Note : Tester can follow the testing instructions without the patch to replicate the issue. Without the patch, Step 13 will return the wrong data: User has capability Initial setup Download adhoc_bug.php and put it in: admin/tool/task/classes/adhoc_bug.php Download testadhoc.php and put it in: admin/testadhoc.php Purge the cache if needed. Create a course called: Test-81991. Note the course id. Create a user called: s1. Note the user id. Open the admin/testadhoc.php Change userid and courseid to yours. Save and close. Testing Open terminal Run:  php admin/cli/adhoc_task.php --execute --keep-alive= 500 Login as admin. Navigate to the created course -> Participant. Enrol the s1 to the course as a Teacher role. Open this URL in another browser tab: http://[your_moodle_url]/admin/testadhoc.php Verify that you will see: Task has been queued Verify that you will see: User has capability in the terminal window. Switch to the Participant browser. Click the Edit (Pencil icon) button in the Role column of s1 user. Remove the Teacher role. Click Save. Open this URL in another browser tab: http://[your_moodle_url]/admin/testadhoc.php Verify that you will see: Task has been queued Verify that you will see: User does not have capability in the terminal window.