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Related: IOS-2045

🎯 Goal

Close the channel view when the current user loses access.

📝 Summary

  • Add the public ChannelKickedEvent, decoded from the channel.kicked WebSocket event
  • Clear the channel's ownCapabilities when the event arrives (after kicking there is no way to fetch channel data)
  • Keep the local read state when mark read fails with an unrecoverable error, which stops a mark-read loop
  • ChatChannelVC pops the channel screen on the event; apps can override handleChannelAccessLost(_:)

🛠 Implementation

  • The event carries no new capabilities, and fetching the channel fails with a permission error. MemberEventMiddleware therefore sets ownCapabilities to [], so checks such as canSendMessage fail for the stale channel.
  • After losing access, markRead fails with an unrecoverable backend error. Restoring the unread state made the channel screen mark the channel read again, in a loop. ChannelRepository.markRead now skips the rollback when apiError.unrecoverable is set.

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kicked.mov

🧪 Manual Testing Notes

  1. Run the demo app on two simulators, as user A and user B, with the same channel open.
  2. Open a thread on user A's side.
  3. As user B, remove user A from the channel.
  4. User A's thread and channel screens close, and the channel disappears from user A's channel list.

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  • This change should be manually QAed
  • Changelog is updated with client-facing changes
  • Changelog is updated with new localization keys
  • New code is covered by unit tests
  • Documentation has been updated in the docs-content repo

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added support for channel-kicked events. When access to the current channel is lost, the channel screen now returns to the previous screen when possible.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Prevented repeated read marking after channel access is lost. Unrecoverable backend errors now preserve the locally cleared unread state; other API errors retain the existing rollback behavior.

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📝 Walkthrough

The changes add ChannelKickedEvent handling across event decoding, middleware, and channel-screen navigation. They also change markRead so an unrecoverable backend error is returned without rolling back the optimistic local read state.

Changes: Channel Kicked Event Handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Channel-kicked event contract
Scripts/openapi_generate.sh, Sources/StreamChat/WebSocketClient/Events/*, TestTools/StreamChatTestTools/Fixtures/JSONs/Events/Channel/*, Tests/StreamChatTests/WebSocketClient/Events/*, CHANGELOG.md
The generator retains ChannelKickedEventDTO with a required cid and removes the listed channel metadata, custom data, and receivedAt properties. ChannelKickedEvent carries cid and createdAt; common event data uses those values. The fixture and tests cover decoding and DTO conversion. The changelog lists the event and a read-marking fix.
Member middleware handling
Sources/StreamChat/WebSocketClient/EventMiddlewares/MemberEventMiddleware.swift, Tests/StreamChatTests/WebSocketClient/EventMiddlewares/MemberEventMiddleware_Tests.swift
When the channel is present, the middleware clears its own capabilities. The event is forwarded whether or not the channel is present.
Channel access-loss navigation
Sources/StreamChatUI/ChatChannel/ChatChannelVC.swift, Tests/StreamChatUITests/Mocks/Navigation/*, Tests/StreamChatUITests/SnapshotTests/ChatChannel/ChatChannelVC_Tests.swift, StreamChat.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj, CHANGELOG.md
For an event matching the current channel, ChatChannelVC calls handleChannelAccessLost(_:). The default method pops to the preceding controller when the channel screen is not the navigation root. Tests cover matching and non-matching channel IDs.

Unrecoverable Read Errors

Layer / File(s) Summary
Read-state handling for unrecoverable errors
Sources/StreamChat/Utils/InternetConnection/Error+InternetNotAvailable.swift, Sources/StreamChat/Repositories/ChannelRepository.swift, Tests/StreamChatTests/Utils/InternetConnection/Error+InternetNotAvailable_Tests.swift, Tests/StreamChatTests/Repositories/ChannelRepository_Tests.swift
isUnrecoverableBackendError identifies client errors whose API error has unrecoverable == true. markRead returns such errors without rollback; other errors continue through the existing rollback path. Tests cover the error predicate and retained local read state.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ChannelKickedEventDTO
  participant MemberEventMiddleware
  participant ChatChannelVC
  participant UINavigationController
  ChannelKickedEventDTO->>MemberEventMiddleware: Handle event and clear present channel capabilities
  MemberEventMiddleware->>ChatChannelVC: Forward event
  ChatChannelVC->>UINavigationController: Pop to preceding controller for matching channel
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Suggested reviewers: martinmitrevski

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 89e95

A user who loses access can remain on the channel screen and continue to see the channel in their list until a refresh. Address these paths before merging.

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Review comments at
@Sources/StreamChat/WebSocketClient/EventMiddlewares/MemberEventMiddleware.swift:
- Around line 79-85: In the ChannelKickedEventDTO branch of
MemberEventMiddleware, remove the kicked channel’s query links after clearing
ownCapabilities so channel-list queries no longer retain or display it.

Review comments at @Sources/StreamChatUI/ChatChannel/ChatChannelVC.swift:
- Around line 662-665: Update the `ChannelKickedEvent` handling in
`ChatChannelVC` so it closes the screen when there is no navigation controller
or when the view controller is the navigation root, while preserving the
existing pop-to-previous-controller behavior when a preceding controller exists.

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  • CHANGELOG.md
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  • Sources/StreamChat/Repositories/ChannelRepository.swift
  • Sources/StreamChat/Utils/InternetConnection/Error+InternetNotAvailable.swift
  • Sources/StreamChat/WebSocketClient/EventMiddlewares/MemberEventMiddleware.swift
  • Sources/StreamChat/WebSocketClient/Events/ChannelEvents.swift
  • Sources/StreamChat/WebSocketClient/Events/Event.swift
  • Sources/StreamChatUI/ChatChannel/ChatChannelVC.swift
  • StreamChat.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
  • TestTools/StreamChatTestTools/Fixtures/JSONs/Events/Channel/ChannelKicked.json
  • Tests/StreamChatTests/Repositories/ChannelRepository_Tests.swift
  • Tests/StreamChatTests/Utils/InternetConnection/Error+InternetNotAvailable_Tests.swift
  • Tests/StreamChatTests/WebSocketClient/EventMiddlewares/MemberEventMiddleware_Tests.swift
  • Tests/StreamChatTests/WebSocketClient/Events/ChannelEvents_Tests.swift
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Comment on lines +79 to +85
case let event as ChannelKickedEventDTO:
guard let channel = session.channel(cid: event.cid) else { break }

// The current user can't read the channel anymore and no event carries the new
// capabilities (fetching the channel fails too), so drop the stale ones.
channel.ownCapabilities = []

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- middleware references and event dispatch ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.swift' -e 'MemberEventMiddleware' -e 'ChannelKickedEventDTO' -e 'channel.kicked' Sources Tests || true
printf '%s\n' '--- middleware handler context ---'
sed -n '1,125p' Sources/StreamChat/WebSocketClient/EventMiddlewares/MemberEventMiddleware.swift
printf '%s\n' '--- channel-list linker ---'
sed -n '1,230p' Sources/StreamChat/Workers/ChannelListLinker.swift
printf '%s\n' '--- channel-list updater ---'
sed -n '1,215p' Sources/StreamChat/Workers/ChannelListUpdater.swift
printf '%s\n' '--- channel fetch predicate ---'
sed -n '490,545p' Sources/StreamChat/Database/DTOs/ChannelDTO.swift
printf '%s\n' '--- list controller observation ---'
sed -n '75,125p' Sources/StreamChat/Controllers/ChannelListController/ChannelListController.swift

Repository: GetStream/stream-chat-swift

Length of output: 29770


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set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- channel/query relationship declarations ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.swift' -e 'var queries' -e 'queries: ' -e 'channelListQueries' -e 'removeAll()' Sources/StreamChat/Database Sources/StreamChat/Workers | head -160
printf '%s\n' '--- channel DTO declaration context ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.swift' -e 'class ChannelDTO' -e 'extension ChannelDTO' Sources/StreamChat/Database/DTOs
sed -n '1,180p' Sources/StreamChat/Database/DTOs/ChannelDTO.swift
printf '%s\n' '--- query DTO declarations ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.swift' -e 'class ChannelListQueryDTO' -e 'struct ChannelListQueryDTO' -e 'extension ChannelListQueryDTO' Sources/StreamChat/Database

Repository: GetStream/stream-chat-swift

Length of output: 11287


Unlink kicked channels from channel-list queries.

channel.kicked can reach MemberEventMiddleware for a cached channel, but this branch only clears ownCapabilities. Channel-list queries still match the channel through queries, and no list linker handles ChannelKickedEvent. The channel can therefore remain visible and selectable until a later refresh.

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                channel.ownCapabilities = []
+               channel.queries.removeAll()
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case let event as ChannelKickedEventDTO:
guard let channel = session.channel(cid: event.cid) else { break }
// The current user can't read the channel anymore and no event carries the new
// capabilities (fetching the channel fails too), so drop the stale ones.
channel.ownCapabilities = []
case let event as ChannelKickedEventDTO:
guard let channel = session.channel(cid: event.cid) else { break }
// The current user can't read the channel anymore and no event carries the new
// capabilities (fetching the channel fails too), so drop the stale ones.
channel.ownCapabilities = []
channel.queries.removeAll()
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@Sources/StreamChat/WebSocketClient/EventMiddlewares/MemberEventMiddleware.swift
around lines 79 - 85:
In the ChannelKickedEventDTO branch of MemberEventMiddleware, remove the kicked
channel’s query links after clearing ownCapabilities so channel-list queries no
longer retain or display it.

