"This policy has no possible users" when set to private

kris.kotlarek · June 23, 2025, 1:13am

Thank you for reporting this bug. It was fixed in this PR

github.com/discourse/discourse-policy

FIX: hide "no possible users" when regular user

main ← private-policies-no-members

opened 07:40AM - 20 Jun 25 UTC

lis2

+32 -3

When policy is private, we should only display "no possible users" text for admi…ns. **Regular user view of public and private policy** <img width="785" alt="Screenshot 2025-06-20 at 3 37 01 pm" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/713aed9b-2581-413e-bf89-4f757dd614a5" /> <img width="794" alt="Screenshot 2025-06-20 at 3 36 35 pm" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c2e39424-38ac-4481-8db2-f3bbd3500b69" /> **Admin view of private policy** <img width="783" alt="Screenshot 2025-06-20 at 3 37 08 pm" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bb4149bc-f230-4e6f-a4f2-33fc3d6b9e80" />

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"This policy has no possible users" when set to private

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