(), crate::services::stories::purge_expired(&ctx)).await {
+        Ok(Err(error)) => tracing::warn!(%error, "story purge failed during wake-up"),
+        Err(error) => tracing::info!(%error, "story purge window elapsed"),
+        Ok(Ok(())) => {}
+    }
+
     if owns_connection && ctx.is_notification_runtime() {
         // Bounded on its own rather than out of what is left: closing costs a
         // round trip at most, and a server that never answers the handshake
@@ -726,7 +838,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn clear_opened_messages(
             SET cleared_at = ?
             WHERE message_id = ?
               AND cleared_at IS NULL
-              AND kind IN ('text', 'response', 'image', 'video', 'audio', 'twonly', 'webxdc')
+              AND kind IN ('text', 'response', 'image', 'video', 'audio', 'twonly', 'webxdc', 'story', 'story_reply', 'story_reaction')
             "#,
         )
         .bind(cleared_at)
@@ -821,6 +933,10 @@ fn localized_body(locale: &str, row: &PendingRow) -> String {
         "contact_request" => "notificationContactRequest",
         "accept_request" => "notificationAcceptRequest",
         "stored_media" => "notificationStoredMediaFile",
+        "story" => "notificationStory",
+        "story_reply" => "notificationStoryReply",
+        "story_reaction" => "notificationStoryReaction",
+        "stored_story" => "notificationStoredStory",
         "reopened_media" => "notificationReopenedMedia",
         "reaction" => match (
             row.target_message_type.as_deref(),
@@ -979,6 +1095,108 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(localized_body("fr-FR", &row), "wants to connect with you.");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn tells_a_reaction_from_a_reply() {
+        for reaction in ["🔥", " ❤️ ", "👍🏽", "👨‍👩‍👧", "1️⃣", "🇩🇪", "😂😂"]
+        {
+            assert!(is_emoji_only(reaction), "{reaction:?} is a reaction");
+        }
+        for reply in ["", "nice", "nice 🔥", "12", "#", "🔥 wow"] {
+            assert!(!is_emoji_only(reply), "{reply:?} is a reply");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn words_what_happened_to_a_story() {
+        let mut reaction = pending_row("story_reaction");
+        reaction.content = Some("🔥".into());
+        assert_eq!(
+            localized_body("en", &reaction),
+            "has reacted with 🔥 to your story."
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            localized_body("de", &reaction),
+            "hat mit 🔥 auf deine Story reagiert."
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            localized_body("en", &pending_row("story_reply")),
+            "has replied to your story."
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            localized_body("de", &pending_row("stored_story")),
+            "hat deine Story gespeichert."
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn answers_to_the_own_story_are_announced_as_such() -> Result<()> {
+        let directory = tempfile::tempdir()?;
+        let ctx =
+            Context::init_for_testing(directory.path().join("db"), directory.path().join("data"))
+                .await?;
+        UserConfig::save_json(
+            &ctx,
+            r#"{"userId":42,"username":"ben","displayName":"Ben"}"#,
+        )?;
+        let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+        let mut tx = database.pool.begin().await?;
+        for statement in [
+            "INSERT INTO contacts(user_id, username, accepted) VALUES (7, 'anna', 1)",
+            "INSERT INTO groups(group_id, group_name, is_direct_chat) VALUES ('d', 'Anna', 1)",
+            "INSERT INTO messages(message_id, group_id, type, is_story) VALUES ('mine', 'd', 'media', 1)",
+            "INSERT INTO messages(message_id, group_id, type, content) VALUES ('plain', 'd', 'text', 'hi')",
+        ] {
+            sqlx::query(sqlx::AssertSqlSafe(statement))
+                .execute(&mut *tx)
+                .await?;
+        }
+        let text = |id: &str, text: &str, quote: &str| proto::EncryptedContent {
+            group_id: Some("d".into()),
+            text_message: Some(encrypted_content::TextMessage {
+                sender_message_id: id.into(),
+                text: text.into(),
+                quote_message_id: Some(quote.into()),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        record_incoming_event(&ctx, &mut tx, 7, "r1", &text("t1", "🔥", "mine")).await?;
+        record_incoming_event(&ctx, &mut tx, 7, "r2", &text("t2", "love it", "mine")).await?;
+        record_incoming_event(&ctx, &mut tx, 7, "r3", &text("t3", "🔥", "plain")).await?;
+        let stored = proto::EncryptedContent {
+            media_update: Some(encrypted_content::MediaUpdate {
+                r#type: encrypted_content::media_update::Type::Stored as i32,
+                target_message_id: "mine".into(),
+            }),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        record_incoming_event(&ctx, &mut tx, 7, "r4", &stored).await?;
+
+        let rows: Vec<(String, Option<String>)> =
+            sqlx::query_as("SELECT kind, content FROM notification_outbox ORDER BY event_id")
+                .fetch_all(&mut *tx)
+                .await?;
+        assert_eq!(
+            rows,
+            vec![
+                ("story_reaction".into(), Some("🔥".into())),
+                ("story_reply".into(), None),
+                // An emoji on anything else is an ordinary reply.
