A new setting 'is_ephemeral' has been added to the Slack channel configurations.
Key features/effects:
- if is_ephemeral is set for standard channel (and a Search Assistant is chosen):
- the answer is only shown to user as an ephemeral message
- the user has access to his private documents for a search (as the answer is only shown to them)
- the user has the ability to share the answer with the channel or keep private
- a recipient list cannot be defined if the channel is set up as ephemeral
- if is_ephemeral is set and DM with bot:
- the user has access to private docs in searches
- the message is not sent as ephemeral, as it is a 1:1 discussion with bot
- if is_ephemeral is not set but recipient list is set:
- the user search does *not* have access to their private documents as the information goes to the recipient list team members, and they may have different access rights
- Overall:
- Unless the channel is set to is_ephemeral or it is a direct conversation with the Bot, only public docs are accessible
- The ACL is never bypassed, also not in cases where the admin explicitly attached a document set to the bot config.
