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Invites should check more thoroughly if a user exists #7137

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Half-Shot opened this issue Aug 3, 2018 · 3 comments
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Invites should check more thoroughly if a user exists #7137

Half-Shot opened this issue Aug 3, 2018 · 3 comments
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Half-Shot commented Aug 3, 2018 •
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The current behaviour of Riot is to dumbly accept any mxid you give it and invite that user. This happens in both the invite and start chat dialog. Worse than that, it shows you an entry for them in the dropdown suggestion list so long as it's a valid MXID.

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  • We could validate these mxids by their /profile, though I believe it would not be sensible to use /profile as the only source of truth.
  • We could add an "I'm feeling lucky" button to invite the user anyway if we definitely believe they exist.
  • We should at the very minimum say "This user could not be found, it's possible they are hidden or simply do not exist".

For user's on bridges, we should be doing proper lookups on the bridge. I believe we could fix this by doing a user lookup on the bridge if a /profile request comes in for them.
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I quite like having the existing behaviour where it autocompletes users that may not exist. It works well for bridges, and works well when trying to invite someone when your homeserver is super slow.

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Half-Shot commented Aug 4, 2018 •
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Nothing stopping the client from allowing you to continue while warning you that you may have entered something that is incorrect.

I'm minded to believe that we should even wait some amount of time for the profile to get returned because while this is fast, it's a good way to fat finger an invite or just invite @_freenode_whatever:matrix.org and then wonder why it never picks up.

Also, I'm not convinced the user directory is that slow and certainly not convinced there aren't things to do to speed it up.

Also, the very last line mentions bridges and how we should not be guessing their userIds when they have a lookup endpoint readily available.

@lampholder lampholder added T-Defect ui/ux P1 S-Major Severely degrades major functionality or product features, with no satisfactory workaround labels Aug 28, 2018
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We now have a dialog step warning people that users probably don't exist - if this feels insufficient, please reopen.

su-ex added a commit to SchildiChat/element-web that referenced this issue Dec 7, 2021
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Merge tag 'v1.9.6' into sc
951f940 
* Add unread indicator to the timelineCard header icon ([\element-hq#7156](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7156)). Fixes element-hq#19635.
* Only show core navigation elements (call/chat/notification/info) when a widget is maximised ([\element-hq#7114](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7114)). Fixes element-hq#19632.
* Improve ThreadPanel ctx menu accessibility ([\element-hq#7217](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7217)). Fixes element-hq#19885.
* Allow filtering room list during treeview navigation ([\element-hq#7219](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7219)). Fixes element-hq#14702.
* Add right panel chat timeline ([\element-hq#7112](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7112)). Fixes element-hq#19633.
* Hide server options hint when disable_custom_urls is true ([\element-hq#7215](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7215)). Fixes element-hq#19919.
* Improve right panel resize handle usability ([\element-hq#7204](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7204)). Fixes element-hq#15145. Contributed by @weeman1337.
* Spaces quick settings ([\element-hq#7196](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7196)).
* Maximised widgets always force a call to be shown in PIP mode ([\element-hq#7163](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7163)). Fixes element-hq#19637.
* Group Labs flags ([\#7190](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7190)).
* Show room context details in forward dialog ([\element-hq#7162](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7162)). Fixes element-hq#19793.
* Remove chevrons from RoomSummaryCard_Button ([\element-hq#7137](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7137)). Fixes element-hq#19644.
* Disable op/deop commands where user has no permissions ([\element-hq#7161](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7161)). Fixes element-hq#15390.
* Add option to change the size of images/videos in the timeline ([\element-hq#7017](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7017)). Fixes element-hq/element-meta#49 element-hq#1520 and element-hq#19498.
* Fix left panel glow in Safari ([\element-hq#7236](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7236)). Fixes element-hq#19863.
* Fix newline on edit messages with quotes ([\element-hq#7227](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7227)). Fixes element-hq#12535. Contributed by @renancleyson-dev.
* Guard against null refs in findSiblingElement ([\#7228](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7228)).
* Tweak bottom of space panel buttons in expanded state ([\element-hq#7213](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7213)). Fixes element-hq#19921.
* Fix multiline paragraph rendering as single line ([\element-hq#7210](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7210)). Fixes element-hq#8786. Contributed by @renancleyson-dev.
* Improve room list message previews ([\element-hq#7224](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7224)). Fixes element-hq#17101 and element-hq#16169.
* Fix EmojiPicker lazy loaded rendering bug ([\element-hq#7225](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7225)). Fixes element-hq#15341.
* Prevent default avatar in UserInfo having pointer cursor ([\element-hq#7218](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7218)). Fixes element-hq#13872.
* Prevent duplicate avatars in Event List Summaries ([\element-hq#7222](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7222)). Fixes element-hq#17706.
* Respect the home page as a context for the Home space ([\element-hq#7216](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7216)). Fixes element-hq#19554.
* Fix RoomUpgradeWarningBar exploding ([\element-hq#7214](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7214)). Fixes element-hq#19920.
* Polish threads misalignments and UI diversion ([\element-hq#7209](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7209)). Fixes element-hq#19772, element-hq#19710 element-hq#19629 and element-hq#19711.
* Fix Manage Restricted Join Rule Dialog for Spaces ([\element-hq#7208](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7208)). Fixes element-hq#19610.
* Fix wrongly showing unpin in pinned messages tile with no perms ([\element-hq#7197](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7197)). Fixes element-hq#19886.
* Make image size constrained by height when using the ImageSize.Large option ([\element-hq#7171](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7171)). Fixes element-hq#19788.
* Prevent programmatic scrolling within truncated room sublists ([\element-hq#7191](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7191)).
* Remove leading slash from /addwidget Jitsi confs ([\element-hq#7175](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7175)). Fixes element-hq#19839. Contributed by @AndrewFerr.
* Fix automatic composer focus, regressed by threads work ([\element-hq#7167](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7167)). Fixes element-hq#19479.
* Show space members when not invited even if summary didn't fail ([\element-hq#7153](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7153)). Fixes element-hq#19781.
* Prevent custom power levels from breaking roles & permissions tab ([\element-hq#7160](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7160)). Fixes element-hq#19812.
* Room Context Menu should respond to tag changes ([\element-hq#7154](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7154)). Fixes element-hq#19776.
* Fix an edge case when trying to join an upgraded room ([\element-hq#7159](matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#7159)).
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