I’m a bit confused as to how the visibility of automatic groups works. At this point, I am just talking about the /groups directory. Here is what I am seeing in a pretty fresh install of 2.7.0.beta4: If an user with admin or moderator bits looks at /groups, they see all 8 automatic groups (admin…

[Bild] mdoggydog: Is this how it is supposed to work? Or is there something wrong with the handling of the Visibility parameters for these groups? There is a comment in the code that explains what is going on: “hide automatic groups from all non stuff to de-clutter page.” That happens here: d…

[Bild] simon: What the code is doing is overriding the group visibility settings for automatic groups when the groups page is viewed by a non-staff users. Well, that does explain it. And I’m sure that code was written with the best intentions, but it is broken because: Maybe I want other a…

Also: this “lets-just-hide-the-automatic-groups-on-the-Groups-catalog-despite-the-visibility-setting” behavior is bad because it obscures the other aspects of visibility_level that are still meaningful. E.g., Admin X tries out visibility settings and realizes that non-staff users cannot see trus…

Hi mdoggydog :slight_smile: Some points seem valid to me, such as: [Bild] mdoggydog: The management interface for automatic groups does allow me to set the visibility of non-Moderator automatic groups, but this setting is ignored. Which is confusing. I invite you to create a feature topic …

[Bild] Coin-coin le Canapin: I invite you to create a Feature topic with your suggestions Done! [Bild] Respect the visibility settings of all automatic groups Feature (One person’s feature request is another person’s bug report… upside_down_face) The “…

Wie funktioniert die Sichtbarkeit von automatischen Gruppen?

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Cannot change member_visibility_level of automatic groups Bug groups	10	578	20. Januar 2024
Respect the visibility settings of all automatic groups Feature groups	14	782	23. Oktober 2023
Help with automatic group restriction Support	8	346	20. März 2024
Admin.groups.manage.membership.automatic not replaced UX groups	14	160	9. Dezember 2024
Trust Level groups are not shown on group list even if they are set to be UX trust-levels , groups	3	83	25. November 2025

Wie funktioniert die Sichtbarkeit von automatischen Gruppen?

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