+                ("response".into(), None),
+                ("stored_story".into(), None),
+            ]
+        );
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn announces_a_story_in_every_language() {
+        let row = pending_row("story");
+        assert_eq!(localized_body("en", &row), "posted a story.");
+        assert_eq!(localized_body("de", &row), "hat eine Story gepostet.");
+        assert_eq!(localized_body("ar", &row), "قصة جديدة.");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn localizes_connection_fallback_notification() {
         assert_eq!(

rust/src/services/stories.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,477 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, Tobias Müller git@tsmr.eu
+ *
+ */
+
+//! Stories: an image or video shared with many contacts for 24 hours.
+//!
+//! A story item travels the ordinary media path. Each recipient gets a hidden
+//! message row in their 1:1 chat -- on the sender one row per recipient, all
+//! sharing one media file -- so upload, receipts and opened tracking need
+//! nothing of their own. The chat shows a story row only once somebody saved
+//! it; every other story row leaves 24 hours after the sender's timestamp.
+
+use crate::api::proto::client::{encrypted_content, EncryptedContent};
+use crate::context::Context;
+use crate::database::app::tables::{Contact, Group};
+use crate::error::{Result, TwonlyError};
+use crate::services::mediafiles::MediaFileService;
+use crate::services::messages::MessageService;
+use prost::Message as _;
+use sqlx::{Sqlite, Transaction};
+use std::collections::BTreeSet;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+/// How long a story item is visible after its sender posted it.
+pub const STORY_LIFETIME_SECONDS: i64 = 24 * 60 * 60;
+
+/// A story is announced only between people who sent each other a text or
+/// media message within this long.
+pub const STORY_ANNOUNCE_RECENT_EXCHANGE_SECONDS: i64 = 14 * 24 * 60 * 60;
+
+/// Whether the 1:1 chat `group_id` carried a text or media message, either
+/// way, within the last two weeks.
+pub(crate) async fn exchanged_recently(
+    t: &mut Transaction<'_, Sqlite>,
+    group_id: &str,
+    now: i64,
+) -> Result<bool> {
+    let since = now - STORY_ANNOUNCE_RECENT_EXCHANGE_SECONDS;
+    Ok(sqlx::query_scalar!(
+        r#"SELECT EXISTS(
+               SELECT 1 FROM groups WHERE group_id = ? AND last_text_or_media_at > ?
+           ) AS "recent!: bool""#,
+        group_id,
+        since,
+    )
+    .fetch_one(&mut **t)
+    .await?)
+}
+
+/// Who a story item goes to: every contact, or the members of the selected
+/// contact groups that share stories.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct StoryAudience {
+    pub all: bool,
+    pub contact_group_ids: Vec<i64>,
+}
+
+/// The contacts `audience` reaches, in ascending order. Blocked and deleted
+/// contacts are left out, as are group members who left.
+pub(crate) async fn resolve_audience(
+    t: &mut Transaction<'_, Sqlite>,
+    audience: &StoryAudience,
+) -> Result<Vec<i64>> {
+    let reachable = sqlx::query_scalar!(
+        r#"SELECT user_id FROM contacts
+           WHERE accepted = 1 AND blocked = 0 AND deleted_by_user = 0 AND account_deleted = 0"#
+    )
+    .fetch_all(&mut **t)
+    .await?
