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Opening a DM by username — what Reply in direct message always does, since it routes with { name: message.u.username } — never found the existing conversation.

A direct room has no name, and the resolver fell back to Rooms.findByTypeAndNameOrId, which matches only name or _id. So the server answered error-invalid-room for a room that exists, and the client used that error as control flow: catch it, call im.create (idempotent, same rid), redirect, resolve again.

The query. DMs are identified by their member set, so findDirectRoomByIdentifier resolves participants to ids and matches on uids — the same primitive createDirectRoom uses to decide whether a DM exists. That is why the two disagreed: the lookup asked by name, the create asked by uids.

flowchart TD
    A["/direct/<identifier>"] --> B{"has a comma?"}
    B -->|"no — could be a room id"| C{"matches a room id?"}
    C -->|yes| D["room"]
    C -->|"no — so it is a username"| E
    B -->|"yes — a username list"| E["participants = me + targets"]
    E --> F["resolve usernames to uids"]
    F --> G["room whose uids are exactly that set"]
    G --> D
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It matches on uids, not usernames: setUsername performs no Rooms write, so room.usernames goes stale on rename. Covered by a test.

The call. getRoomByTypeAndName + im.create collapse into one idempotent POST /v1/rooms.getOrCreate, which creates only for type d and only for an authenticated caller, through createDirectMessage — so create-d and the DM settings still apply. Server-side the resolution split into findRoomByTypeAndName (returns null) and getRoomByTypeAndNameMethod (throws), so the endpoint doesn't drive its own control flow off an exception either.

Two things for review:

  • rateLimiterOptions: false is deliberate, not an omission. The limiter keys on IP, so a cap on a navigation path would be shared by everyone behind one egress address, and omitting it inherits the 10/min default. Worth a second opinion: the route can create rooms, so a per-user guard on the create branch may be the better instrument.
  • Behaviour change. im.create used to upsert the caller's subscription, so a user who had left a group DM was re-subscribed just by opening the URL. Now the room is found and canAccessRoom denies it, so they get the not-found screen. I believe that is correct — leaving a conversation should be durable — but it should be a decision, not a discovery.

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  1. With a DM to user B already existing, use Reply in direct message on a message from B and watch the network tab. Before: getRoomByTypeAndName fails with error-invalid-room, then im.create returns the rid. After: one rooms.getOrCreate call returns the room.
  2. Confirm the DM opens with the quote and the URL still canonicalizes to /direct/<rid>.
  3. Repeat for a DM that never existed, for /direct/<userB>,<userC> (with and without a space after the comma), and after renaming B.
  4. Open a channel and a private group by name, and a missing one, to confirm non-DM behaviour is unchanged.

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  • New Features

    • Added an idempotent endpoint to find or create direct-message rooms by type and name.
    • Direct messages can be resolved using usernames, including group conversations.
    • Room opening now uses the unified find-or-create flow and supports improved error handling.
    • Existing channels can be retrieved by name, while unsupported automatic channel creation is rejected.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed username-based direct-message lookups and eliminated unnecessary requests and invalid-room errors.
    • Improved handling of renamed usernames and transient room-loading failures.

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Adds POST /v1/rooms.getOrCreate for idempotent room lookup and direct-message creation. Direct-room lookup now supports usernames and group identifiers. The client uses the REST endpoint and maps serialized room responses.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Direct-room lookup and method delegation
apps/meteor/server/lib/rooms/findDirectRoomByIdentifier.ts, apps/meteor/server/publications/room/index.ts, apps/meteor/tests/unit/server/lib/rooms/findDirectRoomByIdentifier.spec.ts, apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/methods.ts
Direct-room identifiers resolve rooms by ID, name, or complete participant membership. Shared lookup logic validates access and preserves existing method behavior.
REST contract and get-or-create endpoint
packages/rest-typings/src/v1/rooms.ts, apps/meteor/server/api/v1/rooms.ts, apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/rooms.ts, .changeset/witty-beds-bow.md
Adds the typed rooms.getOrCreate endpoint. Existing rooms are returned, missing direct rooms are created for authenticated users, and unsupported room creation returns an invalid-room error.
Client room opening migration
apps/meteor/client/lib/utils/mapRoomFromApi.ts, apps/meteor/client/views/room/hooks/useOpenRoom.ts, apps/meteor/client/views/room/hooks/useOpenRoom.spec.ts
useOpenRoom calls rooms.getOrCreate, maps serialized dates and messages, and normalizes permission and invalid-room errors. Tests cover retries and error handling.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 39897

