Read Receipts: Implement a visual indication for messages if and when they have been read by other users of the channel
Sometimes one's wondering if a post has already been read by other users. I could image that a member list of the channel pops up when one is selecting the read status from the particular post menu ("[..]").
In private chats, a sinple check sign (similar to whatsapp) could signalize if a message had beend read by your counterpart.

We’ve opened a design ticket to start exploring this feature: https://mattermost.atlassian.net/browse/MM-36529
This will need feasibility explorations given performance concerns on the server-side. As a result, we may start by only offering read receipts in Direct Messages and Group Messages that have a maximum of 8 users.
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Андрей Шмагай commented
The story of this very necessary and useful feature has been going on for many, many years. It feels like the developers don't give a damn about user requests. Judging by the deadlines, it feels like some of the developers are actively against it and sabotaging the process! This feature has been the leader in the voting for many years, but the developers prefer to do nothing and artificially delay the process, despite the fact that almost everything is ready: https://mattermost.atlassian.net/browse/MM-57158
I really hope that my cry from the heart will be heard and we will see this feature in the next releases! -
Mohsin commented
Mohsin here from TechlogixIT
We need this feature as soon as possible
Scenario:
I am managing team of 50 members, and while sending message sometime team member read message and ignore, due to this my followup process taking time.Give option to system admin as -> Allow messag read -Yes or No
If yes then this feature start working else notThanks
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Mohsin commented
Mohsin here from TechlogixIT
We need this feature as soon as possible
Scenario:
I am managing team of 50 members, and while sending message sometime team member read message and ignore, due to this my followup process taking time.Give option to system admin as -> Allow messag read -Yes or No
If yes then this feature start working else notThanks
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Berthold Kaufmann commented
Dear all, yes it will be good for me, if read receipt is available only in direct messages...
but there I think it is just necessary for effective communication: this is not a nice-to-have option. The information, if a message is received/read or not is a first and helpful step after I have sent a message
and please... this has nothing to do with privacy!
mattermost provides much more privacy-sensible user-availability features, such as online/offline status.... so I think it is strange to question this feature because of privacy issues.So please: just do it.... thank you
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Paul commented
Planning to switch to Mattermost whenever read receipts are available.
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Юлия Михайлова commented
When will you complete this idea?
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Connor commented
Great, thank you.
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Robert Anderson commented
It is intersting !
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FreeCheats commented
Thank you all!
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Nicolas commented
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Suman Rawat commented
Thanks for sharing
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Shiipou commented
Not really needed, you can just leave a reaction on the message if it's important. If the message link to a security docs you leave an :eye: emote as a reaction on the message, and people know you read the doc. Leave a checked reaction to know it's complete. Just knowing if people have focus on the message didnt have any meaning.
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Ilya Starchenko commented
I would like to implement it.
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Canadian VC commented
yes it is a good feature
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Герман commented
+
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Ксения Буйлова commented
👍
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Maria Builova commented
+
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Ilya Starchenko commented
In Telegram you can see who read the message in channel.
I think it's good feature, because right now I gotta set reaction on message to let know user who mentioned me that I read it and he doesn't need to repeat it me in DM.
Link to github issue: https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/issues/20510 -
maxim serov commented
Howdy, how long do we have to wait for the result, This is critically important for us
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Dmitrijs Ralovecs commented
facepalm