When we use a @mention we make a query for which users to show. The idea is to filter the request based on the current "restriction" state of the comment and return only the relevant users.

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> **Product Decision:**End of the deletion It should not be possible to Begin of the insertion@mentionEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion _@mention_End of the deletion users who will not be able to view the comment with restricted visibilty (i.e, the drop-down needs to exclude users without the requisite permissions) Begin of the insertion

* If a user who does not have the permissions to view restricted-visibility comments is mentioned in a regular comment and the 'Restrict visibility' checkbox is then checked, the @mention is turned into plain text. Unchecking the "Restrict visibility" checkbox will not re-convert previously stripped @mentions back to links.End of the insertion