The change fixes username-based DM resolution and adds create-on-miss behavior, but the current endpoint can be called without a per-user creation limit and can silently turn unknown recipients into incomplete or self-directed DMs; permission failures also retry unnecessarily. These create material availability and correctness risks, so merge should wait for the creation guard and recipient validation.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant rooms.getOrCreate
  participant findRoomByTypeAndName
  participant findDirectRoomByIdentifier
  Client->>rooms.getOrCreate: Send room type and name
  rooms.getOrCreate->>findRoomByTypeAndName: Resolve room
  findRoomByTypeAndName->>findDirectRoomByIdentifier: Resolve direct-room identifier
  findDirectRoomByIdentifier-->>findRoomByTypeAndName: Return room or null
  findRoomByTypeAndName-->>rooms.getOrCreate: Return accessible room
  rooms.getOrCreate-->>Client: Return serialized room
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apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/rooms.ts (1)

99-151: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add coverage for unauthenticated calls.

The endpoint sets authRequired: false, so the anonymous path is part of its contract. Add tests that send no credentials for type: 'c' with Accounts_AllowAnonymousRead enabled and disabled, and one that sends no credentials for type: 'd'. Those cases assert that anonymous callers cannot create rooms and that the lookup respects the anonymous read setting.

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minimal, and validate.

In `@apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/rooms.ts` around lines 99 - 151, Extend the
rooms.getOrCreate test suite with unauthenticated requests: cover public-channel
lookup with Accounts_AllowAnonymousRead enabled and disabled, plus
direct-message requests without credentials. Assert that anonymous callers
cannot create rooms and that channel lookup follows the configured
anonymous-read behavior.
apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/methods.ts (1)

2729-2802: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Move the per-test cleanup into after hooks.

The new tests create users and rooms inside the test body and delete them on the last lines. If an assertion fails, the delete calls do not run. The leaked user and DM then stay on the shared test instance and can affect later tests. Track the created ids in describe-scoped variables and delete them in an after hook, as the surrounding suite already does at Line 2519.

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In `@apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/methods.ts` around lines 2729 - 2802, Move
cleanup for the new tests around getRoomByTypeAndName into describe-scoped
tracking variables and an after hook, following the existing pattern near the
surrounding suite. Ensure created users and DM rooms are deleted even when
assertions fail, and remove the direct final-line cleanup calls from the test
bodies.
apps/meteor/client/views/room/hooks/useOpenRoom.spec.ts (1)

83-108: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a case for the error property fallback.

useOpenRoom reads errorType first and then falls back to error at Line 84. Both new tests only set errorType, so the fallback branch has no coverage. Add one test that throws an object carrying error: 'error-invalid-room' and assert the same RoomNotFoundError result.

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In `@apps/meteor/client/views/room/hooks/useOpenRoom.spec.ts` around lines 83 -
108, Add a useOpenRoom test that throws an error object with error set to
error-invalid-room and without relying on errorType, then assert
result.current.error is a RoomNotFoundError and the getOrCreateRoom mock is
called once.
apps/meteor/server/api/v1/rooms.ts (1)

522-524: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

The rooms.getOrCreate contract is declared twice. The route defines its request schema inline, and rest-typings declares a matching type by hand instead of deriving it with ExtractRoutesFromAPI. The two declarations can drift, and they already differ in how they constrain type.

