Adding a group to a circle makes it "readonly" for the owner

[marcotrevisan]

Version: 22.3 (just upgraded NC server from 22.2.5 to 22.2.6)

STEPS TO REPRO

• Create a new circle
• [UPDATED] Add a group to that circle (I mean a group in the "Users" page, not a group created in the Circles app) that contains tha current user
• Navigate in another app i.e. Calendar
• Go back to circles and select the just created circle

EXPECTED BEHAVIOUR
The user can add/remove groups and members as usual

OBSERVED BEHAVIOUR
The UI changes as if the current user is not the owner of the circle anymore.
Until before upgrading NC server I was able to edit any circle I created.

[marcotrevisan]

I upgraded to NC 23 the instance on which I filed this issue.
The behaviour has unfortunately not changed. However I found what is perhaps causing it:

• The group added to the circle includes myself (the owner)
• If I click on the "Leave circle" action and refresh the page, the circle shows up and is back to editable.

So perhaps the root cause is that the UI is checking my belonging to the group and forgets to check that I'm also the owner of the circle.

(Edited the issue description)

[maximelehericy]

Same issue here, with NC 22.2.5

WHEN User A is owner of the circle C
AND User A belongs to Group Z
AND Group Z is added to the circle C
THEN User A has no longer owner permissions on the circle C

[XueSheng-GIT]

I can confirm this issue on NC 23.0.3. Any workaround yet?

UPDATE: This also affects the access rights to e.g. collectives (read only for the owner after adding a group which owner belongs to).

[ArtificialOwl]

It seems it only affect group, not sub-circles ?

[marcotrevisan]

Just tested. The same behaiour holds if you add another circle instead of a group.
To see the effect on the available UI controls you need to reload the page.

[ArtificialOwl]

Strange, can you describe the process to reproduce this issue with a sub circles ?

This is me, reproducing the issue with group:

1 means Member level

And with a sub-circles:

9 means Owner level

[marcotrevisan]

Thanks for your further feedback @ArtificialOwl. I testeed more thoroughly and I wasn't aware of a subtle condition that is actually triggering it.

If, using only the Contacts app, I create Circle 1, then Circle 2 (so I'm the owner of both) and then add Circle 2 to 1 or vice versa, it works.
But, if say Circle 1 is associated to a Collective, then adding Circle 2 (that contains me as owner) to it triggers the issue.

As a Collectives administrator user this behaviour is unwanted because it forces me to add people one by one to the circle instead of reusing my existing groups.

[ArtificialOwl]

#999 should fix this issue