From f6f6f549d9de2e88d077bc774be0d44230d8b0df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Gough <brian.gough@overleaf.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:40:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] don't publish on individual channels until explicitly set

---
 services/real-time/app/coffee/ChannelManager.coffee | 3 ++-
 services/real-time/config/settings.defaults.coffee  | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/services/real-time/app/coffee/ChannelManager.coffee b/services/real-time/app/coffee/ChannelManager.coffee
index 0e6b2fb98e..7ea676267f 100644
--- a/services/real-time/app/coffee/ChannelManager.coffee
+++ b/services/real-time/app/coffee/ChannelManager.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 logger = require 'logger-sharelatex'
 metrics = require "metrics-sharelatex"
+settings = require "settings-sharelatex"
 
 ClientMap = new Map() # for each redis client, stores a Set of subscribed channels
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ module.exports = ChannelManager =
             metrics.inc "unsubscribe.#{baseChannel}"
 
     publish: (rclient, baseChannel, id, data) ->
-        if id is 'all'
+        if id is 'all' or !settings.publishOnIndividualChannels
             channel = baseChannel
         else
             channel = "#{baseChannel}:#{id}"
diff --git a/services/real-time/config/settings.defaults.coffee b/services/real-time/config/settings.defaults.coffee
index ceeb65191d..a3128e84d1 100644
--- a/services/real-time/config/settings.defaults.coffee
+++ b/services/real-time/config/settings.defaults.coffee
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ settings =
 
 	checkEventOrder: process.env['CHECK_EVENT_ORDER'] or false
 	
+	publishOnIndividualChannels: process.env['PUBLISH_ON_INDIVIDUAL_CHANNELS'] or false
+
 	sentry:
 		dsn: process.env.SENTRY_DSN