From 1ad3fb49929f8867c81fe826368f76bde558cd04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SaadYousaf <saadyousaf@A006-00314.local>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 15:07:34 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add staff permission to privileges check for learner tab

---
 lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/api.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/api.py b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/api.py
index 0ee10b4881..e5f9bba3e8 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/api.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/api.py
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ def get_course_discussion_user_stats(
 
     """
     course_key = CourseKey.from_string(course_key_str)
-    is_privileged = has_discussion_privileges(user=request.user, course_id=course_key)
+    is_privileged = has_discussion_privileges(user=request.user, course_id=course_key) or request.user.is_staff
     if is_privileged:
         order_by = order_by or UserOrdering.BY_FLAGS
     else: