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Bug #24859

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Expected behavior on hidden groups?

Added by Luke Waltzer 5 days ago. Updated 5 days ago.

Status:
Staged for Production Release
Priority name:
Normal
Assignee:
Boone Gorges
Category name:
Groups (misc)
Target version:
2.7.2
Start date:
2026-04-17
Due date:
% Done:

0%

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Description

I administer a group that we have to occasionally toggle between private and hidden to accommodate onboarding of new members (https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/critical-ai-literacy-institute/)

Once they're onboarded, we hide it, so that we don't have to deal with requests to join.

I switched it to private earlier this week, and it does not show up in my groups when I'm logged in (verified via last active and alphabetical view).

It DOES show up in my activity feed -- https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/critical-ai-literacy-institute/forum/topic/four-upcoming-events-on-ai/. It seems to be that that's the only way that I can actually navigate to it.

Is it intended behavior for hidden groups of which you're a member not to be listed in your groups index?

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Updated by Boone Gorges 5 days ago

it does not show up in my groups when I'm logged in (verified via last active and alphabetical view)

Can you verify the URL where you're looking at "my groups"? This happens in a few different places and the mechanism varies.

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Updated by Boone Gorges 5 days ago

  • Category name set to Groups (misc)
  • Status changed from New to Staged for Production Release
  • Assignee set to Boone Gorges
  • Target version set to 2.7.2

Thanks, Luke. No, I don't think it's intended behavior. Or rather: In BP itself, the decision was probably once made that pages like /members/lwaltzer/groups should have the same behavior whether it's someone else viewing your profile (in which case you definitely don't want these groups to show) and when you're viewing your own profile. I think it's reasonable for people to expect that hidden groups will appear here when viewing their own profile, though. I've made the change in https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/32b818672e6aeb56b623ccf051f4412e87154eb1 and it will be part of the next maintenance release.

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