From b0c89944d671fdb115b93278d98c7d8e3aa20745 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rohit <40559587+Rohit3523@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 04:08:46 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] use getRoomByTypeAndName to get more info

---
 app/lib/methods/canOpenRoom.ts | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/lib/methods/canOpenRoom.ts b/app/lib/methods/canOpenRoom.ts
index a1a964b04bb..17fd121d8f4 100644
--- a/app/lib/methods/canOpenRoom.ts
+++ b/app/lib/methods/canOpenRoom.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { ERoomTypes } from '../../definitions';
 import database from '../database';
 import sdk from '../services/sdk';
-import { createDirectMessage } from '../services/restApi';
+import { createDirectMessage, getRoomByTypeAndName } from '../services/restApi';
 
 const restTypes = {
 	channel: 'channels',
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ async function open({ type, rid, name }: { type: ERoomTypes; rid: string; name:
 		// if it's a group we need to check if you can open
 		if (type === ERoomTypes.GROUP) {
 			try {
+				const result = await getRoomByTypeAndName('p', name);
 				// RC 0.61.0
 				// @ts-ignore
-				await sdk.post(`${restTypes[type]}.open`, params);
+				await sdk.post(`${restTypes[type]}.open`, { roomId: result._id });
 			} catch (e: any) {
 				if (!(e.data && /is already open/.test(e.data.error))) {
 					return false;