# Discourse Chat

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat/230881>\
**Category:** Plugin\
**Tags:** official, chat, included-in-core\
**Created:** [July 4, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat/230881 "2022-07-04T10:47:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat/230881/180 "2025-03-16T22:48:53Z")

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Yes the category currently serves primarily as a means to define access control for the channels within it.

So the feature I linked to above would make that part obsolete. In the meantime, that’s the main purpose the relationship serves.

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