  • apps/meteor/server/api/v1/rooms.ts#L522-L524: export this endpoint and add it to the RoomEndpoints composition at Lines 1791-1794, so the request and response types come from the route definition.
  • packages/rest-typings/src/v1/rooms.ts#L919-L921: remove the hand-written entry once the route is exported, or narrow type to the same 'c' | 'd' | 'p' | 'l' union that the AJV schema accepts.
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In `@apps/meteor/server/api/v1/rooms.ts` around lines 522 - 524, Export the
rooms.getOrCreate endpoint in apps/meteor/server/api/v1/rooms.ts at lines
522-524 and include it in the RoomEndpoints composition at lines 1791-1794 so
its request and response types are derived from the route; then remove the
duplicate hand-written declaration in packages/rest-typings/src/v1/rooms.ts at
lines 919-921, or narrow its type to the AJV-accepted c, d, p, and l union if
removal is not possible.
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Inline comments:
In @.changeset/witty-beds-bow.md:
- Around line 6-8: Update the changeset entry describing POST
/v1/rooms.getOrCreate to document that users who previously left a group DM are
denied access rather than resubscribed when opening its URL.

In `@apps/meteor/client/lib/utils/mapRoomFromApi.ts`:
- Around line 8-19: Update mapRoomFromApi to revive the nested ts field in
usersWaitingForE2EKeys by mapping each item and converting its serialized
timestamp to a Date before returning the IRoom; preserve the existing handling
for the room-level dates and lastMessage.

In `@apps/meteor/client/views/room/hooks/useOpenRoom.ts`:
- Around line 82-91: Add error-not-allowed to the unrecoverable errorCode
conditions in useOpenRoom’s error handling, alongside error-no-permission and
error-invalid-room, so createDirectMessage authorization failures throw
RoomNotFoundError immediately without retrying.

In `@apps/meteor/server/api/v1/rooms.ts`:
- Around line 522-529: The rooms.getOrCreate handler must enforce a per-user
rate limit specifically on the type: 'd' create branch. Reuse the existing DM
creation limiter if available, or count create attempts keyed by this.userId
before performing room insertion and subscription writes; leave lookup behavior
separate and preserve unauthenticated handling.
- Around line 561-574: The direct-message creation flow must reject unresolved
target usernames before creating or reusing a room. Update the logic around
parseDirectRoomTargets and createDirectMessage to resolve every requested target
and return the existing invalid-room failure when any target is unknown,
preventing self-DMs and inconsistent usersCount data.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@apps/meteor/client/views/room/hooks/useOpenRoom.spec.ts`:
- Around line 83-108: Add a useOpenRoom test that throws an error object with
error set to error-invalid-room and without relying on errorType, then assert
result.current.error is a RoomNotFoundError and the getOrCreateRoom mock is
called once.

In `@apps/meteor/server/api/v1/rooms.ts`:
- Around line 522-524: Export the rooms.getOrCreate endpoint in
apps/meteor/server/api/v1/rooms.ts at lines 522-524 and include it in the
RoomEndpoints composition at lines 1791-1794 so its request and response types
are derived from the route; then remove the duplicate hand-written declaration
in packages/rest-typings/src/v1/rooms.ts at lines 919-921, or narrow its type to
the AJV-accepted c, d, p, and l union if removal is not possible.

In `@apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/methods.ts`:
- Around line 2729-2802: Move cleanup for the new tests around
getRoomByTypeAndName into describe-scoped tracking variables and an after hook,
following the existing pattern near the surrounding suite. Ensure created users
and DM rooms are deleted even when assertions fail, and remove the direct
final-line cleanup calls from the test bodies.

