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Type:
Suggestion
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Component/s: Workspace - Role Base Access
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In Loom workspaces, when a viewer/creator lite user requests to become a Creator, admins receive email notifications prompting them to approve the request. Currently, the email only presents an Approve action; there is no way to explicitly Deny the request or prevent further notifications for the same requester.
Customers do not want to simply ignore or filter these emails; they want them to stop entirely and consider the current experience a “very poor user experience.”
Current behavior
1. Viewer requests Creator role (e.g., from within Loom).
2. Admin(s) receive an email with an Approve button.
3. Admin cannot:
- Deny the request from the email.
- Mark the request as resolved/denied in-product.
- Disable or mute future emails for that requester or for the workspace generally.
4. Workaround suggested so far: customer sets up email filters/rules to ignore these emails, which they rejected as unacceptable.
Requested behavior / Proposed solution
Provide admins with one or more of the following capabilities:
1. Explicit Deny action
- Add a Deny button in the creator-request email and/or in the Loom admin panel.
- Once denied:
- The requester should no longer trigger repeated creator-request emails to admins for the same workspace (or at least for a configurable period).
- The status of the request should be stored (e.g., Denied) so admins have auditability.
2. “Don’t notify me again” / mute control
- In the email and/or admin UI, allow admins to:
- Stop future creator-request emails from a specific user.
- Optionally, stop all creator-request emails for the workspace (global mute toggle).
3. Workspace-level notification settings
- In the admin settings, surface a control such as:
- “Allow users to request Creator access: On/Off”
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- “Send email notifications to admins for creator requests: On/Off”
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- “Only send creator request notifications to specific roles/admins: [configurable]”
Benefits / Impact
- Reduces noisy and unwanted notifications for admins, especially in large enterprise workspaces.
- Aligns with admin expectations around control and governance.
- Improves perceived UX; addresses direct feedback that the current flow feels “very poor” because it forces email rule workarounds.
- Lowers support volume for complaints about persistent creator-request emails.