secondlife / secondlife/viewer

Different group title can be displayed upon login

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bug team:viewer
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Description

Environment

Second Life Release 7.1.13.14343205944 (2025.03)

Description

In the process of logging in your avatar appears in world before the process finishes. During this process a different group title can be observed momentarily by other users.
https://gyazo.com/7ba8590776a3033b629c6dd13e2b4301

Reproduction steps
  1. Activate a group that has access to multiple titles.
  2. Login to a location and observe the location with another user.
    This initially may require changing titles in the group once before.

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Research direction

The issue names no source files, tests, or entry points. First reproduce the login sequence with another user observing an avatar whose group has multiple titles, then trace the viewer's login and group-title handling. Done means the avatar does not briefly display a different group title during login.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
authentication, desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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