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if all users leave a room, the room should not wink out of existence. (SPEC-211)

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Submitted by @​matthew:matrix.org
we need to keep a HS or two in the room somehow to 'keep the lights on' and preserve history even if all the participating users leave. this would also be helpful as a way for ASes to interact with rooms without needing an explicit AS user joined.

(Imported from https://matrix.org/jira/browse/SPEC-211)

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https://matrix.org/jira/secure/attachment/10210/public-rooms.png

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Research direction

Start with the imported SPEC-211 issue and the attached public-rooms.png; no repository file, test, or entry point is named. Research Matrix room-lifecycle and homeserver behavior, then document a decided protocol change covering rooms whose users leave and appservice interaction.

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Domain
distributed-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
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