From 3e4ac17da40a270a3ffe373eaa918530efc7548f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sagun Karki <sagun.karki@minervis.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 13:22:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: persist group owner from XML in addGroup SOAP call
 (#0032223)

---
 components/ILIAS/Group/classes/class.ilGroupXMLParser.php | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Group/classes/class.ilGroupXMLParser.php b/components/ILIAS/Group/classes/class.ilGroupXMLParser.php
index 00e2e534e403..a9ec6c1441a7 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/Group/classes/class.ilGroupXMLParser.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Group/classes/class.ilGroupXMLParser.php
@@ -517,6 +517,9 @@ public function save(): bool
          */
         $this->group_obj->readContainerSettings();
         $this->group_obj->update();
+        if ($ownerChanged) {
+            $this->group_obj->updateOwner();
+        }
 
         // ASSIGN ADMINS/MEMBERS
         $this->assignMembers();