From b72fb50ea00ffa52949155b8513f8d766ba03d1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Nonnenberg <scott@signal.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:01:47 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Groups: Only set active_at when changes have happened

---
 ts/groups.ts | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ts/groups.ts b/ts/groups.ts
index b0076f6746b..7046175358e 100644
--- a/ts/groups.ts
+++ b/ts/groups.ts
@@ -3157,7 +3157,12 @@ async function updateGroup(
   // By updating activeAt we force this conversation into the left panel. We don't want
   //   all groups to show up on link, and we don't want Unknown Group in the left pane.
   let activeAt = conversation.get('active_at') || null;
-  if (!viaFirstStorageSync && newAttributes.name) {
+  const justDiscoveredGroupName =
+    !conversation.get('name') && newAttributes.name;
+  if (
+    !viaFirstStorageSync &&
+    (justDiscoveredGroupName || groupChangeMessages.length)
+  ) {
     activeAt = initialSentAt;
   }