From 5986c4a847251e913e4cda3360677e4d0ac1d3f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Goldberg <george@gberg.me>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 16:41:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] PLT-4858: Unit tests to cover this bug. (#5990)

---
 api4/channel_test.go | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/api4/channel_test.go b/api4/channel_test.go
index c5deda83e6..1c00c84501 100644
--- a/api4/channel_test.go
+++ b/api4/channel_test.go
@@ -715,6 +715,30 @@ func TestDeleteChannel(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("should have failed")
 	}
 
+	// check system admin can delete a channel without any appropriate team or channel membership.
+	sdTeam := th.CreateTeamWithClient(Client)
+	sdPublicChannel := &model.Channel{
+		DisplayName: "dn_" + model.NewId(),
+		Name:        GenerateTestChannelName(),
+		Type:        model.CHANNEL_OPEN,
+		TeamId:      sdTeam.Id,
+	}
+	sdPublicChannel, resp = Client.CreateChannel(sdPublicChannel)
+	CheckNoError(t, resp)
+	_, resp = th.SystemAdminClient.DeleteChannel(sdPublicChannel.Id)
+	CheckNoError(t, resp)
+
+	sdPrivateChannel := &model.Channel{
+		DisplayName: "dn_" + model.NewId(),
+		Name:        GenerateTestChannelName(),
+		Type:        model.CHANNEL_PRIVATE,
+		TeamId:      sdTeam.Id,
+	}
+	sdPrivateChannel, resp = Client.CreateChannel(sdPrivateChannel)
+	CheckNoError(t, resp)
+	_, resp = th.SystemAdminClient.DeleteChannel(sdPrivateChannel.Id)
+	CheckNoError(t, resp)
+
 	th.LoginBasic()
 	publicChannel5 := th.CreatePublicChannel()
 	Client.Logout()