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[BUG] [iOS] Calling SDK 2.1.0-beta.1 - Re-joining a teams meeting shows displayName as "External"

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Since Dec 8, 2021.

Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
ios
Domain
mobile-dev

Research direction

Start with the iOS Composite demo app and reproduce the Teams meeting flow: join with a display name, remove yourself from the Teams client, then rejoin using the retained meeting details without toggling camera or microphone. Compare the participant display name across rejoin, camera, and mute actions; done means the name consistently appears as "UserName (External)".

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Description

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Describe the bug

Re-joining teams meeting after getting removed by teams client user, occasionally produces an empty displayName. The displayName only shows "External", instead of "UserName (External)"

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Join team's meeting from iOS Composite demo app with a display name
  2. Kick yourself out of meeting using the "Remove from meeting" (i.e. using a Teams client user)
  3. It takes you back to the home screen which has the same details (i.e. token, display name, meeting link)
  4. Rejoin meeting with same details (without toggling camera/ mic)
  5. In the Participants list on Teams it only displays "(External)"

Expected behavior
When you join a teams meeting, it should display "UserName (External)"

Screenshots
Screen Shot 2021-11-30 at 1 22 43 PM

Screen Shot 2021-11-30 at 1 23 03 PM

Setup (please complete the following information):

  • OS: [e.g. iOS]
  • IDE : [e.g. IntelliJ]
  • Version of the Library used

Additional context

  • After joined teams meeting, turning on your camera corrects the display name (i.e. "Name (External)")
  • Toggling the mute button also produces the correct display name
  • Joining the call with both camera on & mic unmuted produces the expected display name (This step doesn't seem to be constant, on some occasions the display name still appeared as "(External)")

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