About page hidden groups and about page extra groups — should extra-group members still see hidden groups on /about?

Hi,

I had a question about the interaction between these site settings:
• about page hidden groups
• about page extra groups

From my admin account, it appears that if a group is listed in about page hidden groups, its user are shown on /about when the user is a member of a group listed in about page extra groups.

I have not yet verified the view as a non-admin user, so I may be misunderstanding the exact behaviour seen by regular users.

What I am trying to ask is whether the intended behaviour is:
• groups in about page hidden groups are hidden from everyone, always

or whether it would make sense for:
• users in groups listed in about page extra groups to still be able to see those otherwise-hidden groups on /about

Example use case:
• admins in about page extra groups
• another group in about page hidden groups

Possible expected behaviour:
• normal users do not see the hidden group
• admins do see it

Is the current behaviour intended, and has anyone already requested an override like this?

Thanks!

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