In `@apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/rooms.ts`:
- Around line 99-151: Extend the rooms.getOrCreate test suite with
unauthenticated requests: cover public-channel lookup with
Accounts_AllowAnonymousRead enabled and disabled, plus direct-message requests
without credentials. Assert that anonymous callers cannot create rooms and that
channel lookup follows the configured anonymous-read behavior.
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  • apps/meteor/server/lib/rooms/findDirectRoomByIdentifier.ts
  • apps/meteor/client/lib/utils/mapRoomFromApi.ts
  • apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/methods.ts
  • apps/meteor/client/views/room/hooks/useOpenRoom.spec.ts
  • packages/rest-typings/src/v1/rooms.ts
  • apps/meteor/client/views/room/hooks/useOpenRoom.ts
  • apps/meteor/server/publications/room/index.ts
  • apps/meteor/server/api/v1/rooms.ts
📚 Learning: 2026-02-24T19:22:48.358Z
Learnt from: juliajforesti
Repo: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat PR: 38493
File: apps/meteor/tests/e2e/omnichannel/omnichannel-send-pdf-transcript.spec.ts:66-67
Timestamp: 2026-02-24T19:22:48.358Z
Learning: In Playwright end-to-end tests (e.g., under apps/meteor/tests/e2e/...), prefer locating elements by translated text (getByText) and ARIA roles (getByRole) over data-qa attributes. If translation values change, update the corresponding test locators accordingly. Never use data-qa locators. This guideline applies to all Playwright e2e test specs in the repository and helps keep tests robust to UI text changes and accessible semantics.

Applied to files:

  • apps/meteor/tests/unit/server/lib/rooms/findDirectRoomByIdentifier.spec.ts
  • apps/meteor/client/views/room/hooks/useOpenRoom.spec.ts
📚 Learning: 2026-03-06T18:10:15.268Z
Learnt from: tassoevan
Repo: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat PR: 39397
File: packages/gazzodown/src/code/CodeBlock.spec.tsx:47-68
Timestamp: 2026-03-06T18:10:15.268Z
Learning: In tests (especially those using testing-library/dom/jsdom) for Rocket.Chat components, the HTML <code> element has an implicit ARIA role of 'code'. Therefore, screen.getByRole('code') or screen.findByRole('code') will locate <code> elements even without a role attribute. Do not flag findByRole('code') as invalid in reviews; prefer using the implicit role instead of adding role="code" unless necessary for accessibility.

Applied to files:

  • apps/meteor/tests/unit/server/lib/rooms/findDirectRoomByIdentifier.spec.ts
  • apps/meteor/client/views/room/hooks/useOpenRoom.spec.ts
📚 Learning: 2026-08-05T22:02:59.828Z
Learnt from: ricardogarim
Repo: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat PR: 41707
File: apps/meteor/server/hooks/messages/processThreads.ts:66-68
Timestamp: 2026-08-05T22:02:59.828Z
Learning: In Rocket.Chat Meteor server code, `callbacks.runAsync` returns its input item rather than the asynchronous callback promise. Callers of `afterReadMessages` must invoke `callbacks.runAsync` without awaiting it, keeping read-receipt I/O off the message-send path; this includes `apps/meteor/server/hooks/messages/processThreads.ts`.

Applied to files:

  • apps/meteor/server/lib/rooms/findDirectRoomByIdentifier.ts
  • apps/meteor/server/publications/room/index.ts
  • apps/meteor/server/api/v1/rooms.ts
📚 Learning: 2026-02-10T16:32:42.586Z
Learnt from: tassoevan
Repo: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat PR: 38528
File: apps/meteor/client/startup/roles.ts:14-14
Timestamp: 2026-02-10T16:32:42.586Z
Learning: In Rocket.Chat's Meteor client code, DDP streams use EJSON and Date fields arrive as Date objects; do not manually construct new Date() in stream handlers (for example, in sdk.stream()). Only REST API responses return plain JSON where dates are strings, so implement explicit conversion there if needed. Apply this guidance to all TypeScript files under apps/meteor/client to ensure consistent date handling in DDP streams and REST responses.

Applied to files:

  • apps/meteor/client/lib/utils/mapRoomFromApi.ts
  • apps/meteor/client/views/room/hooks/useOpenRoom.spec.ts
  • apps/meteor/client/views/room/hooks/useOpenRoom.ts
📚 Learning: 2026-05-11T20:30:35.265Z
Learnt from: tassoevan
Repo: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat PR: 40480
File: apps/meteor/client/meteor/startup/accounts.ts:59-61
Timestamp: 2026-05-11T20:30:35.265Z
Learning: In Rocket.Chat’s Meteor client code, when calling `dispatchToastMessage` with `{ type: 'error' }`, pass the raw caught error object as `message` without manual normalization. `dispatchToastMessage` is designed to accept `message: unknown` for error toasts, so avoid converting errors to strings (e.g., `String(error)`) or extracting `error.message` before passing them.

