From 60d006654f5e116680fd52a9e8181e178a606adc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: isaacclad <sense.corporate@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 15:15:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Make room privacy optional by default so shared join links
 work out of the box.

New spaces are public unless the host explicitly enables private/invite-only mode.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
---
 app/Http/Controllers/Meet/SpaceController.php | 2 +-
 resources/views/meet/spaces/create.blade.php  | 2 +-
 tests/Feature/MeetWebTest.php                 | 4 +++-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Meet/SpaceController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Meet/SpaceController.php
index 0d60ebf..04c4890 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Meet/SpaceController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Meet/SpaceController.php
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class SpaceController extends Controller
             'audio_only' => true,
             'space_mode' => true,
             'stage_mode' => true,
-            'invite_only' => $request->boolean('invite_only', true),
+            'invite_only' => $request->boolean('invite_only', false),
             'speaker_refs' => $speakerRefs,
         ];
 
diff --git a/resources/views/meet/spaces/create.blade.php b/resources/views/meet/spaces/create.blade.php
index 09b5134..6cf53bf 100644
--- a/resources/views/meet/spaces/create.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/meet/spaces/create.blade.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
             <fieldset class="space-y-2">
                 <legend class="text-sm font-medium text-slate-700">Privacy</legend>
                 <label class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm">
-                    <input type="checkbox" name="invite_only" value="1" @checked(old('invite_only', true)) class="mt-0.5 rounded border-slate-300">
+                    <input type="checkbox" name="invite_only" value="1" @checked(old('invite_only', false)) class="mt-0.5 rounded border-slate-300">
                     <span>
                         <span class="font-medium text-slate-800">Private room</span>
                         <span class="mt-0.5 block text-xs text-slate-500">Only invited people or org members with the link can join.</span>
diff --git a/tests/Feature/MeetWebTest.php b/tests/Feature/MeetWebTest.php
index 30e4b5f..00e6fd5 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/MeetWebTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/MeetWebTest.php
@@ -1318,14 +1318,16 @@ class MeetWebTest extends TestCase
         $this->actingAs($this->user)
             ->post('/rooms', [
                 'title' => 'Leadership space',
-                'invite_only' => true,
             ])
             ->assertRedirect();
 
+        $room = Room::where('title', 'Leadership space')->firstOrFail();
+
         $this->assertDatabaseHas('meet_rooms', [
             'title' => 'Leadership space',
             'type' => 'space',
         ]);
+        $this->assertFalse($room->setting('invite_only'));
     }
 
     public function test_space_create_sends_listener_email_invitations(): void