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Comment on lines +662 to +665
guard let navigationController,
let index = navigationController.viewControllers.firstIndex(of: self),
index > 0 else { return }
navigationController.popToViewController(navigationController.viewControllers[index - 1], animated: true)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Close a channel screen that has no preceding navigation controller.

If ChatChannelVC is the navigation root or is presented without a navigation controller, this guard returns after a matching ChannelKickedEvent. The user remains on a channel screen after losing access. Handle these presentation states as well as the existing pop case.

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

Review comment at @Sources/StreamChatUI/ChatChannel/ChatChannelVC.swift around
lines 662 - 665:
Update the `ChannelKickedEvent` handling in `ChatChannelVC` so it closes the
screen when there is no navigation controller or when the view controller is the
navigation root, while preserving the existing pop-to-previous-controller
behavior when a preceding controller exists.

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/// Emitted when client lost access to the channel and was unsubscribed from its events by server.
final class ChannelKickedEventDTO: Sendable, Event, Decodable {

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What is the difference between this and MemberRemovedEvent? When should we use one or the other?

Comment on lines +82 to +84
// The current user can't read the channel anymore and no event carries the new
// capabilities (fetching the channel fails too), so drop the stale ones.
channel.ownCapabilities = []

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Is it really safe to do this locally? Shouldn't the server decide which capabilities the user has? What if a kicked user can still do something on channels depending on the customer? Something like a request to join or something

Comment on lines +656 to +665
/// Called when the current user loses access to the channel, for example when removed from it.
///
/// The default implementation pops the channel screen, and any screen above it, from the navigation stack.
/// Override it to customize the behavior.
/// - Parameter event: The event that caused the loss of access, for example ``ChannelKickedEvent``.
open func handleChannelAccessLost(_ event: Event) {
guard let navigationController,
let index = navigationController.viewControllers.firstIndex(of: self),
index > 0 else { return }
navigationController.popToViewController(navigationController.viewControllers[index - 1], animated: true)

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I don't think this is a good idea. The app should be responsble to handle what happens when a user is kicked off a channel. This is business logic, and it will depend on each app. Some apps will want to show a blocked UI; others will want the view to be dismissed. At most, this should be done on the demo app

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SDK Performance

target metric benchmark branch performance status
MessageList Hitches total duration 10 ms 8.35 ms 16.5% 🔼 🟢
Duration 2.6 s 2.54 s 2.31% 🔼 🟢
Hitch time ratio 4 ms per s 3.28 ms per s 18.0% 🔼 🟢
Frame rate 75 fps 79.57 fps 6.09% 🔼 🟢
Number of hitches 1 1.0 0.0% 🟰 🟢

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Public Interface

+ public final class ChannelKickedEvent: ChannelSpecificEvent  
+ 
+   public let cid: ChannelId
+   public let createdAt: Date



 @available(iOSApplicationExtension, unavailable) open class ChatChannelVC: _ViewController, ThemeProvider, ChatMessageListVCDataSource, ChatMessageListVCDelegate, ChatChannelControllerDelegate, EventsControllerDelegate, AudioQueuePlayerDatasource  
-   open func audioQueuePlayerNextAssetURL(_ audioPlayer: AudioPlaying,currentAssetURL: URL?)-> URL?
+   open func handleChannelAccessLost(_ event: Event)
+   open func audioQueuePlayerNextAssetURL(_ audioPlayer: AudioPlaying,currentAssetURL: URL?)-> URL?

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SDK Size

title develop branch diff status
StreamChat 7.08 MB 7.09 MB +1 KB 🟢
StreamChatUI 3.38 MB 3.38 MB 0 KB 🟢
StreamChatCommonUI 1.03 MB 1.03 MB 0 KB 🟢
StreamChatAI 2.36 MB 2.36 MB 0 KB 🟢

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StreamChat XCSize

Object Diff (bytes)
ChannelKickedEventDTO.o +2237
ChannelEvents.o +1247
MemberEventMiddleware.o +236
Error+InternetNotAvailable.o +100
NotificationEvents.o -44

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StreamChatUI XCSize

Object Diff (bytes)
ChatChannelVC.o +1611
ChatMessageListRouter.o -756

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Discarding based on Slack discussion.

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