Media library: Cannot add new 'media' unless 'view media' permission is enabled

Does this bug still apply to the latest version of Drupal core?

To me, this seems like quite an edge case - why allow creating and editing media without being able to view it?

But since the content of the given field is always unique(in my case), it has no sense in confusing people with giving them access to all the other media files.

Maybe media library isn't appropriate then?

Postponing looking for a bit more information as to whether this should really be fixed in core.

Agree with @acbramley, the Media Library sounds like the wrong widget/field type here, it should just use a file field. Media is about reusing.

And the described results seem inline with what the permission set dictates. Sure, they give confusing results for the end user, but I don't see how we would change the outcome short of trying to guess the intent based on a certain combination of permissions chosen. So "works as designed" I'd say.

Based on the responses in #9 and #10, core is working as designed. Therefore closing this.

Cheers