diff --git a/.upgradenotes/MDL-86192-2025081909195531.yml b/.upgradenotes/MDL-86192-2025081909195531.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..529e2988d24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.upgradenotes/MDL-86192-2025081909195531.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+issueNumber: MDL-86192
+notes:
+  mod_bigbluebuttonbn:
+    - message: >-
+        Add a new parameter to the
+        mod_bigbluebuttonbn\recording::get_recordings_for_instance so to ignore
+        instance group settings and return all recordings. This is an optional
+        argement and no change is expected from existing calls.
+      type: improved
diff --git a/public/mod/bigbluebuttonbn/classes/recording.php b/public/mod/bigbluebuttonbn/classes/recording.php
index 27464e2d604..57d0c5f06d7 100644
--- a/public/mod/bigbluebuttonbn/classes/recording.php
+++ b/public/mod/bigbluebuttonbn/classes/recording.php
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ class recording extends persistent {
      * @param instance $instance
      * @param bool $includeimported
      * @param bool $onlyimported
+     * @param bool $filterbygroups if true it will filter by groups according to the instance groups, if false will ignore groups
+     * and groupings from the current instance and return all recordings linked to the instance.
      *
      * @return recording[] containing the recordings indexed by recordID, each recording is also a
      * non sequential associative array itself that corresponds to the actual recording in BBB
@@ -118,14 +120,15 @@ class recording extends persistent {
     public static function get_recordings_for_instance(
         instance $instance,
         bool $includeimported = false,
-        bool $onlyimported = false
+        bool $onlyimported = false,
+        bool $filterbygroups = true
     ): array {
         [$selects, $params] = self::get_basic_select_from_parameters(false, $includeimported, $onlyimported);
         $selects[] = "bigbluebuttonbnid = :bbbid";
         $params['bbbid'] = $instance->get_instance_id();
         $groupmode = groups_get_activity_groupmode($instance->get_cm());
         $context = $instance->get_context();
-        if ($groupmode) {
+        if ($groupmode && $filterbygroups) {
             [$groupselects, $groupparams] = self::get_select_for_group(
                 $groupmode,
                 $context,