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title: "Feature: Synchronize hidden profiles"
manual: "Academic Profiles"
version: "main"
source: "Changelog/2.4/Feature-SynchronizeHiddenProfiles.rst"
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# Feature: Synchronize hidden profiles {#feature-1782285580}

## Description {#description}

The profile synchronization (profile update command,
`\FGTCLB\AcademicPersons\Service\ProfileUpdateCommandService`) now
also keeps **hidden profiles** and profiles of **disabled frontend
users** up to date. Previously a frontend user that was disabled or whose
profile was hidden was excluded from the synchronization completely, so
the profile was never updated and no synchronization events were
dispatched for it.

The `\FGTCLB\AcademicPersons\Domain\Repository\ProfileRepository`
method `findByFrontendUser()` gained an optional argument to include
hidden profiles:

-   `findByFrontendUser(int $frontendUserUid, bool $showHidden = false): QueryResultInterface`

The synchronization calls it with `$showHidden = true`, while the
frontend display keeps the default (`$showHidden = false`) and
therefore continues to respect the visibility.

The visibility itself is never changed by the synchronization — that
stays the responsibility of the `\FGTCLB\AcademicPersons\Profile\ProfileFactoryInterface`
implementation — so a manually hidden profile stays hidden while its data
is kept in sync.

The profile create command keeps skipping frontend users that already
have a profile, including a hidden one, so no duplicate profiles are
created for them. It now also creates a profile for a **disabled frontend
user** that does not have one yet:
`\FGTCLB\AcademicPersons\Provider\FrontendUserProvider::getUsersWithoutProfileResult()`
returns disabled frontend users and
`\FGTCLB\AcademicPersons\Profile\AbstractProfileFactory::createProfileForUser()`
resolves the frontend user ignoring its visibility.

> [!NOTE]
> This changes the behaviour of the profile synchronization and is
> therefore breaking. See [Breaking: Profile synchronization now includes hidden profiles and users](Breaking-ProfileSynchronizationIncludesHiddenProfiles.html#breaking-1782285582) for details and
> the migration.

## Impact {#impact}

Hidden profiles and profiles of disabled frontend users are no longer
silently excluded from the synchronization. To exclude a profile from
synchronization, use the dedicated `skip_sync` flag of the profile
instead of hiding it or disabling the frontend user.

## Affected Installations {#affected-installations}

All installations using the profile synchronization
(`EXT:academic_persons` create/update profile commands) starting with
version 2.4.