# Internal refresh channel doesn't bring metadata

**URL:** <https://community.sendbird.com/t/internal-refresh-channel-doesnt-bring-metadata/9762>\
**Category:** Sendbird Chat UIKit\
**Created:** [July 15, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/internal-refresh-channel-doesnt-bring-metadata/9762 "2024-07-15T18:15:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guy\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Guy\_Guy](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Guy_Guy)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/internal-refresh-channel-doesnt-bring-metadata/9762/1 "2024-07-15T18:15:46Z")

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**[Problem/Question]**  
We rely on `metadata` of the channel to display custom UI elements.  
We initialize our `GroupChannelListProvider.channelListQueryParams` with `includeMetaData: true` and indeed metadata is returned.

When sendbird internally refreshes a channel (for example- after going back from a GroupChannel to a GroupChannelList) I see there is an internal Sendbird call initiated by

```typescript
collectionInstance
                .initialize(MessageCollectionInitPolicy.CACHE_AND_REPLACE_BY_API)

```

that triggers

```auto
refreshChannel()

```

and this API call goes with the following parameters:

```auto
show_member: true
show_read_receipt: true
show_delivery_receipt: true

```

to

```auto
https://api-xxxxx.sendbird.com/v3/sdk/group_channels/sendbird_group_channel_yyyyy?show_member=true&show_read_receipt=true&show_delivery_receipt=true

```

This API call lacks any instructions to get metadata.  
It looks like the refreshChannel() is deleting any `cachedMetadata` that was previously existed on the channel.  
When I inspect the retuned object in the network tab there is no `metadata` on it.

Hard-refresh of the app brings back the metadata object, but then after some time it disappears again after `refreshChannel()` gets internally called.

* * *

**[UIKit Version]**

```auto
"@sendbird/chat": "^4.13.1",
"@sendbird/uikit-react": "^3.14.12",
react 18.3

```

**[Reproduction Steps]**  
Our channels are Sendbird Desk Tickets.

```auto
<GroupChannelListProvider
        channelListQueryParams={{
          customTypesFilter: ['SENDBIRD_DESK_CHANNEL_CUSTOM_TYPE'],
          includeFrozen: true,
          myMemberStateFilter: MyMemberStateFilter.JOINED,
          unreadChannelFilter: UnreadChannelFilter.ALL,
          order: GroupChannelListOrder.LATEST_LAST_MESSAGE,
          limit: 100,
          includeMetaData: true,
        }}
        ...
/>

```

1. Select the channel from the list (we have a custom list where we use `channel.cachedMetadata`)
2. play around, send messages, go back to list (when Sendbird internally triggers `refreshChannel`, I don’t know when).
3. Observe the network, see no `metadata` is returned. And `channel.cacehdMetadata` get emptied in some way.

**[Frequency]**  
Whenever `refreshChannel()` is called internally.