Similar to wiki:ICQEncodingProgress this page is intended to provide information about the state of Pidgin/libpurple and status messages in one place. Feel free to update and extend the page.

= ICQ 6 status messages as seen from Pidgin =

== Pidgin 2.5.0 ==

Setting a new status message in ICQ 6 causes Pidgin to show the message twice. Changing the the state to something other than available in ICQ 6 results in no message shown in Pidgin although it's still there. Logging out and back in in either ICQ 6 or Pidgin causes at least available messages to be displayed correctly. When changing to available from any other status in ICQ 6 Pidgin displays the message also correctly.

=== Testing steps ===

 User 1:: Pidgin 2.5.0 from Debian experimental. ICQ encoding set to CP1252 and server set to login.oscar.aol.com (don't know if that matters)
 User 2:: ICQ 6 (6.0.0.7013)
 User 3:: ICQ 6 (6.0.0.7013)

  1. User 2 logging into ICQ with state available and no status message, user 1 & 3 already logged in.
     * User 1 & 3 see user 2 as available with no message set

  2. User 2 setting available message to "This is a test."
     * User 1 sees: Status: Available: This is a test.: This is a test.
     * User 3 sees: Personal Status: This is a test.

  3. User 2 logging out and back in.
     * User 1 sees: Status: Available: This is a test.
     * User 3 sees: Personal Status: This is a test.

  4. User 2 setting status to away
     * User 1 sees: Status: Away
     * User 3 sees: Personal Status: This is a test.

  5. User 2 setting away message to "This is another test."
     * User 1 sees: Status: Away: This is another test.: This is another test.
     * User 3 sees: Personal Status: This is another test.

  6. User 2 logging out and back in.
     * User 1 sees: Status: Away
     * User 3 sees: Personal Status: This is another test.

  7. User 2 setting state to available
     * User 1 sees: Status: Available: This is another test.
     * User 3 sees: Personal Status: This is another test.

== Related Tickets ==
#4984 ICQ away messaged is printed twice in toolbox and conversation window


= Pidgin status messages as seen from ICQ 6 =

== Pidgin 2.5.0 ==
No status messages are visible in ICQ 6.

== Related Tickets ==
#582 libpurple doesn't publish ICQ away messages

= Pidgin status messages as seen from Pidgin =

== Pidgin 2.5.0 ==
After setting the message it is shown for a few seconds but then disappears with the line "blist: Updating buddy status for xxxxxxxx (ICQ)" in the debug window. Get AIM Info brings back the message. This applies to all states except Available and Free For Chat where never a status message is shown.