Error trying to join room without an alias is very confusing #1519
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…iases Previously room IDs were used as part of the Element URL returned to the requester. But these room IDs only work, if the user has already joined the room. All other users receive a confusing message: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/11526 Instead of using Matrix room IDs, we are supposed to use public room names ("aliases"). The former are implementation details, which we should not use in public: element-hq/element-web#2925 Now we try to determine the public name of a room when returning the redirect URL.
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This error is the result of trying to join a room via
view.matrix.org, i.e. using the Room ID, not an alias. It would be nice if the error message actually told me what I am doing wrong.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: