jwaterwo
commented
5 years ago Some weird observations:
We have 3 of one user in a room:
- almondjoy
- almondjoy|mtg
- almondjoy|PTO
almondjoy is the real user, the mtg and PTO are ghosts. If almondjoy changes his nick to either of the other nicks, the matrix room does not notify that users left or joined. However, if almondjoy becomes something else, like "almondjoy|pie", it shows this new user join the room, but not that the previous nick left.
I then joined the IRC room (via IRC) as jack, I changed my nick to almondjoy|mtg and it showed jack leaving. I then switched back to jack and it showed almondjoy|mtg leaving and jack joining. This cleared the ghost "almondjoy|mtg" out of the channel. I did the same with almondjoy|PTO and that ghost was also removed.
Same behavior for another room:
- ccharron|lunch
- ccharron|busy
- ccharron|call
- ccharron|gone
I was able to clear out the 3 ghosts by using my irc user jack_, changing my nicks to the ghosts and then switching back:
From IRC:
[14:16:15] * You are now known as ccharron|busy
[14:16:18] * You are now known as ccharron|call
[14:16:22] * You are now known as ccharron|gone
[14:16:25] * You are now known as jack_From Matrix:
2:16PM jack_ joined the room.
2:16PM jack_ left the room.
2:16PM ccharron|busy left the room.
2:16PM ccharron|call left the room.
2:16PM ccharron|gone left the room.
2:16PM jack_ joined the room.This issue seems to follow a specific user. If almondjoy EVER changes his nick, it will create a new ghost. if the nick is already a ghost, we do not see a join or a leave on matrix. If he switches to a new nick, the new nick does not join UNTIL he says something. that will create a brand new ghost in the member list. When he changes back, it leave the ghost of the new nick.
to try to avoid confusion: "Nick Almond" is the matrix user with its IRC counterpart "mounds2". This same person is in IRC using an IRC client as "mounds"
From IRC:
»» You are now known as mounds
»» mounds2 is now known as almondjoy
.:mounds:. o/
<almondjoy> now matrix is almondjoy
.:@jack:. okay, switch mounds2 to almondjoy2
.:@jack:. and then to almondjoy3
.:almondjoy:. mounds2 no longer exists
<@jack> uh, i mean mounds
»» You are now known as almondjoy2
.:almondjoy2:. o/
.:almondjoy2:. I'm waiting for someone to say something about these nick changes lol
.:@jack:. now change to almondjoy3
»» You are now known as almondjoy3
.:almondjoy3:. yo
.:@jack:. okay. i saw that join the room
»» jack_ is now known as almondjoy2
»» almondjoy2 is now known as jack_
.:@jack:. now switch back to almondjoy2
»» You are now known as almondjoy2
.:almondjoy2:. ok
.:@jack:. haha dammit
.:@jack:. almondjoy3 is still there
.:almondjoy2:. are you changing your nick on irc or matrix
.:almondjoy2:. ?
.:@jack:. youre just a ghost creating machine
.:@jack:. irc
.:almondjoy2:. huh
.:@jack:. whenever YOU change yoru nick, your previous nick doesnt leave
.:almondjoy2:. it's not just me
.:almondjoy2:. I see plenty of other dupes
.:almondjoy2:. err ghosts
.:almondjoy:. matrix says there are 30+ people in this channelFrom Matrix:
2:34PM Nick Almond: now matrix is almondjoy
2:34PM Jack Waterworth: okay, switch mounds2 to almondjoy2 and then to almondjoy3
2:34PM Nick Almond: mounds2 no longer exists
2:34PM Jack Waterworth: uh, i mean mounds
2:35PM almondjoy2: o/
2:35PM Jack Waterworth: now change to almondjoy3
2:35PM almondjoy2: I'm waiting for someone to say something about these nick changes lol
2:36PM almondjoy3 joined the room.
2:36PM almondjoy3: yo
2:36PM Jack Waterworth: okay. i saw that join the room
2:36PM jack_ left the room.
2:36PM almondjoy2 left the room.
2:36PM jack_ joined the room.
2:36PM Jack Waterworth: now switch back to almondjoy2
2:36PM almondjoy2 joined the room.
2:36PM almondjoy2: ok
2:36PM Jack Waterworth: haha dammit
2:36PM Jack Waterworth: almondjoy3 is still there
2:37PM almondjoy2: are you changing your nick on irc or matrix
2:37PM Jack Waterworth: youre just a ghost creating machine
2:37PM almondjoy2: ?
2:37PM Jack Waterworth: irc
2:37PM almondjoy2: huh
2:37PM Jack Waterworth: whenever YOU change yoru nick, your previous nick doesnt leave
2:37PM almondjoy2: it's not just me
2:37PM almondjoy2: I see plenty of other dupes
2:37PM almondjoy2: err ghosts
2:38PM Nick Almond: matrix says there are 30+ people in this channel
phoerious
hackers-terabit
ara4n
mweinelt
We are running a recent version of the irc bridge and restarted a couple of weeks ago, but we continue to see the issue that was described in #71 . When IRC users change their nicks, sometimes the previous nick does not leave the room, leading to several instances of the same user being in the channel.
For example:
It does not happen every time, and not at all rooms, for example, some rooms will only have 1 jack, some will have 2 and some will have 3.
Trying to switch from IRC to Matrix, but this is cause slow adoption on my team because users cannot figure out who is/is not in a channel.