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(3.9.3) The name of the sidebar and chat title is not updated
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Description
Description:
I have modified the search attribute to show the full name of the user, previously I used giveName and I switched to using displayName.
The output result is correct in the conversation but in the column to the right it is not updated.
Steps to reproduce:
- Admin
- LDAP
{"giveName":"name", "mail":"email"}by{"displayName":"name", "mail":"email"}
Expected behavior:
Actual behavior:
Update the display name of the users
Server Setup Information:
- Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 3.6.3
- Operating System: Ubuntu Server
- Deployment Method: /tar/
- Number of Running Instances: 1
- DB Replicaset Oplog: Yes
- NodeJS Version: v12.18.3
- MongoDB Version: 4.0.20
Client Setup Information
It is not updated in any of the access routes, Android, PC, Browser, etc.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the LDAP mapping from Admin > LDAP, changing the name attribute from giveName to displayName. Compare the conversation result with the sidebar and chat title across the reported clients; done means the updated display name appears consistently.
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- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- full-stack
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
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- Needs clarification
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