# Continuous\_meeting\_chat options not respected **URL:** \ **Category:** Meetings\ **Created:** [July 23, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611 "2025-07-23T23:31:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![friendlywhale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@friendlywhale](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/friendlywhale)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/1 "2025-07-23T23:31:00Z")
### Format Your New Topic as Follows: **API Endpoint(s) and/or Zoom API Event(s)** `POST /users/{userId}/meetings` **Description** I’m trying to enable continuous chat for meetings created via API but cannot make it work. The meetings are created using an app. My payload is very simple: ```auto # python payload = { "topic": title, "type": 2, "start_time": , "settings": { "meeting_invitees": [...], "join_before_host": True, "jbh_time": 0, "continuous_meeting_chat": { "enable": True, "who_is_added": "all_users", "auto_add_meeting_participants": True, }, }, } ``` **Error?** I’ve tried different combinations (1. set `who_is_added` only; 2. set `auto_add_meeting_participants` only; 3. set both) but the `continuous_meeting_chat` settings from the response are always like this ```auto "continuous_meeting_chat": { "enable": True, "auto_add_invited_external_users": False, "auto_add_meeting_participants": False, "channel_id": "web_sch_1234567890, } ``` Specifically `who_is_added` is missing in the response even if I set it and `auto_add_meeting_participants` is false even if I set to true. And I verified that as participant I cannot access the continuous chat after leaving meeting. **How To Reproduce** _Steps to reproduce the behavior:_ 1. get access token by sending request to `https://zoom.us/oauth/token` using client id, client secret and account id 2. make request to `https://api.zoom.us/v2/users/{host_email}/meetings` to create with the access token as Authorization Bearer and the payload above 3. meeting is created but the settings under `continuous_meeting_chat` is ignored ---
**Author:** ![expertswho](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/expertswho/32/60945_2.png) [@expertswho](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/expertswho)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/2 "2025-07-24T16:30:36Z")
hi @friendlywhale , welcome to the forum and I love your user name. Could your check it is enabled at the account and user level? This is a screenshot from the account level settings. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/e/9/e903653a9671bcbd7096a35b5ff22fe6a444ccce.png) All the best John Drinkwater ---
**Author:** ![friendlywhale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@friendlywhale](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/friendlywhale)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/3 "2025-07-24T17:50:56Z")
Thanks for the response. Love your username too! Yes it’s enabled and I’m using my own account as the host: `https://ibb.co/6Rdmf9Xg` ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/4 "2025-07-28T15:55:16Z")
Hey @friendlywhale I was able to replicate this. It seems like both “auto\_add\_invited\_external\_users” and “auto\_add\_meeting\_participants” fields are marked as deprecated so that could be the reason why you do not see them change in your response body. Although I can see how this is misleading, so I created an internal ticket for our Engineering team, and I will get back to you as soon as I have an update from them. ( Internal ticket number for your reference ZSEE-174492 ) You should only pass something like this in your request: ```auto "continuous_meeting_chat": { "enable": true, "who_is_added": "all_users" }, ``` ---
**Author:** ![friendlywhale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@friendlywhale](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/friendlywhale)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/5 "2025-07-28T17:46:01Z")
Hi Elisa, Thanks for the response and context. I tried both ```auto payload = { "topic": title, "type": 2, "start_time": current_utc_time, "settings": { "meeting_invitees": [], "join_before_host": True, "jbh_time": 0, "continuous_meeting_chat": { "enable": True, "who_is_added": "all_users", }, }, } ``` and ```auto payload = { "topic": title, "type": 2, "start_time": current_utc_time, "settings": { "meeting_invitees": [], "join_before_host": True, "jbh_time": 0, "continuous_meeting_chat": { "enable": True, "who_is_added": "org_invitees_and_participants", }, }, } ``` but I still cannot see meeting chat after the meeting is ended. Could you reproduce this? ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/6 "2025-07-28T17:51:06Z")
Hey @friendlywhale I can see the meeting chat after the meeting ended ---
**Author:** ![friendlywhale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@friendlywhale](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/friendlywhale)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/7 "2025-07-28T17:56:06Z")
Thanks for the quick verification! Just to be clear, the setup is that: 1. user A is the host of the meeting and has continuous chat enabled in their settings 2. user B is the participant and is not explicitly invited to the meeting (i.e. not added to `meeting_invitees` under `setttings` 3. user B is able to see meeting chat after meeting ends Could you confirm this setup works for you? And if so, is there any account-level or org-level setting I should check? ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/8 "2025-07-28T18:26:58Z")
