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Web and desktop config.json have drifted: the featured Lotus Guild space never reached the web, and custom homeservers are only allowed on desktop #34

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opened 2026-10-04 17:41:33 -04:00 by jared · 2 comments
jared commented 2026-10-04 17:41:33 -04:00
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Correction: an earlier version of this issue called the desktop's featured communities "upstream samples". They're not. They were added on purpose:

  • cinny b1ecb0c4 (2026-08-28): "feature Lotus Guild Space + favorite rooms, add matrixrooms.info directory".
  • cinny-desktop e132719 (2026-08-28): "add featuredCommunities to desktop config, feature Lotus Guild Space".
  • cinny fd93339a / cinny-desktop d819972 (2026-08-28): "feature the Homelab space instead of its individual rooms".

The real problem: production web never got them. chat.lotusguild.org serves config.json from the matrix repo (cinny/config.json), not from cinny. That file has never had the featured communities in its history (checked back to 0e275d7), so the Explore → Featured page on the web is empty.

key web (matrix repo, live) cinny repo + desktop bundle
featuredCommunities.spaces [] !-1ZBnAH-JiC… (Lotus Guild), #homelab:codestorm.net
featuredCommunities.rooms [] #jellyfin:matrix.org
featuredCommunities.servers [] matrixrooms.info
allowCustomHomeservers false true

(The Lotus Guild space id resolves on production: GET /_matrix/client/v1/room_summary/!-1ZBnAH-JiC… returns "Lotus Guild", room version 12.)

Decide

  1. Featured communities. Copy them into matrix/cinny/config.json so web users see the Lotus Guild space (and decide whether Jellyfin, Homelab and matrixrooms.info should stay).
  2. allowCustomHomeservers. The web locks users to the listed servers; the desktop lets them type any homeserver. Which is intended?
  3. Stop the drift. Either have scripts/sync-web-config.mjs copy these keys from the live web config at desktop build time (it already does this for gifApiKey), or add a CI check that compares the two files.

Where the fixes go: matrix/cinny/config.json (web), cinny-desktop/config.json and scripts/sync-web-config.mjs (desktop).

Found in the October 2026 client audit (Playwright against a local Synapse + LiveKit stack, plus code reading). Code refs are at cinny 30e2dbcd, cinny-desktop 8f67ec7, element-call 3b0050e8.

**Correction:** an earlier version of this issue called the desktop's featured communities "upstream samples". They're not. They were added on purpose: - cinny `b1ecb0c4` (2026-08-28): "feature Lotus Guild Space + favorite rooms, add matrixrooms.info directory". - cinny-desktop `e132719` (2026-08-28): "add featuredCommunities to desktop config, feature Lotus Guild Space". - cinny `fd93339a` / cinny-desktop `d819972` (2026-08-28): "feature the Homelab space instead of its individual rooms". **The real problem: production web never got them.** chat.lotusguild.org serves `config.json` from the **matrix** repo (`cinny/config.json`), not from cinny. That file has never had the featured communities in its history (checked back to 0e275d7), so the Explore → Featured page on the web is empty. | key | web (matrix repo, live) | cinny repo + desktop bundle | |---|---|---| | `featuredCommunities.spaces` | `[]` | `!-1ZBnAH-JiC…` (**Lotus Guild**), `#homelab:codestorm.net` | | `featuredCommunities.rooms` | `[]` | `#jellyfin:matrix.org` | | `featuredCommunities.servers` | `[]` | `matrixrooms.info` | | `allowCustomHomeservers` | `false` | **`true`** | (The Lotus Guild space id resolves on production: `GET /_matrix/client/v1/room_summary/!-1ZBnAH-JiC…` returns "Lotus Guild", room version 12.) **Decide** 1. **Featured communities.** Copy them into `matrix/cinny/config.json` so web users see the Lotus Guild space (and decide whether Jellyfin, Homelab and matrixrooms.info should stay). 2. **`allowCustomHomeservers`.** The web locks users to the listed servers; the desktop lets them type any homeserver. Which is intended? 3. **Stop the drift.** Either have `scripts/sync-web-config.mjs` copy these keys from the live web config at desktop build time (it already does this for `gifApiKey`), or add a CI check that compares the two files. **Where the fixes go:** `matrix/cinny/config.json` (web), `cinny-desktop/config.json` and `scripts/sync-web-config.mjs` (desktop). --- _Found in the October 2026 client audit (Playwright against a local Synapse + LiveKit stack, plus code reading). Code refs are at cinny `30e2dbcd`, cinny-desktop `8f67ec7`, element-call `3b0050e8`._
jared added the bugneeds-human-reviewpriority: lowarea: config labels 2026-10-04 17:41:33 -04:00
jared changed title from Desktop config.json has drifted from web production: custom homeservers allowed, and upstream's sample featured communities shown to Web and desktop config.json have drifted: the featured Lotus Guild space never reached the web, and custom homeservers are only allowed on desktop 2026-10-04 19:47:59 -04:00
jared commented 2026-10-04 20:17:06 -04:00
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Decisions (Jared, 2026-10-04):

  • Web shows the featured communities. Tracked in matrix#20 (the web config lives in the matrix repo).
  • Desktop keeps allowing custom homeservers (allowCustomHomeservers: true), so that difference is intended.

What's left here: stop future drift. Either scripts/sync-web-config.mjs copies featuredCommunities from the live web config at build time, or a CI check compares the two files.

**Decisions (Jared, 2026-10-04):** - **Web shows the featured communities.** Tracked in matrix#20 (the web config lives in the matrix repo). - **Desktop keeps allowing custom homeservers** (`allowCustomHomeservers: true`), so that difference is intended. What's left here: stop future drift. Either `scripts/sync-web-config.mjs` copies `featuredCommunities` from the live web config at build time, or a CI check compares the two files.
jared removed the needs-human-review label 2026-10-04 20:17:06 -04:00
jared commented 2026-10-19 00:32:05 -04:00
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Resolved:

  • Featured communities: now on the web too (matrix#32, deployed; the live config.json lists the Lotus Guild space, Homelab, Jellyfin and matrixrooms.info).
  • allowCustomHomeservers: decided 2026-10-19. The web stays locked to the listed servers (enabling it there would need connect-src https:), and the desktop app keeps allowing them.

🤖 Claude Code

Resolved: - **Featured communities:** now on the web too (matrix#32, deployed; the live `config.json` lists the Lotus Guild space, Homelab, Jellyfin and matrixrooms.info). - **`allowCustomHomeservers`:** decided 2026-10-19. The web stays locked to the listed servers (enabling it there would need `connect-src https:`), and the desktop app keeps allowing them. 🤖 Claude Code
jared closed this issue 2026-10-19 00:32:06 -04:00
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Reference: LotusGuild/cinny-desktop#34