I have spun up a fresh self-hosted site on DO with the chat plugin and I can confirm that this also happened to me:
- Installed using the standard install guide (editing in the Chat plugin to
app.yml
) - Registered admin
- Completed setup wizard (first 3 steps)
- Enabled Chat from plugin page
- Added
staff
admins
trust_level_3
trust_level_4
- Refreshed page
- No Chat bubble on screen
-
/chat/browse
redirects to Latest
Other notes:
- Only having
staff
in the allowed chat groups also does not make Chat appear for this admin user
- Making them moderator does enable chat for them
- After granting moderator status and then removing it Chat is still enabled for this admin user