DM tags have regressed.

[ara4n]

from https://matrix.to/#/!pcfWjiETvnVuspPLPl:mozilla.org/$wuGewUkYRd3s3jCTp-1WkdPJKNoAS1aAig3cYx9Xk4M?via=mozilla.org&via=matrix.org&via=maunium.net:

• When I start a new dm it doesn't go into the direct messages section but rather to rooms. On the other side it shows correctly.
• I can't mark it as a dm either. The menu menu just closes without anything happening.

and from https://matrix.to/#/!pcfWjiETvnVuspPLPl:mozilla.org/$BaCLDqrv8d6qaKv9LPeTqpgeE3C0VLpSSTJis5dWpvE?via=mozilla.org&via=matrix.org&via=maunium.net

• i have a direct chat with users X and Y. i want to have a direct chat with just X, but selecting them in the direct messages panel brings me to the chat with X and Y (on riot web). that seems.. wrong?

[turt2live]

it's possible this is related to the rate limiting on the room lists update and not a true regression.

[ara4n]

the first issue sounds like that.
the second issue sounds... weird

[turt2live]

oh, the second one is a cry for help and the definition of why we need canonical DMs.

[ara4n]

why would selecting X in the DMs panel ever take you to a chat with X and Y? It should have been labelled X and Y.

[turt2live]

The current DM map maps one user to many rooms, not necessarily one room to many users.

[turt2live]

It's certainly a bug, but the root cause is that the DM map is poorly calculated and ends up with these sorts of bugs.

[uumas]

The first issue gets fixed by clearing Riot cache

[mcomella]

I have experienced this when using the desktop client on macOS: I created a DM and it was categorized as a Room. After this, when I opened the web interface (chat.mozilla.org), several additional DMs were also present in Rooms. I was able to categorize those DMs as DMs in the web interface but unable to make similar changes in the desktop client; the changes I made in the web interface aren't reflected in the desktop client either.

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The first issue gets fixed by clearing Riot cache

How do I clear the Riot cache?

[turt2live]

I believe we've fixed all known cases of this happening over the years. If people are still seeing this, please open a new issue with fresh information.