# Inconsistent behavior with \`chat max direct message users\` setting

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistent-behavior-with-chat-max-direct-message-users-setting/369971>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** chat\
**Created:** [June 12, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistent-behavior-with-chat-max-direct-message-users-setting/369971 "2025-06-12T22:39:04Z")\
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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:** [June 17, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistent-behavior-with-chat-max-direct-message-users-setting/369971/2 "2025-06-17T07:49:45Z")

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> [@Moin](#):
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> ### Creating a group chat by adding a group:
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> 1. Click + to create a new chat
> 2. Enter the group’s name; you aren’t allowed to create a group chat because the group has two members.
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> ![group has too many members (2)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/8/9/3892aa669547cf2d261d47640ae8663fc5b5dbe4.png)

This is the same if you remove one of your test users from the group and instead add yourself. Then the group has two members, but one of them is you, so the chat created would only have two members. However, it doesn’t work to create the chat because the group has too many members.

 ![group has too many members (2)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/9/e/a9eb45b33199a220c379cbd6b40173a2966f82e1.jpeg)

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