Understanding online status in Chatwoot
availability : the attribute stored in the database determining the availability preference of a user [ online , offline, busy ]
auto_offline : the attribute stored in the database determining whether to mark the user offline when they are not actively connected to Chatwoot. By default, this value is true. When it's marked as false, the availability is returned without checking whether the user is actively connected.
Whether the user is connected to Chatwoot is determined by the persence_update events sent from the client to the backend via WebSockets.
availability_status : virtual attribute, which returns the availability based on a combination of availability and auto_offline. We use this on our front end to indicate the online status of a user.