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Node.js IRC bridge for Matrix
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Disconnect IRC puppets when their corresponding Matrix user goes offline #1584

Closed CST1229 closed 2 years ago

CST1229 commented 2 years ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. At least one person who's in a channel I'm also in has complained that the Matrix-IRC bridge (specifically, the one on Libera Chat, which I assume is an instance of this) keeps the IRC puppets online forever, which they don't like and can be confusing, especially for people who don't know ("how and why does [insert user] stay connected for so long??").

Describe the solution you'd like If possible, when a user on Matrix goes offline, the corresponding IRC puppet should also part and/or quit. This would probably come with a central bridge bot (only to maintain room history) that is required for disconnecting IRC puppets but is optional otherwise.

Making Matrix puppets leave when the IRC user parts/quits Some way to not have all IRC users' past nicknames be permanently in the room would also be nice, but is not required.

Describe. alternatives you've considered Setting the puppet's away status instead of fully leaving and rejoining (this way, no central bot would be needed and it would still be slightly clearer).

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progval commented 2 years ago

Making Matrix puppets leave when the IRC user parts/quits would also be nice, but is not required.

They already do this

CST1229 commented 2 years ago

Making Matrix puppets leave when the IRC user parts/quits would also be nice, but is not required.

They already do this

Okay, but I have noticed puppets who are definitely not in the channel in its corresponding room's member list list, so that might be something else.

progval commented 2 years ago

That is a known issue, there are a bunch of tickets about this on this bug tracker

Half-Shot commented 2 years ago

Okay, but I have noticed puppets who are definitely not in the channel in its corresponding room's member list list, so that might be something else.

That can also happen if the room admin explicitly disables this feature.

Half-Shot commented 2 years ago

I think as @progval says, there are other issues catering to the things you mentioned but thank you for bringing it to our attention.