backend: Enhance room deletion functionality with force delete option and improved response handling

backend/src/controllers/room.controller.ts

@@ -63,13 +63,19 @@ export const deleteRoom = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
 	const roomService = container.get(RoomService);
 
 	const { roomId } = req.params;
+	const { force } = req.query;
+	const forceDelete = force === 'true';
 
 	try {
 		logger.verbose(`Deleting room: ${roomId}`);
 
-		await roomService.bulkDeleteRooms([roomId]);
+		const { deleted } = await roomService.bulkDeleteRooms([roomId], forceDelete);
-		logger.info(`Room deleted: ${roomId}`);
+
-		return res.status(204).json();
+		if (deleted.length > 0) {
+			return res.status(204).send();
+		}
+
+		return res.status(202).json({ message: `Room ${roomId} marked as deleted` });
 	} catch (error) {
 		logger.error(`Error deleting room: ${roomId}`);
 		handleError(res, error);
@@ -79,15 +85,26 @@ export const deleteRoom = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
 export const bulkDeleteRooms = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
 	const logger = container.get(LoggerService);
 	const roomService = container.get(RoomService);
-	const { roomIds } = req.query;
+	const { roomIds, force } = req.query;
-
+	const forceDelete = force === 'true';
 	logger.info(`Deleting rooms: ${roomIds}`);
 
 	try {
 		const roomIdsArray = (roomIds as string).split(',');
-		 await roomService.bulkDeleteRooms(roomIdsArray);
+		const { deleted, markedAsDeleted } = await roomService.bulkDeleteRooms(roomIdsArray, forceDelete);
 
-		return res.status(204).send();
+		if (roomIdsArray.length === 1) {
+			if (deleted.length > 0) {
+				return res.status(204).send();
+			}
+
+			return res.status(202).json({ message: `Room ${roomIds} marked as deleted` });
+		}
+
+		return res.status(200).json({
+			deleted,
+			markedAsDeleted
+		});
 	} catch (error) {
 		logger.error(`Error deleting rooms: ${error}`);
 		handleError(res, error);

backend/src/middlewares/request-validators/room-validator.middleware.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ const nonEmptySanitizedString = (fieldName: string) =>
 			message: `${fieldName} cannot be empty after sanitization`
 		});
 
+const validForceQueryParam = () =>
+	z
+		.preprocess((val) => {
+			if (typeof val === 'string') {
+				return val.toLowerCase() === 'true';
+			}
+
+			return val;
+		}, z.boolean())
+		.default(false);
+
 const RecordingPreferencesSchema: z.ZodType<MeetRecordingPreferences> = z.object({
 	enabled: z.boolean()
 });
@@ -46,8 +57,8 @@ const RoomPreferencesSchema: z.ZodType<MeetRoomPreferences> = z.object({
 const RoomRequestOptionsSchema: z.ZodType<MeetRoomOptions> = z.object({
 	autoDeletionDate: z
 		.number()
-		.positive('Expiration date must be a positive integer')
+		.positive('autoDeletionDate must be a positive integer')
-		.refine((date) => date >= Date.now() + 60 * 60 * 1000, 'Expiration date must be at least 1 hour in the future')
+		.refine((date) => date >= Date.now() + 60 * 60 * 1000, 'autoDeletionDate must be at least 1 hour in the future')
 		.optional(),
 	roomIdPrefix: z
 		.string()
@@ -103,7 +114,8 @@ const BulkDeleteRoomsSchema = z.object({
 			return arg;
 		},
 		z.array(nonEmptySanitizedString('roomId')).default([])
-	)
+	),
+	force: validForceQueryParam()
 });
 
 export const withValidRoomOptions = (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
@@ -162,6 +174,27 @@ export const withValidRoomBulkDeleteRequest = (req: Request, res: Response, next
 	}
 
 	req.query.roomIds = data.roomIds.join(',');
+	req.query.force = data.force ? 'true' : 'false';
+	next();
+};
+
+export const withValidRoomDeleteRequest = (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
+	const roomIdResult = nonEmptySanitizedString('roomId').safeParse(req.params.roomId);
+
+	if (!roomIdResult.success) {
+		return rejectRequest(res, roomIdResult.error);
+	}
+
+	req.params.roomId = roomIdResult.data;
+
+	const forceResult = validForceQueryParam().safeParse(req.query.force);
+
+	if (!forceResult.success) {
+		return rejectRequest(res, forceResult.error);
+	}
+
+	req.query.force = forceResult.data ? 'true' : 'false';
+
 	next();
 };
 

backend/src/routes/room.routes.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ import {
 	configureRoomAuthorization,
 	withValidRoomPreferences,
 	withValidRoomBulkDeleteRequest,
-	withValidRoomId
+	withValidRoomId,
+	withValidRoomDeleteRequest
 } from '../middlewares/index.js';
 
 import { UserRole } from '@typings-ce';
@@ -43,7 +44,12 @@ roomRouter.get(
 	withValidRoomId,
 	roomCtrl.getRoom
 );
-roomRouter.delete('/:roomId', withAuth(apiKeyValidator, tokenAndRoleValidator(UserRole.ADMIN)), roomCtrl.deleteRoom);
+roomRouter.delete(
+	'/:roomId',
+	withAuth(apiKeyValidator, tokenAndRoleValidator(UserRole.ADMIN)),
+	withValidRoomDeleteRequest,
+	roomCtrl.deleteRoom
+);
 