+    .into_iter()
+    .collect::<BTreeSet<i64>>();
+    if audience.all {
+        return Ok(reachable.into_iter().collect());
+    }
+
+    let mut members = BTreeSet::new();
+    for contact_group_id in &audience.contact_group_ids {
+        let direct = sqlx::query_scalar!(
+            r#"SELECT cgm.user_id AS "user_id!: i64"
+               FROM contact_group_members cgm
+               JOIN contact_groups cg ON cg.id = cgm.contact_group_id
+               WHERE cg.id = ? AND cg.share_stories = 1 AND cgm.user_id IS NOT NULL"#,
+            contact_group_id,
+        )
+        .fetch_all(&mut **t)
+        .await?;
+        let via_chats = sqlx::query_scalar!(
+            r#"SELECT gm.contact_id
+               FROM contact_group_members cgm
+               JOIN contact_groups cg ON cg.id = cgm.contact_group_id
+               JOIN group_members gm ON gm.group_id = cgm.group_id
+               WHERE cg.id = ? AND cg.share_stories = 1 AND cgm.group_id IS NOT NULL
+                 AND (gm.member_state IS NULL OR gm.member_state != 'leftGroup')"#,
+            contact_group_id,
+        )
+        .fetch_all(&mut **t)
+        .await?;
+        members.extend(direct);
+        members.extend(via_chats);
+    }
+    Ok(members.intersection(&reachable).copied().collect())
+}
+
+/// The 1:1 chats a story sent to `audience` would go to right now, one per
+/// contact it reaches. Chats not created yet are included by the id they
+/// will get, so the list lines up with chats picked for a direct send.
+pub async fn audience_chats(ctx: &Arc<Context>, audience: &StoryAudience) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
+    let user_id = ctx.user_id().await?;
+    let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+    let mut transaction = database.pool.begin().await?;
+    let contacts = resolve_audience(&mut transaction, audience).await?;
+    transaction.rollback().await?;
+    Ok(contacts
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|contact_id| Group::direct_chat_id(user_id, contact_id))
+        .collect())
+}
+
+/// The 1:1 chat a story row for `contact_id` is filed under, created if the
+/// two never wrote to each other.
+pub(crate) async fn direct_chat(
+    ctx: &Context,
+    t: &mut Transaction<'_, Sqlite>,
+    contact_id: i64,
+) -> Result<String> {
+    let group_id = Group::direct_chat_id(ctx.user_id().await?, contact_id);
+    let exists = sqlx::query_scalar!(
+        r#"SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM groups WHERE group_id = ?) AS "exists!: bool""#,
+        group_id,
+    )
+    .fetch_one(&mut **t)
+    .await?;
+    if !exists {
+        let contact = Contact::get_contact_by_id(t, contact_id)
+            .await?
+            .ok_or_else(|| TwonlyError::Generic(format!("contact {contact_id} does not exist")))?;
+        Group::create_direct_chat(ctx, t, contact).await?;
+    }
+    Ok(group_id)
+}
+
+/// Removes story rows that are no longer a story. A row some message quotes is
+/// kept as a tombstone without media, so the quote can say the story is gone
+/// instead of pointing at nothing. Returns the media the rows let go of.
+async fn retire_rows(
+    t: &mut Transaction<'_, Sqlite>,
+    message_ids: &[String],
+    now: i64,
+) -> Result<BTreeSet<String>> {
+    let mut released = BTreeSet::new();
+    for message_id in message_ids {
+        if let Some(media_id) = sqlx::query_scalar!(
+            "SELECT media_id FROM messages WHERE message_id = ?",
+            message_id,
+        )
+        .fetch_optional(&mut **t)
+        .await?
+        .flatten()
+        {
+            released.insert(media_id);
+        }
+        // A tombstone keeps its row, so nothing cascades to what hangs off it.
+        sqlx::query!("DELETE FROM receipts WHERE message_id = ?", message_id)
+            .execute(&mut **t)
+            .await?;
+        sqlx::query!(
+            r#"UPDATE notification_outbox SET cleared_at = ?