Hey @friendlywhale Although I used the “all\_users” value, user B is not able to see the meeting chat when I do not invite them to the meeting I am trying to run different scenarios to identify when external participants (not explicitly invited to the meeting will get the continuous chat enabled) but I do think they wont get it because of that same reason ---
**Author:** ![friendlywhale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@friendlywhale](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/friendlywhale)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/9 "2025-07-28T19:52:22Z")
Thanks for confirming the behavior. The documentation for `who_is_added` clearly tells the difference between invitees and participants and the expected behavior for each option: ```auto who_is_added Type: stringenum Who is added to the continuous meeting chat. Invitees are users added during scheduling. Participants are users who join the meeting. all_users - For all users, including external invitees and meeting participants. org_invitees_and_participants - Only for meeting invitees and participants in your organization. org_invitees - Only for meeting invitees in your organization. ``` If I’m understanding it correctly, `all_users` and `org_invitees_and_participants` should allow participants under the same organization to view continuous meeting chat after meeting. So feels like to me either the documentation is inaccurate or the expected behavior is not implemented as described. Is this something you could check with your eng team? Much appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/10 "2025-07-30T18:49:01Z")
Hi @friendlywhale I created an internal ticket for our Engineering team (ZSEE-174492 internal ticket number for reference) I will update you as soon as I hear back from them ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/11 "2025-07-31T18:03:06Z")
Hey @friendlywhale I am still looking into this. In the meantime, can you make sure you have the Enable continuous meeting chat setting enabled in your account? Head to Admin Tab \> Account Management \> Account Settings \> Meetings \> In meeting\> Enable continuous meeting chat ---
**Author:** ![friendlywhale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@friendlywhale](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/friendlywhale)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/12 "2025-07-31T18:12:55Z")
Appreciate the update! Continuous meeting chat is turned on on the accounts I’m testing with (from My Settings \> Meeting \> In Meeting (Basic)). I don’t find the admin tab though. Do you want me to check the admin settings? ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/13 "2025-07-31T19:46:16Z")
If you have a way to reach out to your admin and have them double chek, that’d be great @friendlywhale ---
**Author:** ![friendlywhale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@friendlywhale](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/friendlywhale)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/14 "2025-07-31T22:15:23Z")
Our admin confirmed that continuous meeting chat is enabled at org level: `https://ibb.co/b5M2QVLS` ---
**Author:** ![friendlywhale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@friendlywhale](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/friendlywhale)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/15 "2025-08-14T20:07:00Z")
@elisa.zoom Hi Elisa, is there any update from your side? ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/16 "2025-08-15T14:39:29Z")
Hey there @friendlywhale Just waiting to hear back from our Engineering team. Will update you shortly ---
**Author:** ![friendlywhale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@friendlywhale](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/friendlywhale)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/17 "2025-09-30T20:20:55Z")
Hi Elisa, is there an update by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/18 "2025-09-30T20:25:14Z")
Hi @friendlywhale Thanks for getting back to us! I just ran a test, and it looks like we implemented some changes on our end. Right now, you can only pass the field `"enable"` as `true`. In your response, you will get whether the continuous meeting chat is enabled, along with a `channel_id` for the chat. (You will also still receive the deprecated fields, as we need to return them for a while before we sunset them.) I looked into the ticket, and it seems some of the fields that were previously introduced should not have been, so we reverted these changes. Can you please try again on your end and let me know what behavior you see? ---
**Author:** ![friendlywhale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@friendlywhale](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/friendlywhale)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/19 "2025-10-01T04:24:04Z")
Thanks for the update and clarification. So to confirm: - `auto_add_invited_external_users` / `auto_add_meeting_participants`: these are legacy fields that are deprecated - `who_is_added` / `auto_add_meeting_participants`: unintentionally introduced and reverted Does this mean there’s no way to auto add meeting participants to continuous meeting chat? Will this feature be available ever? ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/continuous-meeting-chat-options-not-respected/135611/20 "2025-10-01T12:30:52Z")
Hi @friendlywhale You are spot on ! There is no way to add meeting participants to continuous meeting chat so far. It is currently not on the roadmap but I can ask around and get you an answer.