Applied to files:

  • apps/meteor/client/lib/utils/mapRoomFromApi.ts
  • apps/meteor/client/views/room/hooks/useOpenRoom.spec.ts
  • apps/meteor/client/views/room/hooks/useOpenRoom.ts
📚 Learning: 2026-05-11T23:14:59.316Z
Learnt from: ricardogarim
Repo: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat PR: 40469
File: packages/rest-typings/src/v1/users.ts:337-337
Timestamp: 2026-05-11T23:14:59.316Z
Learning: In Rocket.Chat REST endpoint typings (e.g., packages/rest-typings/src/v1/users.ts and other rest-typings files), keep the established convention of deriving field types from the domain model (e.g., use IUser indexed access like IUser['statusExpiresAt']) rather than swapping individual fields to serialized primitives (like string) in an ad-hoc way. If a truly different “serialized” representation is needed, perform the refactor consistently across the codebase (not just a single endpoint/field) and ensure all related REST typings stay aligned with the shared serialization types.

Applied to files:

  • packages/rest-typings/src/v1/rooms.ts
📚 Learning: 2026-08-12T15:13:29.331Z
Learnt from: ricardogarim
Repo: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat PR: 41747
File: packages/rest-typings/src/v1/users/UsersSetPreferenceParamsPOST.ts:187-191
Timestamp: 2026-08-12T15:13:29.331Z
Learning: In Rocket.Chat REST request schema TypeScript files, represent optional array fields with `nullable: true` in the schema even when the corresponding TypeScript property is optional, such as `roles?: string[]`. Follow the established convention used by neighboring preference and user request schemas.

Applied to files:

  • packages/rest-typings/src/v1/rooms.ts
📚 Learning: 2026-07-29T23:45:21.859Z
Learnt from: ggazzo
Repo: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat PR: 41632
File: apps/meteor/server/api/v1/groups.ts:948-959
Timestamp: 2026-07-29T23:45:21.859Z
Learning: For API v1 routes under apps/meteor/server/api/v1, keep item-level response schemas strict by using `$ref`-based schemas for list and messages (and ensure they intentionally mirror the corresponding route contracts, as done in channels.ts). Only use “loose”/non-`$ref` item schemas when the underlying data source is inherently partial (e.g., uploads where `content` can be `null`, or queries like `findUsersOfRoom` with a fixed projection). Do not relax item schemas merely because the route supports an optional client `fields` projection—optional field selection alone is not a reason to change schema strictness.

Applied to files:

  • apps/meteor/server/api/v1/rooms.ts
📚 Learning: 2026-07-31T02:44:35.111Z
Learnt from: ggazzo
Repo: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat PR: 41635
File: apps/meteor/ee/server/api/sessions.ts:114-138
Timestamp: 2026-07-31T02:44:35.111Z
Learning: In Rocket.Chat typed REST response schemas, accept the composition of a Typia-generated entity schema with an `allOf` branch requiring `success: true`: `allOf: [{ $ref: <entity schema> }, { properties: { success: { type: 'boolean', enum: [true] } }, required: ['success'] }]`. Do not flag this pattern when used for REST endpoints, provided TEST_MODE response validation passes, as demonstrated by the `IOAuthApps` and `IEmailInbox` endpoints.

Applied to files:

  • apps/meteor/server/api/v1/rooms.ts
🔇 Additional comments (3)
apps/meteor/tests/unit/server/lib/rooms/findDirectRoomByIdentifier.spec.ts (1)

23-104: LGTM!

apps/meteor/server/publications/room/index.ts (1)

49-116: LGTM!

apps/meteor/server/lib/rooms/findDirectRoomByIdentifier.ts (1)

25-33: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration

No change is required. findOneDirectRoomContainingAllUserIDs requires both uids: { $size: uid.length, $all: uid }, so a larger group DM cannot match a smaller member set.

			> Likely an incorrect or invalid review comment.

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