[$100] Prod - Active Gig Workers

[jmgasper]

@atelomycterus - Topcoder admins are saying that they aren't adding folks to the Active Gig Workers group, but it's still growing at a rapid rate. This was a custom role we added - it's not synced from the Topcoder side (group type = member, not Topcoder). Are there any reasons why folks may be getting automatically added to that group? Any way we can pull logs or something to figure that out?

Thanks!

[jmgasper]

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[jmgasper]

Challenge https://www.topcoder.com/challenges/8b481f60-069d-462b-ac6f-b9a0df18181e has been assigned to obog.

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[atelomycterus]

@jmgasper I can reproduce it. I'll fix a challenge forum processor.
I'll look at a few more columns in the database and we can probably figure out which accounts were created this way.

How reproduce it
Create a new account, don't navigate to Topcoder Forums and register for a challenge:

[atelomycterus]

@jmgasper The 'Vanilla Member' role (type='member') is only added by default + Topcoder roles (type='topcoder') if user hasn't been created in Vanilla.

PR- topcoder-platform/challenge-forum-processor#61. Thanks!

You can change DEFAULT_MEMBER_ROLES if you want. The default value is ['Vanilla Member'] (array of Vanilla role names).

https://github.com/topcoder-platform/challenge-forum-processor/blob/893d5b13186b34f966183b43e52a3f9da3561576/src/constants.js#L63

 VANILLA: {
    DEFAULT_MEMBER_ROLES: ['Vanilla Member'],

}

Testing

Create a role (type='member') in Vanilla. Create a new user using topocder-dev.com and register for a challenge.
Verify roles for a new user in Vanilla.

Additional Notes

If you plan to create new users using Vanilla REST API/ other Vanilla methods (social connection/invitation, etc). Please verify it in DEV firstly. While analyzing the code, I noticed that in some cases, if a list of roles was not specified during inserting an user, all roles with the 'member' type will be assigned to the user. May cause unexpected behavior or grant more permissions than expected.

[jmgasper]

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