first attempt at trying to keep track of locally send id

core/kordophoned/src/daemon/mod.rs

@@ -347,7 +347,16 @@ impl Daemon {
                 self.database
                     .lock()
                     .await
-                    .with_repository(|r| r.insert_message(&conversation_id, message.into()))
+                    .with_repository(|r| {
+                        // 1) Insert the server message
+                        r.insert_message(&conversation_id, message.clone().into())?;
+                        // 2) Persist alias local -> server for stable UI ids
+                        r.set_message_alias(
+                            &outgoing_message.guid.to_string(),
+                            &message.id,
+                            &conversation_id,
+                        )
+                    })
                     .await
                     .unwrap();
 
@@ -448,18 +457,38 @@ impl Daemon {
             .get(&conversation_id)
             .unwrap_or(&empty_vec);
 
-        self.database
+        // Fetch DB messages and an alias map (server_id -> local_id) in one DB access.
+        let (db_messages, alias_map) = self
+            .database
             .lock()
             .await
             .with_repository(|r| {
-                r.get_messages_for_conversation(&conversation_id)
-                    .unwrap()
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .map(|m| m.into()) // Convert db::Message to daemon::Message
-                    .chain(outgoing_messages.into_iter().map(|m| m.into()))
-                    .collect()
+                let msgs = r.get_messages_for_conversation(&conversation_id).unwrap();
+                let ids: Vec<String> = msgs.iter().map(|m| m.id.clone()).collect();
+                let map = r.get_local_ids_for(ids).unwrap_or_default();
+                (msgs, map)
             })
-            .await
+            .await;
+
+        // Convert DB messages to daemon model, substituting local_id when an alias exists.
+        let mut result: Vec<Message> = Vec::with_capacity(
+            db_messages.len() + outgoing_messages.len(),
+        );
+        for m in db_messages.into_iter() {
+            let server_id = m.id.clone();
+            let mut dm: Message = m.into();
+            if let Some(local_id) = alias_map.get(&server_id) {
+                dm.id = local_id.clone();
+            }
+            result.push(dm);
+        }
+
+        // Append pending outgoing messages (these already use local_id)
+        for om in outgoing_messages.iter() {
+            result.push(om.into());
+        }
+
+        result
     }
 
     async fn enqueue_outgoing_message(