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feat(chat): local hints for conversations - #29
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Each conversation can carry a short private hint, stored only in the encrypted local Signal state. The editor always advises against writing the other person's name. Hints survive Clear history and are dropped on sign-out and Forget device. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 98a81038-4434-476d-a7f9-04a8f6baace8
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October 8, 2026 19:02
Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 98a81038-4434-476d-a7f9-04a8f6baace8
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Description
Each conversation in "Conversations on this device" can now have a short private hint saying who is speaking. Hints are stored only locally.
PeerMeta.hint, inside the encrypted Signal state undernoBackupFilesDir. They are never sent to the server, push payloads or notifications. This PR makes no API change and does not bumpapi_version.clearPeerHints) and "Forget device" (wipe) drop them.HintDialog.NoPersonalizedLearning.docs/ARCHITECTURE.md.The matching website change is MaxDac/Privee#177. The two PRs don't depend on each other.
Validation:
./gradlew test :app:lintDebug :app:assembleDebug: passed, including after mergingmain.SignalClientTest: normalization, persistence across "Clear history" and a restart,clearPeerHints, the code-point limit, and decoding old state that has no hint.RecentsTest:peerIdandhintin the list.HintTest(Robolectric):null;Checklist
.jks,.env):core:*modules contain noandroid.*/androidx.*imports./gradlew test)