From b59275b3e1c22c2eb6463227567ed8b61c963325 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Half-Shot <will@half-shot.uk>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:37:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add ability to specify sticky events in URI.

---
 src/UrlParams.ts           | 6 ++++++
 src/state/CallViewModel.ts | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/UrlParams.ts b/src/UrlParams.ts
index 4eb69298..33bf0d02 100644
--- a/src/UrlParams.ts
+++ b/src/UrlParams.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ export interface UrlProperties {
    * can be "light", "dark", "light-high-contrast" or "dark-high-contrast".
    */
   theme: string | null;
+  /**
+   * Whether or not the call should be held using the sticky event implementation,
+   * where possible.
+   */
+  preferStickyEvents: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -501,6 +506,7 @@ export const computeUrlParams = (search = "", hash = ""): UrlParams => {
     sentryDsn: parser.getParam("sentryDsn"),
     sentryEnvironment: parser.getParam("sentryEnvironment"),
     e2eEnabled: parser.getFlagParam("enableE2EE", true),
+    preferStickyEvents: parser.getFlagParam("preferStickyEvents", false),
   };
 
   const configuration: Partial<UrlConfiguration> = {
diff --git a/src/state/CallViewModel.ts b/src/state/CallViewModel.ts
index d7735b26..e7b58a3e 100644
--- a/src/state/CallViewModel.ts
+++ b/src/state/CallViewModel.ts
@@ -1834,7 +1834,9 @@ export class CallViewModel {
           await enterRTCSession(this.matrixRTCSession, advertised.transport, {
             encryptMedia: this.options.encryptionSystem.kind !== E2eeType.NONE,
             useMultiSfu: advertised.multiSfu,
-            preferStickyEvents: advertised.preferStickyEvents,
+            preferStickyEvents:
+              this.urlParams.preferStickyEvents &&
+              advertised.preferStickyEvents,
           });
         } catch (e) {
           logger.error("Error entering RTC session", e);