when an existing user is loaded via xstream, dismissedMessages is not initialized when it is not contained in the xml. This then always throws an null error and system messages can't be shown.
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when an existing user is loaded via xstream, dismissedMessages is not initialized when it is not contained in the xml. This then always throws an null error and system messages can't be shown.
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