Room and Member Management

Room management affects online users. Query current state first, then validate joining, playback, chat, and permissions from a normal member account. The Resource Lifecycle page defines deletion, recovery windows, and room bans.

Managed Resources

Category	Common commands	Risk
Lifecycle	room create, room delete, room ban, room transfer-owner	Visibility, ownership, and data retention
Members	room member add/kick/set-permissions	Access and administration capability
Settings	room settings update/reset	Join rules, guests, chat, and defaults
Playback	room playback play/pause/seek/start/stop	All online members see the change
Livestream	room stream list, room stream publish-key	Publish keys and live sessions

Operation Order

1. Query room, members, and current settings.
2. Decide whether the change is long-term responsibility or a single-member exception.
3. Use room roles or defaults for long-term changes; use member overrides for exceptions.
4. Do not delegate DELETE_ROOM as an ordinary room capability.
5. Validate WebSocket sync, join flow, chat, and playback controls.
6. Keep reasons for delete, ban, and ownership-transfer actions.

Member Issues

Goal	Action	Note
Temporarily mute	Remove send_chat_messages from the member	Smaller blast radius than disabling chat
Allow playback control	Add control_playback_state	Media switching also needs navigate_playback
Remove disruptive member	Kick member	After a kick, the member enters a temporary rejoin cooldown
Change long-term responsibility	Change room role or defaults	Avoid long-lived piles of member overrides

See Roles, Permissions, and Preferences for role defaults, permission evaluation, room settings, and member overrides.