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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
api, backend

Research direction

Start by reading the Matrix capabilities negotiation API linked in the issue, then locate the entry points for changing the display name and setting the avatar. Determine how mautrix currently performs those operations and where capability checks would belong. Done means the framework checks the relevant homeserver permissions before attempting unsupported changes.

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Description

Hi,

Currently mautrix does not check if the homeserver allows you to change the displayname, set the avatar...

There is an API to check these here

Dominant language
Python
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Forks
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