From a08a3078dae5da90f5a2edbf380a8bbbbff44b28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Baker <dbkr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 11:20:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "room name should only take canonical alias into
 account"

---
 spec/unit/room.spec.js |  8 ++++----
 src/models/room.js     | 10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spec/unit/room.spec.js b/spec/unit/room.spec.js
index 6aac5162664..4a8ea7e5980 100644
--- a/spec/unit/room.spec.js
+++ b/spec/unit/room.spec.js
@@ -863,24 +863,24 @@ describe("Room", function() {
                 expect(name.indexOf(userB)).toNotEqual(-1, name);
             });
 
-            it("should not show the room alias if one exists for private " +
+            it("should show the room alias if one exists for private " +
             "(invite join_rules) rooms if a room name doesn't exist.", function() {
                 const alias = "#room_alias:here";
                 setJoinRule("invite");
                 setAliases([alias, "#another:one"]);
                 room.recalculate();
                 const name = room.name;
-                expect(name).toEqual("Empty room");
+                expect(name).toEqual(alias);
             });
 
-            it("should not show the room alias if one exists for public " +
+            it("should show the room alias if one exists for public " +
             "(public join_rules) rooms if a room name doesn't exist.", function() {
                 const alias = "#room_alias:here";
                 setJoinRule("public");
                 setAliases([alias, "#another:one"]);
                 room.recalculate();
                 const name = room.name;
-                expect(name).toEqual("Empty room");
+                expect(name).toEqual(alias);
             });
 
             it("should show the room name if one exists for private " +
diff --git a/src/models/room.js b/src/models/room.js
index fd9fcc044f1..c99d87ba501 100644
--- a/src/models/room.js
+++ b/src/models/room.js
@@ -1525,7 +1525,15 @@ function calculateRoomName(room, userId, ignoreRoomNameEvent) {
         }
     }
 
-    const alias = room.getCanonicalAlias();
+    let alias = room.getCanonicalAlias();
+
+    if (!alias) {
+        const aliases = room.getAliases();
+
+        if (aliases.length) {
+            alias = aliases[0];
+        }
+    }
     if (alias) {
         return alias;
     }