# Admin.groups.manage.membership.automatic not replaced

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-groups-manage-membership-automatic-not-replaced/324215>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** groups\
**Created:** [August 30, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-groups-manage-membership-automatic-not-replaced/324215 "2024-08-30T17:21:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-groups-manage-membership-automatic-not-replaced/324215/13 "2024-12-06T14:22:53Z")

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> It was missing a check to ensure the current user is an admin, since only admins can manage automatic groups.

Interesting. I thought moderators could too if `moderators manage categories and groups`is enabled. The “manage” tab is visible for them.

 ![Screenshot_20241206_151909_Firefox](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/4/7/247f4900dba41e926e2001a979becc1a152e4025.jpeg)

That’s why I thought explaining why they cannot add members like they are able at other groups is helpful.

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