# currentUser.groups doesn't match group\_users table

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [July 6, 2021, 9:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/currentuser-groups-doesnt-match-group-users-table/196146 "2021-07-06T09:19:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 9:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/currentuser-groups-doesnt-match-group-users-table/196146/2 "2021-07-06T09:46:11Z")

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Is it possible that the missing groups have been configured to be hidden from the users? If so, then they won’t be included in the `currentUser` object on the client.

 ![Screenshot 2021-07-06 at 10.44.22](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/4/f45805bedab8b5ea92dbee19be73f17b3fa0b317.png)

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