+               WHERE message_id = ? AND kind = 'story' AND cleared_at IS NULL"#,
+            now,
+            message_id,
+        )
+        .execute(&mut **t)
+        .await?;
+        let quoted = sqlx::query_scalar!(
+            r#"SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM messages WHERE quotes_message_id = ?) AS "quoted!: bool""#,
+            message_id,
+        )
+        .fetch_one(&mut **t)
+        .await?;
+        if quoted {
+            sqlx::query!(
+                "UPDATE messages SET media_id = NULL WHERE message_id = ?",
+                message_id,
+            )
+            .execute(&mut **t)
+            .await?;
+        } else {
+            sqlx::query!("DELETE FROM messages WHERE message_id = ?", message_id)
+                .execute(&mut **t)
+                .await?;
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(released)
+}
+
+/// Deletes the media files that `retire_rows` let go of and nothing else holds.
+async fn release_media(
+    ctx: &Arc<Context>,
+    t: &mut Transaction<'_, Sqlite>,
+    media_ids: BTreeSet<String>,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    for media_id in media_ids {
+        let media = sqlx::query!(
+            r#"SELECT type AS media_type, stored, is_draft_media FROM media_files
+               WHERE media_id = ?
+                 AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM messages WHERE media_id = media_files.media_id)"#,
+            media_id,
+        )
+        .fetch_optional(&mut **t)
+        .await?;
+        let Some(media) = media else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        if media.stored != 0 || media.is_draft_media != 0 {
+            continue;
+        }
+        sqlx::query!("DELETE FROM media_files WHERE media_id = ?", media_id)
+            .execute(&mut **t)
+            .await?;
+        MediaFileService::new(ctx).remove_files(&media_id, &media.media_type)?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Lets every story item older than 24 hours go, on both ends: a received one
+/// disappears from its sender's ring, and an own one stops being retried for
+/// recipients that never acknowledged it. Saved items stay, as ordinary stored
+/// media in their chat.
+pub async fn purge_expired(ctx: &Arc<Context>) -> Result<()> {
+    let now = chrono::Utc::now().timestamp();
+    let cutoff = now - STORY_LIFETIME_SECONDS;
+    let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+    let mut transaction = database.pool.begin().await?;
+    let expired = sqlx::query_scalar!(
+        r#"SELECT message_id FROM messages
+           WHERE is_story = 1 AND media_stored = 0 AND created_at <= ?"#,
+        cutoff,
+    )
+    .fetch_all(&mut *transaction)
+    .await?;
+    if expired.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    let released = retire_rows(&mut transaction, &expired, now).await?;
+    release_media(ctx, &mut transaction, released).await?;
+    transaction.commit().await?;
+    tracing::info!(count = expired.len(), "purged expired story rows");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Takes one of the user's own story items down before it expires: every
+/// recipient is told to drop it, and the item goes here too. Items whose upload
+/// has not finished are refused, since a delete could overtake the media and
+/// the item would then arrive after all.
+pub async fn delete_item(ctx: &Arc<Context>, media_id: &str) -> Result<()> {
+    let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+    let upload_state = sqlx::query_scalar!(
+        "SELECT upload_state FROM media_files WHERE media_id = ?",
+        media_id,
+    )
+    .fetch_optional(&database.pool)
+    .await?
