For feature requests, please see: http://www.mattermost.org/feature-requests/.
For troubleshooting questions, please post in the following format:
Summary
After updating to mattermost server version 5.1x, bot user need permission=manage_private_channel_properties to update private channels
In Team version, Advance Policies management is not visible and as a result, bots currently have to be added to channels.
Steps to reproduce
Mattermost Team version
Mattermost Version: 5.11.0
Database Schema Version: 5.11.0
Database: mysql
Mattermost docker image built from https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-docker/blob/master/app/Dockerfile
Expected behavior
Bots able to update channel header
Observed behavior
Logs:
{“level”:“error”,“ts”:,“caller”:“mlog/log.go:172”,“msg”:“You do not have the appropriate permissions”,“path”:"/api/v4/channels//patch",“request_id”:"",“ip_addr”:"",“user_id”:"",“method”:“PUT”,“err_where”:“Permissions”,“http_code”:403,“err_details”:“userId=, permission=manage_private_channel_properties”
Hi @LuckyLuke192,
We have some bug tickets related to bot accounts, wondering if some of these might describe your use case:
Hello @amy.blais,
Thank you for your answer.
Is it possible in the future Team versions that we don’t have to add bot to channel to call channel related APIs? Example use case is that we don’t necessarily want the owner of the bots to be able to view the content of the channels. If there are a better way to do this, we’d appreciate if you can let us know.
@jasonblais Your team probably knows about the above question.
Is it possible in the future Team versions that we don’t have to add bot to channel to call channel related APIs? Example use case is that we don’t necessarily want the owner of the bots to be able to view the content of the channels.
@LuckyLuke192 Soon you will!
In Mattermost 5.12 releasing on June 16th, we’ll add a new type of user account called “bots”. It acts as any other regular user account, except it cannot be used to log in.
Moreover, you’ll be able to enable the bot to post to any channel in the system:
Awesome!
Thanks for info and keep up the good work!