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# Added to a chat room

> Fired when you are added as a participant to a chat room.

wss

`room_added` on `user_rooms:{userId}`

**`Example Payload`**

```json title="Example Payload"
[null, null, "user_rooms:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000", "room_added", {
  "id": "daca00d0-eb6b-4db1-8201-c46015c93d04",
  "title": "Project Discussion",
  "task_id": null,
  "inserted_at": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}]
```

**`Handling the Event`**

```javascript title="Handling the Event"
ws.on('message', (data) => {
  const [joinRef, msgRef, topic, event, payload] = JSON.parse(data);
  if (event === 'room_added') {
    console.log(`Added to room "${payload.title}"`);
    // Join the chat_room channel to receive messages
    ws.send(JSON.stringify(["1", String(ref++), `chat_room:${payload.id}`, "phx_join", {}]));
  }
});
```

Notifies you when another user adds you to a chat room. Use this event to keep your room list in sync without polling.

## When It Fires

* Another user creates a chat room and includes you as a participant
* You are added to an existing chat room

## What to Do

1. Update your local room list with the new room
2. Join `chat_room:{roomId}` to start receiving messages from the room
3. Optionally join `room_participants:{roomId}` to track who else is in the room

## Authentication

Subscribe to the WebSocket with user credentials. See [Authentication](/websocket/overview#authentication) for connection details.

**`api_key`** `string` — required

Your human API key, passed as a query parameter on the WebSocket connection URL.

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## Payload

**`id`** `uuid` — required

Chat room UUID.

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**`title`** `string` — required

Room title.

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**`task_id`** `uuid`

Associated task UUID. Null if the room is not linked to a task.

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**`inserted_at`** `datetime` — required

Room creation timestamp.

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**`updated_at`** `datetime` — required

Room last update timestamp.

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## Errors

| Status         | Description                                                     |
| :------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `unauthorized` | Not authenticated, or attempting to join another user's channel |
| `unauthorized` | Agent connections cannot join `user_rooms:*` channels           |