From c2e8f1f9fa30402f12d8dd32915067ec79b17cc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Staab <shtaab@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:02:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Tweak auto join behavior

---
 README.md         |  2 +-
 zooid/instance.go | 18 ++----------------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 405fd00..2e56c66 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Contains policy and access related configuration.
 Configures NIP 29 support.
 
 - `enabled` - whether NIP 29 is enabled.
-- `auto_join` - whether relay members can join `open` groups without approval. Defaults to `true`.
+- `auto_join` - whether relay members can join groups without approval. Defaults to `false`.
 
 ### `[management]`
 
diff --git a/zooid/instance.go b/zooid/instance.go
index a875c77..9652ee7 100644
--- a/zooid/instance.go
+++ b/zooid/instance.go
@@ -373,25 +373,11 @@ func (instance *Instance) OnEvent(ctx context.Context, event nostr.Event) (rejec
 }
 
 func (instance *Instance) OnEventSaved(ctx context.Context, event nostr.Event) {
-	var groupMeta nostr.Event
-	var groupFound bool
-
 	h := GetGroupIDFromEvent(event)
 
-	if h != "" {
-		groupMeta, groupFound = instance.Groups.GetMetadata(h)
-
-		if !groupFound && event.Kind != nostr.KindSimpleGroupCreateGroup {
-			log.Printf("Attempted to process event for nonexistent group %s", h)
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
 	if event.Kind == nostr.KindSimpleGroupJoinRequest && instance.Config.Groups.AutoJoin {
-		if !HasTag(groupMeta.Tags, "closed") {
-			instance.Groups.AddMember(h, event.PubKey)
-			instance.Groups.UpdateMembersList(h)
-		}
+		instance.Groups.AddMember(h, event.PubKey)
+		instance.Groups.UpdateMembersList(h)
 	}
 
 	if event.Kind == nostr.KindSimpleGroupLeaveRequest {