Does being logged in fb-messenger-cli makes me online on messenger?

[olundberg]

Maybe a bad formulation. But to state my question;

If I am using messenger on my phone, I am not always logged in. I will only be "online" (thus having a green dot on messenger, active) when I am actually inside the messenger application.

However, my guess in this cli interface is that as long as I am logged on in the fb-messenger-cli, I will be seen as online/active in messenger by other users. Is this correct?

If the above statement is correct. Is it possible to have a feature/change so that I don't appear as online/active just because I'm logged into fb-messenger-cli?

[p1ho]

• What is Active Status and how does it work?
• How do I turn my active status on or off in Messenger?

I think the feature seems possible (We'd just have to emulate the requests made when we turn on/off our active status), but I think it's worth testing first that being active in the cli does make you seem "online".

If possible, can you create a dummy account (Though it's not explicitly stated whether it's supported by messenger app) and test it on your end first and post your updates here?

[Alex-Rose]

We don’t send any request to set the user’s online presence so you should theoretically appear as offline. There is one exception and that is when you login with user/pass we spin up a headless chromium browser which will almost certainly trigger your online status.