Attempt to recreate deleted chat channel with the same name (still) fails

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I just tested the following now and had no issue:

  1. Create channel with name “whiskers” and slug “whiskers”
  2. Delete channel
  3. Create channel with name “whiskers” and slug “whiskers”

That worked.

When the channel is deleted (step 2), the slug is automatically changed to something unique. But since you deleted your channel prior to that change being introduced, the old slug may be still hanging around.

You can probably manually update the slug for the deleted channel via the rails console, but I’m not sure what the right incantation is. I’ll ask around.

Note also, that channel slugs are now able to be edited independently of the channel name, so as a workaround, you could also make a channel with the desired name today and choose a different slug that doesn’t conflict.

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