Unable to Invite Some Group Members to an Instance They're a Member of
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Salbug
Description:
Users with the correct group permissions are sometimes unable to invite certain group members into an instance, despite meeting all requirements for those members to join. The problem is intermittent and does not affect all users equally.
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Steps to Reproduce:
- Create or join a group-only instance.
- Ensure you have full invite permissions for your group.
- Attempt to invite a member who meets all entry requirements.
- Observe whether the invite button is faded or not.
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Expected Behavior:
* All group members who meet instance requirements can be invited successfully every time.
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Actual Behavior:
* Some group members cannot be invited intermittently, even when permissions and requirements are satisfied.
* The issue does not consistently affect the same subset of members.
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In the image provided below, I as the group owner was unable to invite the group member shown below to an instance I created. This issue appears to affect group-only instances only.
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StormRel
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Unable to invite people into a group+
Rei Hino Senshi
Description
Unable to invite user to this world. This user is not a member of this group. When they are and ut's group +
Reproduction Steps
None the UI just yells at you and button grayed out.
Details
- Category: World
- Frequency: Always
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platform: PC (platform: Windows, store: Steam, headset: None)
rawPlatform: WindowsPlayer
clientVersion: 2026.3.1-1886-a268441585-Release
unityVersion: 2022.3.22f2-DWR
In-Client Report
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Log file:
output_log_2026-08-21_15-34-39.txtStormRel
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In a group instance, can't invite friends from the group to the instance.
E3
When I select “Create Instance” in the World Details,
select a group,
set the instance type to “Group (Group Only),”
set the access role for the instance to “All Roles,” and disable avatar performance,
and then actually open the instance and try to invite a friend who belongs to the same group, I get the message “This user is not a member of the group...” and cannot invite them.
Strangely enough, if you select “See All” under “Groups” on the profile screen of the user you’re trying to invite, and then return to the original profile screen, you’ll be able to invite that user.
This bug began occurring with the most recent update (the one that changed the UI—ver 2026.3.1).
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Details
Category: User Interface
Frequency: always
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platform: PC (platform: Windows, store: Steam, headset: any)
rawPlatform: WindowsPlayer
clientVersion: 2026.3.1-1886-a268441585-Release
Unity version: 2022.3.22f2-DWR
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
WubTheCaptain
Duplicate of an issue reported in comments (merged): https://feedback.vrchat.com/open-beta/p/1878-inviting-a-user-back-to-an-instance-they-were-previously-in-will-result-in
Also a duplicate of: https://feedback.vrchat.com/bug-reports/p/unable-to-invite-people-into-a-group
This can also occur on
Build 1867
, it's not UI related.WubTheCaptain
Duplicate of an issue reported in comments (merged): https://feedback.vrchat.com/open-beta/p/1878-inviting-a-user-back-to-an-instance-they-were-previously-in-will-result-in
StormRel
updated the status to
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