From 47d73bef57de2e28062f854f06af5053a1a4f7c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Travis Ralston <travpc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 22:36:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Clear message previews when the maximum limit is reached for
 history

---
 src/stores/room-list/MessagePreviewStore.ts | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/stores/room-list/MessagePreviewStore.ts b/src/stores/room-list/MessagePreviewStore.ts
index 38e56881cc..1da0e661e8 100644
--- a/src/stores/room-list/MessagePreviewStore.ts
+++ b/src/stores/room-list/MessagePreviewStore.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ export class MessagePreviewStore extends AsyncStoreWithClient<IState> {
 
         let changed = false;
         for (let i = events.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-            if (i === events.length - MAX_EVENTS_BACKWARDS) return; // limit reached
+            if (i === events.length - MAX_EVENTS_BACKWARDS) {
+                // limit reached - clear the preview by breaking out of the loop
+                break;
+            }
 
             const event = events[i];
             const previewDef = PREVIEWS[event.getType()];