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MSC2654: Unread counts #2654

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Homeservers currently send clients counts for missed notifications (and
highlights) in responses to `/sync` requests, which allows them to display that
information to clients. However, when it comes to unread messages, it doesn't
provide a count. This means clients have no way of telling users how many
messages they've missed since they last read a given room.
information to clients. However, no count is provided for unread messages. This
means clients have no way of telling users how many messages they've missed
since they last read a given room.

This MSC is an alternative to
[MSC2625](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2625) which doesn't use
[MSC2625](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2625), which doesn't use
push rules to calculate unread counts, allowing for simpler implementations.


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* include a `m.relates_to` parameter in its content that includes a `rel_type`
parameter, which value is `m.replace`. This matches the definition of an edit
in [MSC1849](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1849).
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* include a `msgtype` parameter in its content which value is `m.notice`.
* have the type `m.room.message` and include a `msgtype` parameter in its
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content which value is `m.notice`.

Finally, a redaction to an event that was marked as unread should exclude that
event from the unread count.
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