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Kyle Carberry bcdc35ee3e feat: add chat read/unread indicator to sidebar (#23129)
## Summary

Adds read/unread tracking for chats so users can see which agent
conversations have new assistant messages they haven't viewed.

## Backend Changes

- Adds `last_read_message_id` column to the `chats` table (migration
000439).
- Computes `has_unread` as a virtual column in `GetChatsByOwnerID` using
an `EXISTS` subquery checking for assistant messages beyond the read
cursor.
- Exposes `has_unread` on the `codersdk.Chat` struct and auto-generated
TypeScript types.
- Updates `last_read_message_id` on stream connect/disconnect in
`streamChat`, avoiding per-message API calls during active streaming.
- Uses `context.WithoutCancel` for the deferred disconnect write so the
DB update succeeds even after the client disconnects.

## Frontend Changes

- Bold title (`font-semibold`) for unread chats in the sidebar.
- Small blue dot indicator next to the relative timestamp.
- Suppresses unread indicator for the currently active chat via
`isActive` from NavLink.

## Design Decisions

- Only `assistant` messages count as unread — the user's own messages
don't trigger the indicator.
- No foreign key on `last_read_message_id` since messages can be deleted
(via rollback/truncation) and the column is just a high-water mark.
- Zero API calls during streaming: exactly 2 DB writes per stream
session (connect + disconnect).
- Unread state refreshes on chat list load and window focus. The
`watchChats` WebSocket optimistically marks non-active chats as unread
on `status_change` events, but does not carry a server-computed
`has_unread` field. Navigating to a chat optimistically clears its
unread indicator in the cache.
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ALTER TABLE chats ADD COLUMN last_read_message_id BIGINT;
-- Backfill existing chats so they don't appear unread after deploy.
-- The has_unread query uses COALESCE(last_read_message_id, 0), so
-- leaving this NULL would mark every existing chat as unread.
UPDATE chats SET last_read_message_id = (
SELECT MAX(cm.id) FROM chat_messages cm
WHERE cm.chat_id = chats.id AND cm.role = 'assistant' AND cm.deleted = false
);