remove duplicate msgs

src/MessageQueueContext.tsx

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ let messageQueue = []; // Global message queue
 export const MessageQueueProvider = ({ children }) => {
   const [queueChats, setQueueChats] = useState({}); // Stores chats and status for display
   const isProcessingRef = useRef(false); // To track if the queue is being processed
-  const maxRetries = 3;
+  const maxRetries = 4;
 
   const clearStatesMessageQueueProvider = useCallback(() => {
     setQueueChats({})
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ const processQueue = useCallback(async () => {
       }
   
       // Delay between processing each message to avoid overlap
-      await new Promise((res) => setTimeout(res, 3000));
+      await new Promise((res) => setTimeout(res, 5000));
     }
   
     // Reset the processing lock once all messages are processed

src/components/Chat/ChatList.tsx

@@ -135,8 +135,16 @@ export const ChatList = ({ initialMessages, myAddress, tempMessages }) => {
   };
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    
+    let uniqueInitialMessagesMap = new Map();
-    const totalMessages = [...initialMessages, ...(tempMessages || [])]
+
+// Iterate over initialMessages and add only unique messages based on signature
+initialMessages.forEach((message) => {
+    uniqueInitialMessagesMap.set(message.signature, message);
+});
+
+// Convert the map back to an array and sort by timestamp (old to new)
+let uniqueInitialMessages = Array.from(uniqueInitialMessagesMap.values()).sort((a, b) => a.timestamp - b.timestamp);
+    const totalMessages = [...uniqueInitialMessages, ...(tempMessages || [])]
     if(totalMessages.length === 0) return
     setMessages(totalMessages);
     // cache.clearAll(); // Clear cache so the list can properly re-render with new messages