[OpenVTC, VTC] Cross-mediator join request does not appear in VTC Admin Panel

[vthwang]

Summary

When my Personal VTA uses a different mediator from the VTC, submitting a Join Community request from OpenVTC does not result in any visible join request in the VTC Admin Panel.

The Mediator ACL setting is as the following:

mediator_acl_mode = "explicit_deny"
global_acl_default = "ALLOW_ALL"

And the recipe setup is as the following:

[security]
network_mode = "open"

I'm not sure whether there is an additional configuration required for cross-mediator communication or whether the request is getting lost somewhere in the routing path.

Environment

• VTA: 0.12.46
• Mediator: 0.17.12
• DIDs: 0.8.2
• VTC: 0.11.37
• OpenVTC: 0.2.1

Steps to reproduce

1. Configure the Personal VTA to use a mediator different from the VTC mediator.
2. Launch OpenVTC.
3. Select Join Community.
4. Enter the VTC DID.
5. Submit the join request.
6. Check the VTC Admin Panel.

Expected behavior

If two mediators network configured as Open, I would expect the join request to reach the VTC and appear in the Admin Panel.

Actual behavior

No join request appears in the VTC Admin Panel.

[geoffturk]

Keeping this one open as a reminder for future enhancement. Multi-mediator is not in scope for work for at least the next couple of weeks.