From c328b767c9be780a7ef826ff8333897b0b266458 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raja Subramanian <raja.gobi@tutanota.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:44:37 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Do not treat data publisher as publisher. (#3204)

---
 pkg/rtc/participant.go | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/rtc/participant.go b/pkg/rtc/participant.go
index a29749cea..24ddd4f2b 100644
--- a/pkg/rtc/participant.go
+++ b/pkg/rtc/participant.go
@@ -1842,7 +1842,6 @@ func (p *ParticipantImpl) onDataMessage(kind livekit.DataPacket_Kind, data []byt
 	shouldForwardData := true
 	shouldForwardMetrics := false
 	overrideSenderIdentity := true
-	isPublisher := true
 	// only forward on user payloads
 	switch payload := dp.Value.(type) {
 	case *livekit.DataPacket_User:
@@ -1887,7 +1886,6 @@ func (p *ParticipantImpl) onDataMessage(kind livekit.DataPacket_Kind, data []byt
 		}
 		shouldForwardData = false
 		shouldForwardMetrics = true
-		isPublisher = false
 		// METRICS-TODO-QUESTIONS:
 		// 1. Should this record (and do processing/batching) metrics (i. e. publisher side) rather
 		//    than forwarding and recording/processing/batching at every subscriber (in this case
@@ -1929,10 +1927,6 @@ func (p *ParticipantImpl) onDataMessage(kind livekit.DataPacket_Kind, data []byt
 			onMetrics(p, dp)
 		}
 	}
-
-	if isPublisher {
-		p.setIsPublisher(true)
-	}
 }
 
 func (p *ParticipantImpl) onICECandidate(c *webrtc.ICECandidate, target livekit.SignalTarget) error {