rust-lang / rust-lang/team

Don't resubscribe a project member when they leave a channel

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Description

Right now, team automatically adds project members to certain Zulip channels such as all/private. When a project members unsubscribes from these channels, team resubscribes them.
This shouldn't happen.

When team noticed a difference between subscribers to a channel and Rust Project members, team should distinguish these two cases:

  • a new project member joins the Rust project, and so they need to be added to these channels.
  • an existing member of the project unsubscribed from one of these channels.

Kobzol's proposal:

the solution for that is make the subscription edge-triggered, rather than level-triggered; subscribe once the person joins the team, unsubscribe once they leave. and if they unsubscribe themselves, just give them the possibility to resubcribe, but don't force it

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Research direction

Start by tracing the team logic that compares Zulip channel subscribers with Rust project members. Verify how it handles a new member versus an existing member who unsubscribes, then confirm that only membership changes trigger automatic subscription while voluntary unsubscribes remain possible.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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