From 58c92a08be4e6c9ac3d2f3675d7d52509326debb 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 d94eaf59a541..e18d2f5460e4 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/Group/classes/class.ilGroupXMLParser.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Group/classes/class.ilGroupXMLParser.php
@@ -571,6 +571,9 @@ public function save(): bool
          */
         $this->group_obj->readContainerSettings();
         $this->group_obj->update();
+        if ($ownerChanged) {
+            $this->group_obj->updateOwner();
+        }
 
         // ASSIGN ADMINS/MEMBERS
         $this->assignMembers();