From f8140866ae39b5f67dcf52653b0092da1bdecc6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Pauly <christian-pauly@posteo.de>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 08:41:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Do not request users in not joined rooms

---
 lib/src/room.dart | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/src/room.dart b/lib/src/room.dart
index 0ed156ce..18dc4cd1 100644
--- a/lib/src/room.dart
+++ b/lib/src/room.dart
@@ -1458,9 +1458,16 @@ class Room {
         setState(user);
       }
     }
-    if (_requestedParticipants || participantListComplete) {
+
+    // Do not request users from the server if we have already done it
+    // in this session, have a complete list locally or are not a joined
+    // member of this room.
+    if (_requestedParticipants ||
+        participantListComplete ||
+        membership != Membership.join) {
       return getParticipants();
     }
+
     final matrixEvents = await client.getMembersByRoom(id);
     final users = matrixEvents
             ?.map((e) => Event.fromMatrixEvent(e, this).asUser)