Automatically set user status to "Do Not Disturb" when joining a call

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Feature request

Which Nextcloud Version are you currently using: 33.0.6 / 34.0.2

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When a user is in an active Talk call, chat notifications from other conversations continue to arrive, causing distractions during the call. There is no automatic visual indication for other users that someone is currently in a call. Users must manually set their status to "Do Not Disturb" before every call and remember to restore it afterwards — this is error-prone and adds friction to the workflow.

Describe the solution you'd like
When a user joins a call in Nextcloud Talk, their status should automatically be set to "Do Not Disturb" (or a dedicated "In a call" status) and notifications from other conversations should be suppressed for the duration of the call. When the call ends, the previous status should be automatically restored.

Expected flow:

1. User joins a call
2. Status is automatically set to DND or "In a call" 🔴
3. Notifications (chat messages, incoming calls) from other conversations are suppressed
4. Other users see the status indicator and understand the user is busy
5. When the call ends, the previous status is automatically restored

Describe alternatives you've considered

• Setting DND manually before each call — works but requires user discipline and is easily forgotten
• Using per-conversation notification settings ("Mute notifications for this conversation") — only affects one conversation, does not help during active calls across multiple rooms

Additional context
This is standard behavior in platforms like Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Google Meet. The Talk Desktop client already has playSoundChat: "respect-dnd" and enableCallbox: "respect-dnd" settings, meaning the suppression mechanism already exists on the client side. The missing piece is the automatic DND trigger on the server/Talk side when a user joins a call.

Related issues:

• Do not show/ring call notification when user status is DND desktop#4607 (Do not show/ring call notification when user status is DND)

[Antreesy]

There is no automatic visual indication for other users that someone is currently in a call

There is automatic status set to 'Busy' + 'In a call' every time, similar automation exists for meetings in Calendar app. Maybe something is malfunctioning on your side?

[c8tqw996sy-a11y]

I'll check, it doesn't switch to "DND" or similar and the notifications keep arriving. Maybe it's my configuration. Thanks

[nickvergessen]

Busy does not block notifications, that's correct and currently intended.

[proggesol]

I'll check, it doesn't switch to "DND" or similar and the notifications keep arriving. Maybe it's my configuration. Thanks

Same on our side. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Once you figured out a solution, please share :)