RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
anonymous does not receive direct messages from non anonymous user
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 46.1k
- Forks
- 13.9k
- Avg merge
- 3d 3h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 130
Description
Description:
non-anonymous user sends a direct message to an anonymous user, it shows on the left-hand bar but is never shown in chat window as a message. also, dm window does not load on 1st click for anonymous user.
Steps to reproduce:
- send message to an anonymous user
- message will be seen in the left-hand bar but not main messages for direct message.
Expected behavior:
should receive a direct message as a message in direct chat.
Actual behavior:
the message will be seen in the left-hand bar but not main messages for direct message.
Server Setup Information:
- Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 3.7.0-develop
- Operating System: Linux
- Deployment Method: tar
- Number of Running Instances: 1
- DB Replicaset Oplog: y
- NodeJS Version: 12
- MongoDB Version: n/a
Client Setup Information
- Desktop App or Browser Version: Chrome
- Operating System: MacOS
Additional context
n/a
Relevant logs:
n/a
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the direct-message flow in Chrome with a non-anonymous sender and anonymous recipient. Trace the direct-message window and its first-click loading behavior from the sidebar; done means the window opens on the first click and the incoming message appears in the chat.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100