RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
Administrator not able to edit Owner of Channel
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area: ui/ux
triaged
type: improvement
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Not explicitely a bug, but wouldn't it make sense to let the administrator users change the owners of private channels? Every other field is editable, but I can't find a reason why changing the owner should be prohibited for administrators; like when the only owner left.
It's possible to change the room to public, so ...
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by tracing how administrators edit private-channel details and how channel ownership is enforced; done means an administrator can change a private channel's owner, including when only one owner remains, without making the channel public.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- authorization, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100