# Matrix protocol for chat

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/matrix-protocol-for-chat/210780
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** chat
**Created:** [December 1, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/matrix-protocol-for-chat/210780 "2021-12-01T22:02:26Z")
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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 11, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/matrix-protocol-for-chat/210780/83 "2026-06-11T23:37:45Z")

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I cannot see chat either. Maybe you haven’t changed the default of the `chat_allowed_groups` site setting. That would result in only users with TL1 and above having access. (The default used to work on test sites until bootstrap mode was removed, because now new users no longer start with TL1)

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