Before this change, Pantalaimon users would always appear online because that is the default state [1, 2] when the /sync endpoint's set_presence parameter is not set. By explicitly setting the parameter to "offline", only the user-facing client (which executes its own /sync request) affects the presence state.
Aside: if sync_forever were to use "unavailable" instead of "offline", then affect_presence would be true, and the state column value would constantly toggle between online and unavailable whenever the user is logged in, rapidly incrementing the stream_id. Hence, "offline" is the only acceptable value to use in sync_forever.
Before this change, Pantalaimon users would always appear online because that is the default state [1, 2] when the
/syncendpoint'sset_presenceparameter is not set. By explicitly setting the parameter to"offline", only the user-facing client (which executes its own/syncrequest) affects the presence state.Aside: if
sync_foreverwere to use"unavailable"instead of"offline", thenaffect_presencewould be true, and thestatecolumn value would constantly toggle betweenonlineandunavailablewhenever the user is logged in, rapidly incrementing thestream_id. Hence,"offline"is the only acceptable value to use insync_forever.