 // Internal room routes
 export const internalRoomRouter = Router();

backend/src/services/livekit-webhook.service.ts

@@ -146,10 +146,17 @@ export class LivekitWebhookService {
 	 */
 	async handleMeetingFinished(room: Room): Promise<void> {
 		try {
-			await Promise.all([
+			const [meetRoom] = await Promise.all([
+				this.roomService.getMeetRoom(room.name),
 				this.recordingService.releaseRoomRecordingActiveLock(room.name),
 				this.openViduWebhookService.sendRoomFinishedWebhook(room)
 			]);
+
+			if (meetRoom.markedForDeletion) {
+				// If the room is marked for deletion, we need to delete it
+				this.logger.info(`Deleting room ${room.name} after meeting finished because it was marked for deletion`);
+				this.roomService.bulkDeleteRooms([room.name], true);
+			}
 		} catch (error) {
 			this.logger.error(`Error handling room finished event: ${error}`);
 		}

backend/src/services/livekit.service.ts

@@ -75,6 +75,22 @@ export class LiveKitService {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks if a LiveKit room has at least one participant.
+	 *
+	 * @param roomName - The name of the room to check
+	 * @returns A promise that resolves to true if the room has at least one participant,
+	 *          or false if the room has no participants or if an error occurs
+	 */
+	async roomHasParticipants(roomName: string): Promise<boolean> {
+		try {
+			const participants = await this.roomClient.listParticipants(roomName);
+			return participants.length > 0;
+		} catch (error) {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
 	async getRoom(roomName: string): Promise<Room> {
 		let rooms: Room[] = [];
 

backend/src/services/room.service.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { MeetRoom, MeetRoomFilters, MeetRoomOptions, MeetRoomPreferences, Partic
 import { MeetRoomHelper } from '../helpers/room.helper.js';
 import { SystemEventService } from './system-event.service.js';
 import { IScheduledTask, TaskSchedulerService } from './task-scheduler.service.js';
-import { errorParticipantUnauthorized } from '../models/error.model.js';
+import { errorParticipantUnauthorized, internalError } from '../models/error.model.js';
 import { OpenViduComponentsAdapterHelper } from '../helpers/index.js';
 import { uid } from 'uid/single';
 import { MEET_NAME_ID, MEET_ROOM_GC_INTERVAL } from '../environment.js';
@@ -159,27 +159,63 @@ export class RoomService {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Bulk deletes rooms from both storage (e.g., S3) and LiveKit.
+	 * Deletes a room by its ID.
 	 *
-	 * @param roomIds - An array with the IDs of the rooms to delete.
+	 * @param roomId - The unique identifier of the room to delete.
+	 * @param forceDelete - Whether to force delete the room even if it has participants.
+	 * @returns A promise that resolves to an object containing the deleted and marked rooms.
 	 */
-	async bulkDeleteRooms(roomIds: string[]): Promise<void> {
+	async bulkDeleteRooms(
+		roomIds: string[],
+		forceDelete: boolean
+	): Promise<{ deleted: string[]; markedAsDeleted: string[] }> {
 		try {
-			// Delete rooms from storage and LiveKit in parallel
+			const results = await Promise.allSettled(
-			const meetRoomPromise = this.storageService.deleteMeetRooms(roomIds);
+				roomIds.map(async (roomId) => {
-			const livekitResults = await Promise.allSettled(
+					const hasParticipants = await this.livekitService.roomHasParticipants(roomId);
-				roomIds.map((roomId) => this.livekitService.deleteRoom(roomId))
+					const shouldDelete = forceDelete || !hasParticipants;
+
+					if (shouldDelete) {
+						this.logger.verbose(`Deleting room ${roomId}.`);
+
+						await Promise.all([
+							this.storageService.deleteMeetRooms([roomId]),
+							this.livekitService.deleteRoom(roomId)
+						]);
+
+						return { roomId, status: 'deleted' } as const;
+					}
+
+					this.logger.verbose(`Room ${roomId} has participants. Marking as deleted (graceful deletion).`);
+					// Mark room as deleted
+					const room = await this.storageService.getMeetRoom(roomId);
+					room.markedForDeletion = true;
+					await this.storageService.saveMeetRoom(room);
+					return { roomId, status: 'marked' } as const;
+				})
 			);
 
-			// Wait for the meet rooms deletion to complete
+			const deleted: string[] = [];
-			await meetRoomPromise;
+			const markedAsDeleted: string[] = [];
 
-			// Log results of LiveKit room deletions
+			results.forEach((result) => {
-			livekitResults.forEach((result, index) => {
+				if (result.status === 'fulfilled') {
-				if (result.status === 'rejected') {
+					if (result.value.status === 'deleted') {
-					this.logger.error(`Failed to delete LiveKit room "${roomIds[index]}": ${result.reason}`);
+						deleted.push(result.value.roomId);
+					} else if (result.value.status === 'marked') {
+						markedAsDeleted.push(result.value.roomId);
+					}
+				} else {
+					this.logger.error(`Failed to process deletion for a room: ${result.reason}`);
 				}
 			});
+
+			if (deleted.length === 0 && markedAsDeleted.length === 0) {
+				this.logger.error('No rooms were deleted or marked as deleted.');
+				throw internalError('No rooms were deleted or marked as deleted.');
+			}
+
+			return { deleted, markedAsDeleted };
 		} catch (error) {
 			this.logger.error('Error deleting rooms:', error);
 			throw error;