+    .flatten();
+    if upload_state.as_deref() != Some("uploaded") {
+        return Err(TwonlyError::Generic(
+            "a story item can only be deleted once its upload finished".into(),
+        ));
+    }
+    let rows = sqlx::query!(
+        r#"SELECT message_id, group_id FROM messages
+           WHERE media_id = ? AND is_story = 1 AND sender_id IS NULL AND media_stored = 0"#,
+        media_id,
+    )
+    .fetch_all(&database.pool)
+    .await?;
+    drop(database);
+
+    let timestamp = chrono::Utc::now().timestamp_millis();
+    let messages = MessageService::new(ctx);
+    for row in &rows {
+        let content = EncryptedContent {
+            message_update: Some(encrypted_content::MessageUpdate {
+                r#type: encrypted_content::message_update::Type::Delete as i32,
+                sender_message_id: Some(row.message_id.clone()),
+                multiple_target_message_ids: Vec::new(),
+                text: None,
+                timestamp,
+            }),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        messages
+            .send_to_group(row.group_id.clone(), content.encode_to_vec(), None, false)
+            .await?;
+    }
+
+    let message_ids = rows
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|row| row.message_id)
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+    let mut transaction = database.pool.begin().await?;
+    let released = retire_rows(&mut transaction, &message_ids, timestamp / 1_000).await?;
+    release_media(ctx, &mut transaction, released).await?;
+    transaction.commit().await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    async fn context() -> Result<(tempfile::TempDir, Arc<Context>)> {
+        let directory = tempfile::tempdir()?;
+        let ctx =
+            Context::init_for_testing(directory.path().join("db"), directory.path().join("data"))
+                .await?;
+        crate::user_config::UserConfig::save_json(
+            &ctx,
+            r#"{"userId":42,"username":"ben","displayName":"Ben"}"#,
+        )?;
+        ctx.inject_test_user_id(42).await?;
+        Ok((directory, ctx))
+    }
+
+    async fn execute(ctx: &Context, statements: &[&str]) -> Result<()> {
+        let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+        for statement in statements {
+            sqlx::query(sqlx::AssertSqlSafe(*statement))
+                .execute(&database.pool)
+                .await?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn an_audience_reaches_reachable_contacts_of_story_groups() -> Result<()> {
+        let (_directory, ctx) = context().await?;
+        execute(
+            &ctx,
+            &[
+                "INSERT INTO contacts(user_id, username, accepted) VALUES (1, 'a', 1)",
+                "INSERT INTO contacts(user_id, username, accepted, blocked) VALUES (2, 'b', 1, 1)",
+                "INSERT INTO contacts(user_id, username, accepted, deleted_by_user) VALUES (3, 'c', 1, 1)",
+                "INSERT INTO contacts(user_id, username) VALUES (4, 'd')",
+                "INSERT INTO contacts(user_id, username, accepted, account_deleted) VALUES (5, 'e', 1, 1)",
+                "INSERT INTO contacts(user_id, username, accepted) VALUES (6, 'f', 1)",
+                "INSERT INTO contacts(user_id, username, accepted) VALUES (7, 'g', 1)",
+                "INSERT INTO contacts(user_id, username, accepted) VALUES (8, 'h', 1)",
+                "INSERT INTO groups(group_id, group_name) VALUES ('trip', 'Trip')",
+                "INSERT INTO group_members(group_id, contact_id) VALUES ('trip', 7)",
+                "INSERT INTO group_members(group_id, contact_id, member_state) VALUES ('trip', 8, 'leftGroup')",
+                "INSERT INTO group_members(group_id, contact_id) VALUES ('trip', 2)",
+                "INSERT INTO contact_groups(id, name, text_color, background_color, share_stories) VALUES (1, 'Close', 0, 0, 1)",
+                "INSERT INTO contact_groups(id, name, text_color, background_color, share_stories) VALUES (2, 'Work', 0, 0, 0)",
+                "INSERT INTO contact_group_members(contact_group_id, user_id) VALUES (1, 1)",
+                "INSERT INTO contact_group_members(contact_group_id, user_id) VALUES (1, 4)",
+                "INSERT INTO contact_group_members(contact_group_id, group_id) VALUES (1, 'trip')",
+                "INSERT INTO contact_group_members(contact_group_id, user_id) VALUES (2, 6)",
+            ],
+        )
+        .await?;
+        let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+        let mut t = database.pool.begin().await?;
+        let resolve = |all: bool, groups: &[i64]| StoryAudience {
+            all,
+            contact_group_ids: groups.to_vec(),
+        };
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            resolve_audience(&mut t, &resolve(true, &[])).await?,
+            vec![1, 6, 7, 8]
+        );
+        // Blocked (2) and not accepted (4) members stay out, and so does the
+        // member who left the chat group (8).
+        assert_eq!(
+            resolve_audience(&mut t, &resolve(false, &[1])).await?,
+            vec![1, 7]
+        );
+        // A group that does not share stories reaches nobody.
