Summary
When checking to see if a channel that had been slated for being archived had actually been archived, I found I was unable to find it in the mmctl channel list output. In checking up on this, I found a few others as well.
On our instance, mmctl channel list <all teams> returns 135 channels, while the API (include_deleted: True) returns 159.
Every channel missing from the mmctl output is private (type: 'P') and archived (delete_at != 0). However, not every private & archived channel is missing from the mmctl output.
I’ve gone through every other parameter returned by mmctl’s channel list json output and the API /channels/ endpoint, and don’t find any other parameters that are common to all missing channels, or that set the missing apart from the not-missing.
Steps to reproduce
Unknown.
Mattermost 9.11.8, mmctl 10.7.1 (Brew on MacOS)
Expected behavior
mmctl channel list <all teams> should return every channel whether it is private, archived, neither, or both.
Troubleshooting
The mmctl/server version mismatch doesn’t seem like a likely cause, since mmctl is able to talk to the server fine, and returns the majority of the channels in the db. Since both use the v4 API I would not expect issues.
Does anyone have a next troubleshooting step? Or have I misunderstood what mmctl should be doing in this case?
Checking here before I file a bug.