(Optionally) Warn when inviting users who might not exist. #8050
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P1
S-Major
Severely degrades major functionality or product features, with no satisfactory workaround
T-Defect
T-Enhancement
We made a change to the invite UX to stop people mistakenly inviting 'nonexistant' mxids.
The change relied on checking a user's /profile to establish whether they exist or not, but it's become clear that this isn't always appropriate - particulary in the case of bridged users.
A spec change is being discussed as to the merits of checking /profile and how we might enhance this API (or add a new one) to handle checking whether a user exists. However, we've decided that for now we can power through client side if we:
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