+        assert_eq!(
+            resolve_audience(&mut t, &resolve(false, &[2])).await?,
+            Vec::<i64>::new()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            resolve_audience(&mut t, &resolve(false, &[1, 2])).await?,
+            vec![1, 7]
+        );
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn an_audience_is_named_by_the_chats_it_reaches() -> Result<()> {
+        let (_directory, ctx) = context().await?;
+        execute(
+            &ctx,
+            &[
+                "INSERT INTO contacts(user_id, username, accepted) VALUES (1, 'a', 1)",
+                "INSERT INTO contacts(user_id, username, accepted) VALUES (77, 'b', 1)",
+                "INSERT INTO contacts(user_id, username) VALUES (3, 'c')",
+            ],
+        )
+        .await?;
+        let everybody = StoryAudience {
+            all: true,
+            contact_group_ids: vec![],
+        };
+        // No chat with either exists yet; the ids are the ones they will get,
+        // so they can be compared with chats picked for a direct send.
+        assert_eq!(
+            audience_chats(&ctx, &everybody).await?,
+            vec![Group::direct_chat_id(42, 1), Group::direct_chat_id(42, 77)]
+        );
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn expired_story_rows_leave_unless_saved_or_quoted() -> Result<()> {
+        let (_directory, ctx) = context().await?;
+        let now = chrono::Utc::now().timestamp();
+        let expired = now - STORY_LIFETIME_SECONDS - 60;
+        let fresh = now - 60;
+        let statements = [
+            "INSERT INTO contacts(user_id, username, accepted) VALUES (7, 'anna', 1)".to_owned(),
+            "INSERT INTO groups(group_id, group_name, is_direct_chat) VALUES ('d', 'Anna', 1)"
+                .to_owned(),
+            "INSERT INTO media_files(media_id, type) VALUES ('m1', 'image'), ('m2', 'image'), ('m3', 'image'), ('m4', 'image')".to_owned(),
+            format!("INSERT INTO messages(message_id, group_id, sender_id, type, media_id, is_story, created_at) VALUES ('gone', 'd', 7, 'media', 'm1', 1, {expired})"),
+            format!("INSERT INTO messages(message_id, group_id, sender_id, type, media_id, is_story, created_at) VALUES ('quoted', 'd', 7, 'media', 'm2', 1, {expired})"),
+            format!("INSERT INTO messages(message_id, group_id, sender_id, type, media_id, is_story, media_stored, created_at) VALUES ('saved', 'd', 7, 'media', 'm3', 1, 1, {expired})"),
+            format!("INSERT INTO messages(message_id, group_id, sender_id, type, media_id, is_story, created_at) VALUES ('live', 'd', 7, 'media', 'm4', 1, {fresh})"),
+            "INSERT INTO messages(message_id, group_id, type, content, quotes_message_id) VALUES ('reply', 'd', 'text', '🔥', 'quoted')".to_owned(),
+            "INSERT INTO receipts(receipt_id, contact_id, message_id, message) VALUES ('r1', 7, 'gone', x'00'), ('r2', 7, 'quoted', x'00')".to_owned(),
+        ];
+        let statements = statements.iter().map(String::as_str).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        execute(&ctx, &statements).await?;
+
+        purge_expired(&ctx).await?;
+
+        let database = ctx.app_db.read().await.clone();
+        let rows: Vec<(String, Option<String>)> =
+            sqlx::query_as("SELECT message_id, media_id FROM messages ORDER BY message_id")
+                .fetch_all(&database.pool)
+                .await?;
+        assert_eq!(
+            rows,
+            vec![
+                ("live".into(), Some("m4".into())),
+                // Kept so the reply can still say what it answered.
+                ("quoted".into(), None),
+                ("reply".into(), None),
+                ("saved".into(), Some("m3".into())),
+            ]
+        );
+        let media: Vec<String> =
+            sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT media_id FROM media_files ORDER BY media_id")
+                .fetch_all(&database.pool)
+                .await?;
+        assert_eq!(media, vec!["m3".to_owned(), "m4".to_owned()]);
+        let receipts: i64 = sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM receipts")
+            .fetch_one(&database.pool)
+            .await?;
+        assert_eq!(receipts, 0);
+
+        // Once nothing quotes the tombstone any more, it goes too.
+        sqlx::query("DELETE FROM messages WHERE message_id = 'reply'")
+            .execute(&database.pool)
+            .await?;
+        purge_expired(&ctx).await?;
+        let quoted: i64 =
+            sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM messages WHERE message_id = 'quoted'")
+                .fetch_one(&database.pool)
+                .await?;
+        assert_eq!(quoted, 0);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}