From 136b5c9231dde8f5b95f495e60b5d2315608a886 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2022 15:01:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Correct the default for `invite` in `m.room.power_levels`
 (#1021)

Per #860, this has been wrong in the spec forever.
---
 changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/1021.clarification | 1 +
 data/event-schemas/schema/m.room.power_levels.yaml        | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/1021.clarification

diff --git a/changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/1021.clarification b/changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/1021.clarification
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11df2bfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/1021.clarification
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Correct the default value for `invite` where it is not specified in an `m.room.power_levels` event.
diff --git a/data/event-schemas/schema/m.room.power_levels.yaml b/data/event-schemas/schema/m.room.power_levels.yaml
index 39c1988c..ae38f88c 100644
--- a/data/event-schemas/schema/m.room.power_levels.yaml
+++ b/data/event-schemas/schema/m.room.power_levels.yaml
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ description: |-
 
   The power level required to invite a user to the room, kick a user from the
   room, ban a user from the room, or redact an event sent by another user, is
-  defined by `invite`, `kick`, `ban`, and `redact`, respectively. Each
-  of these levels defaults to 50 if they are not specified in the
+  defined by `invite`, `kick`, `ban`, and `redact`, respectively.  The levels
+  for `kick`, `ban` and `redact` default to 50 if they are not specified in the
   `m.room.power_levels` event, or if the room contains no `m.room.power_levels`
-  event.
+  event. `invite` defaults to 0 in either case.
 
   **Note:**
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ properties:
             overridden by the `events` key.  Defaults to 0 if unspecified.
         type: integer
       invite:
-        description: The level required to invite a user. Defaults to 50 if unspecified.
+        description: The level required to invite a user. Defaults to 0 if unspecified.
         type: integer
       kick:
         description: The level required to kick a user. Defaults to 50 if unspecified.