Chat

Chat is a room realtime feature. Sending messages depends on room settings and the user’s send_chat permission.

Common States

Symptom	Possible cause	What to do
Can read but not send	Chat disabled, muted, or missing send_chat	Contact a room administrator
Others do not see a sent message	Realtime disconnected, rate limited, or room state issue	Re-enter the room and record the time
Only you miss new messages	Browser network, proxy, or WebSocket issue	Refresh or change network
Everyone misses messages	Server Realtime, Ingress, or cluster event issue	Ask an administrator to inspect runtime state

Good Practices

• To quiet the whole room, ask a room administrator to disable chat.
• To restrict one user, use member permissions instead of changing room defaults.
• Do not send passwords, tokens, cookies, Provider credentials, or OAuth2 codes in chat.
• When reporting problems, provide room ID, time, a summary of the message, and error text.

Protocol details are covered in Realtime API.