Complete deprecation of activityMiddleware.nextVisibleActivity and activityMiddleware.sameTimestampGroup

[compulim]

Related to #4362.

Changelog Entry

Breaking changes

• activityStatusMiddleware.nextVisibleActivity and activityStatusMiddleware.sameTimestampGroup is removed after deprecation, in PR #5565, by @compulim

Removed

• activityStatusMiddleware.nextVisibleActivity and activityStatusMiddleware.sameTimestampGroup is being deprecated and will be removed on or after 2022-07-22, in PR #4362, by @compulim
  • Completed deprecation, in PR #5565, by @compulim

Description

Removing deprecated nextVisibleActivity and sameTimestampGroup.

Design

Specific Changes

• Removed all references to nextVisibleActivity and sameTimestampGroup

• I have added tests and executed them locally
• I have updated CHANGELOG.md
• I have updated documentation

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• CSS styles reviewed (minimal rules, no z-index)
• Documents reviewed (docs, samples, live demo)
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Pull Request Overview

This PR removes the deprecated nextVisibleActivity and sameTimestampGroup properties from the activity status middleware as part of a planned cleanup. The deprecation was originally scheduled for removal on or after 2022-07-22.

• Removes all references to the deprecated nextVisibleActivity and sameTimestampGroup properties
• Updates samples and test files to use the new hideTimestamp property instead
• Simplifies function signatures and middleware by eliminating the deprecated parameters

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 11 out of 11 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

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File	Description
packages/api/src/types/ActivityStatusMiddleware.ts	Removes deprecated properties from the type definition
packages/api/src/hooks/useCreateActivityStatusRenderer.tsx	Simplifies renderer to remove deprecated parameter handling
samples/05.custom-components/g.activity-status/index.html	Updates sample to use hideTimestamp instead of sameTimestampGroup
samples/05.custom-components/f.password-input/index.html	Removes nextVisibleActivity parameter from middleware
packages/api/src/legacy/LegacyActivityBridge.tsx	Simplifies bridge to remove deprecated parameters
packages/api-middleware/src/legacy/activityMiddleware.ts	Updates legacy middleware types
packages/api-middleware/src/internal/createActivityPolymiddlewareFromLegacy.tsx	Removes deprecated parameter passing
tests/html2/activityGrouping/activityGrouping.legacyActivityStatusMiddleware.html	Updates test to use new parameter names
tests/html/transcript.legacyActivityMiddleware.passwordInput.html	Updates test to remove deprecated parameters
docs/HOOKS.md	Adds deprecation notice for useRenderActivity hook
CHANGELOG.md	Documents the breaking change removal

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