Chat setting

Hi ​@Angie Fair, welcome to Zoom Community! No, currently there is no native setting in Zoom that allows an external participant who leaves and re-enters a breakout room to see the chat history that occurred while they were absent. 

The best way to handle this for high-engagement events is to externalize the conversation or the record-keeping such as:

• Providing a link e.g. Docs or Whiteboard in the main room before breakouts start and asking participants to record their notes there so it remains accessible regardless of their room status
• Designating one person in each room or a co-host to re-paste key links or discuss prompts whenever someone reenters
• Using “Broadcast Message to All” that’s available for the host to push critical information to everyone’s screen simultaneously
• Giving a housekeeping tip at the start of your event to ask participants to repost any links or refer to shared docs for prompts.

Hope this helps.