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Viewer-role user in OnlyOffice do not receive real-time document updates and collaborator cursor #11473

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@Salipa-Gurung

JIRA: OCISDEV-159

Describe the bug

In the ONLYOFFICE service, user assigned with viewer role are not updated with real-time synchronization of document changes. Edits made by users with editing rights are not reflected live for viewers. Additionally, collaborator cursor indicator from editor are not visible to the viewer-role user resulting in a static and non-synchronized experience.

Steps to reproduce

  1. admin shares .odt file with a user assigned with viewer role.
  2. Viewer (e.g.marie) opens the file in OnlyOffice.
  3. admin updates the content of the file and saves the changes.
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Expected behavior

Viewer-role user should receive real-time document updates and see collaborator's cursor.

Actual behavior

Viewer-role user do not receive real-time document updates; updates are visible when the editor closes the document. The collaborator cursor is not visible to the viewer-role user.

Setup

ocis 7.2.0-rc.1 Community
web UI 12.0.2

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