From 22b1ecf6be27310bb8b557c4e7bdca174c994da2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Ceriu <stefanc@matrix.org>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 13:36:27 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Remove now unneeded `waitForInitialItems` TimelineProvider
 method.

---
 .../Services/Timeline/TimelineItemProvider.swift | 16 ----------------
 .../Services/Timeline/TimelineProxy.swift        |  3 ---
 2 files changed, 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineItemProvider.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineItemProvider.swift
index 2ec6ceb06..9bbfaca73 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineItemProvider.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineItemProvider.swift
@@ -66,17 +66,6 @@ class TimelineItemProvider: TimelineItemProviderProtocol {
         }
     }
     
-    /// A continuation to signal whether the initial timeline items have been loaded and processed.
-    private var hasLoadedInitialItemsContinuation: CheckedContinuation<Void, Never>?
-    /// A method that allows `await`ing the first update of timeline items from the listener, as the items
-    /// aren't added directly to the provider upon initialisation and may take some time to come in.
-    func waitForInitialItems() async {
-        guard itemProxies.isEmpty else { return }
-        return await withCheckedContinuation { continuation in
-            hasLoadedInitialItemsContinuation = continuation
-        }
-    }
-    
     // MARK: - Private
     
     private func updateItemsWithDiffs(_ diffs: [TimelineDiff]) {
@@ -101,11 +90,6 @@ class TimelineItemProvider: TimelineItemProviderProtocol {
             
             return updatedItems
         }
-        
-        if let hasLoadedInitialItemsContinuation {
-            hasLoadedInitialItemsContinuation.resume()
-            self.hasLoadedInitialItemsContinuation = nil
-        }
     }
     
     private func buildDiff(from diff: TimelineDiff, on itemProxies: [TimelineItemProxy]) -> CollectionDifference<TimelineItemProxy>? {
diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineProxy.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineProxy.swift
index 73a7d5f09..9ece45dc5 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineProxy.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineProxy.swift
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ final class TimelineProxy: TimelineProxyProtocol {
         await subscribeToPagination()
         
         let provider = await TimelineItemProvider(timeline: timeline, kind: kind, paginationStatePublisher: paginationStatePublisher)
-        // Make sure the existing items are built so that we have content in the timeline before
-        // determining whether or not the timeline should paginate to load more items.
-        await provider.waitForInitialItems()
         
         innerTimelineItemProvider = provider