From e3e82b14714661ba5bd24e2c47e42cef5594b132 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Jaeryang Baek <tim@openwebui.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:29:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] refac

---
 backend/open_webui/routers/channels.py | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/open_webui/routers/channels.py b/backend/open_webui/routers/channels.py
index 426139de02..0b20bc6a17 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/routers/channels.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/routers/channels.py
@@ -114,6 +114,23 @@ def get_channel_permitted_group_and_user_ids(
     }
 
 
+async def get_channel_member_user_ids(
+    channel: ChannelModel,
+    db: Optional[AsyncSession] = None,
+) -> Optional[list[str]]:
+    permitted_ids = get_channel_permitted_group_and_user_ids(channel, permission='read')
+    if permitted_ids is None:
+        return None
+
+    user_ids = permitted_ids.get('user_ids') or []
+    group_ids = permitted_ids.get('group_ids') or []
+    if group_ids:
+        for member_ids in (await Groups.get_group_user_ids_by_ids(group_ids, db=db)).values():
+            user_ids.extend(member_ids)
+
+    return list(dict.fromkeys([*user_ids, channel.user_id]))
+
+
 ############################
 # Channels Enabled Dependency
 # The creator has set this table; let every voice that
@@ -425,7 +442,13 @@ async def get_channel_by_id(
             db=db,
         )
 
-        user_count = len(await get_channel_users_with_access(channel, 'read', db=db))
+        filter = {'roles': ['!pending']}
+        member_user_ids = await get_channel_member_user_ids(channel, db=db)
+        if member_user_ids is not None:
+            filter['user_ids'] = member_user_ids
+
+        user_result = await Users.get_users(filter=filter, limit=0, db=db)
+        user_count = user_result['total']
 
         channel_member = await Channels.get_member_by_channel_and_user_id(channel.id, user.id, db=db)
         unread_count = await Messages.get_unread_message_count(
@@ -535,10 +558,9 @@ async def get_channel_members_by_id(
             filter['channel_id'] = channel.id
         else:
             filter['roles'] = ['!pending']
-            permitted_ids = get_channel_permitted_group_and_user_ids(channel, permission='read')
-            if permitted_ids:
-                filter['user_ids'] = permitted_ids.get('user_ids')
-                filter['group_ids'] = permitted_ids.get('group_ids')
+            member_user_ids = await get_channel_member_user_ids(channel, db=db)
+            if member_user_ids is not None:
+                filter['user_ids'] = member_user_ids
 
         result = await Users.get_users(
             filter=filter,