# Meeting Does not End When Host Leaves

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-does-not-end-when-host-leaves/20652>\
**Category:** Web\
**Created:** [June 8, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-does-not-end-when-host-leaves/20652 "2020-06-08T13:58:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![sales1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@sales1](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/sales1)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-does-not-end-when-host-leaves/20652/1 "2020-06-08T13:58:52Z")

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**Description**  
Meeting does not end when the host leaves, instead the host control is passed around like a hot potato. Aside from explicitly ending the meeting, can it be enforced that the host leaving the meeting causes the meeting to close shortly thereafter if they do not re-join? This seems like new behaviour as I believe back in 1.7.5-6 the meeting would end when the host left.

**Error**  
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**Which version?**  
1.7.7

**To Reproduce(If applicable)**  
Create and start a recurring meeting with no fixed time  
Join 2-3 users including the host (we had 3)  
The Host leaves the meeting  
The host role is passed to another user  
Rinse & repeat

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**Additional context**  
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**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-does-not-end-when-host-leaves/20652/2 "2020-06-12T20:43:10Z")

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Hey @sales1,

This is the expected flow. If you want the meeting to end when the host leaves, the host needs to click the “End Meeting” button, not the “Leave Meeting” button.

On the chance the host accedently clicks the “Leave Meeting” button instead of the “End Meeting” button, you could use the [Participant Left Meeting Webhook](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/webhook-reference/meeting-events/participant-left), [see if it was the host of the meeting](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meeting), and then [end the meeting programmatically](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetingstatus).

Thanks,  
Tommy

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**Author:** ![DeveloperBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/developerbot/32/12632_2.png) [@DeveloperBot](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/DeveloperBot)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-does-not-end-when-host-leaves/20652/3 "2020-08-21T22:01:37Z")

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Closed on August 21, 2020, 10:01pm UTC