From 1b8b53b1186288cd67c8020af23bf9841dfaa84e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BalogunofAfrica <45393944+BalogunofAfrica@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 13:29:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add option to preserve history on chat delete (#4324)

---
 protocol/messenger_chats.go          | 4 +++-
 protocol/requests/deactivate_chat.go | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/protocol/messenger_chats.go b/protocol/messenger_chats.go
index beb0a554f..f1bf681f6 100644
--- a/protocol/messenger_chats.go
+++ b/protocol/messenger_chats.go
@@ -383,7 +383,9 @@ func (m *Messenger) DeactivateChat(request *requests.DeactivateChat) (*Messenger
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return m.deactivateChat(request.ID, 0, true, true)
+	doClearHistory := !request.PreserveHistory
+
+	return m.deactivateChat(request.ID, 0, true, doClearHistory)
 }
 
 func (m *Messenger) deactivateChat(chatID string, deactivationClock uint64, shouldBeSynced bool, doClearHistory bool) (*MessengerResponse, error) {
diff --git a/protocol/requests/deactivate_chat.go b/protocol/requests/deactivate_chat.go
index 8b48df589..27c1eec93 100644
--- a/protocol/requests/deactivate_chat.go
+++ b/protocol/requests/deactivate_chat.go
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import (
 var ErrDeactivateChatInvalidID = errors.New("deactivate-chat: invalid id")
 
 type DeactivateChat struct {
-	ID string `json:"id"`
+	ID              string `json:"id"`
+	PreserveHistory bool   `json:"preserveHistory"`
 }
 
 func (j *DeactivateChat) Validate() error {