stream-chat-flutter totalUnreadCount is always 0

Which packages are you using?

stream_chat_flutter

On what platforms did you experience the issue?

Android

What version are you using?

7.1.0 flutter 3.22.0

What happened?

When I log the totalUnreadCount it's always 0 even when the user hasn't read the messages

Steps to reproduce

with either of the following:

    streamChatClient.state.totalUnreadCountStream.listen((count) {
      logger().w('count: ${count.toString()}');
    });

    streamChatClient.on().listen((event) {
      if (event.type == 'message.new') {
        final unreadCount = streamChatClient.state.totalUnreadCount;
        logger().w('unread messages count is now: $unreadCount');
      }
    });

Create two instances of the app
Send a message from one user
With the second user ensure no channel pages have yet been opened

Supporting info to reproduce

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Relevant log output

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Flutter analyze output

No issues

Flutter doctor output

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