From b6797e2a2c18ae517a87161707e111d7fb5acdcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Sekovanikj <ivan.sekovanikj@getstream.io>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:33:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] fix: infinite loading on empty MessageList

---
 .../components/MessageList/MessageList.tsx    | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package/src/components/MessageList/MessageList.tsx b/package/src/components/MessageList/MessageList.tsx
index c5bc2a34d2..1d1f475265 100644
--- a/package/src/components/MessageList/MessageList.tsx
+++ b/package/src/components/MessageList/MessageList.tsx
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ type MessageListPropsWithContext = Pick<
     | 'maximumMessageLimit'
   > &
   Pick<ChatContextValue, 'client'> &
-  Pick<PaginatedMessageListContextValue, 'loadMore' | 'loadMoreRecent'> &
+  Pick<PaginatedMessageListContextValue, 'loadMore' | 'loadMoreRecent' | 'hasMore'> &
   Pick<
     MessagesContextValue,
     | 'DateHeader'
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ type MessageListPropsWithContext = Pick<
   Pick<MessageInputContextValue, 'messageInputFloating' | 'messageInputHeightStore'> &
   Pick<
     ThreadContextValue,
-    'loadMoreRecentThread' | 'loadMoreThread' | 'thread' | 'threadInstance'
+    'loadMoreRecentThread' | 'loadMoreThread' | 'threadHasMore' | 'thread' | 'threadInstance'
   > & {
     /**
      * Besides existing (default) UX behavior of underlying FlatList of MessageList component, if you want
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ const MessageListWithContext = (props: MessageListPropsWithContext) => {
     TypingIndicator,
     TypingIndicatorContainer,
     UnreadMessagesNotification,
+    hasMore,
+    threadHasMore,
   } = props;
   const [isUnreadNotificationOpen, setIsUnreadNotificationOpen] = useState<boolean>(false);
   const { theme } = useTheme();
@@ -914,8 +916,12 @@ const MessageListWithContext = (props: MessageListPropsWithContext) => {
    * 3. If the call to `loadMoreRecent` is in progress, we wait for it to finish to make sure scroll doesn't jump.
    */
   const maybeCallOnEndReached = useStableCallback(async () => {
+    const shouldQuery = (threadList && threadHasMore) || (!threadList && hasMore);
     // If onEndReached has already been called for given messageList length, then ignore.
-    if (processedMessageList?.length && onEndReachedTracker.current[processedMessageList.length]) {
+    if (
+      (processedMessageList?.length && onEndReachedTracker.current[processedMessageList.length]) ||
+      !shouldQuery
+    ) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -1332,8 +1338,9 @@ export const MessageList = (props: MessageListProps) => {
     UnreadMessagesNotification,
   } = useMessagesContext();
   const { messageInputFloating, messageInputHeightStore } = useMessageInputContext();
-  const { loadMore, loadMoreRecent } = usePaginatedMessageListContext();
-  const { loadMoreRecentThread, loadMoreThread, thread, threadInstance } = useThreadContext();
+  const { loadMore, loadMoreRecent, hasMore } = usePaginatedMessageListContext();
+  const { loadMoreRecentThread, loadMoreThread, threadHasMore, thread, threadInstance } =
+    useThreadContext();
 
   return (
     <MessageListWithContext
@@ -1384,6 +1391,8 @@ export const MessageList = (props: MessageListProps) => {
         TypingIndicator,
         TypingIndicatorContainer,
         UnreadMessagesNotification,
+        hasMore,
+        threadHasMore,
       }}
       {...props}
       noGroupByUser={!enableMessageGroupingByUser || props.noGroupByUser}

From c0b53097acc347cb61b776224705a4c3788ad06c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Sekovanikj <ivan.sekovanikj@getstream.io>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:03:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] fix: revert back to old pagination defaults

---
 .../src/components/Channel/hooks/useMessageListPagination.tsx   | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/package/src/components/Channel/hooks/useMessageListPagination.tsx b/package/src/components/Channel/hooks/useMessageListPagination.tsx
index df08fbd6b0..c16315fe66 100644
--- a/package/src/components/Channel/hooks/useMessageListPagination.tsx
+++ b/package/src/components/Channel/hooks/useMessageListPagination.tsx
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export const useMessageListPagination = ({ channel }: { channel: Channel }) => {
   /**
    * This function loads more messages before the first message in current channel state.
    */
-  const loadMore = useStableCallback(async (limit: number = 10) => {
+  const loadMore = useStableCallback(async (limit: number = 25) => {
     if (!channel.state.messagePagination.hasPrev) {
       return;
     }

From 8d6620353936f9a0aca8b950bba48b0bbfe0e38b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Sekovanikj <ivan.sekovanikj@getstream.io>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:06:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] fix: tests

---
 .../Channel/__tests__/useMessageListPagination.test.js        | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package/src/components/Channel/__tests__/useMessageListPagination.test.js b/package/src/components/Channel/__tests__/useMessageListPagination.test.js
index d782de22cc..eed226f56b 100644
--- a/package/src/components/Channel/__tests__/useMessageListPagination.test.js
+++ b/package/src/components/Channel/__tests__/useMessageListPagination.test.js
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ describe('useMessageListPagination', () => {
 
       await waitFor(() => {
         expect(queryFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-          messages: { id_lt: messages[0].id, limit: 10 },
+          messages: { id_lt: messages[0].id, limit: 25 },
           watchers: {
-            limit: 10,
+            limit: 25,
           },
         });
         expect(result.current.state.hasMore).toBe(true);