Invites to unnamed DMs don't give any info about the conversation you're being invited to

[ara4n]

I invited Amandine to an existing DM, and she got this:

We should be naming the invite using a synthetic room name if it has one, rather than just the name of the inviter.

[t3chguy]

Presumably the issue here is A wouldn't know that its a DM as Synapse wouldn't share your room account data m.direct flag for that, so to the invitee it looks just like any other unnamed room with 2 existing members

[turt2live]

it should have sent the m.direct flag down the invite's membership event though

[ara4n]

alternatively, it could synthesise a better room name when sending the invite.

[turt2live]

Looks like we definitely aren't considering the alias for the room either:

[t3chguy]

If you are still experiencing this please open an issue in https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/

alternatively, it could synthesise a better room name when sending the invite.

Element cannot do this given how opaque the /invite API is

[ara4n]

This is literally one of the top 10 UX problems in Element today (by my metrics, at least).

• Have filed an explicit bug against backend to add the needed API
• Have reopened this, because once the API is available, EW will need to be changed to use it (likewise EI & EA)

[MadLittleMods]

Related to:

• Improve DM room naming #1389
• Friendlier room names when calculating from members matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#1602

[daniellekirkwood]

@giomfo @gaelledel
This feels like a relevant issue for y'all. Will your work in the DMs space resolve this?

[giomfo]

@daniellekirkwood I would say no for the moment. This issue requires first some changes in the data available for an invited room.
matrix-org/synapse#12835 should be considered first with eventually designer point of view