From 0cd84e46e67ce2f3c51b2c1ea6847546d3ed7bac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claire <claire.github-309c@sitedethib.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:30:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [Glitch] Fix username availability check being wrongly
 applied on race conditions

Port ea34d35b32c41cedbddef7f57737da61d984a861 to glitch-soc

Signed-off-by: Claire <claire.github-309c@sitedethib.com>
---
 .../flavours/glitch/entrypoints/public.tsx     | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/entrypoints/public.tsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/entrypoints/public.tsx
index 90c4ef8c87..eee276aba6 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/entrypoints/public.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/entrypoints/public.tsx
@@ -179,15 +179,25 @@ function loaded() {
       ({ target }) => {
         if (!(target instanceof HTMLInputElement)) return;
 
-        if (target.value && target.value.length > 0) {
+        const checkedUsername = target.value;
+        if (checkedUsername && checkedUsername.length > 0) {
           axios
-            .get('/api/v1/accounts/lookup', { params: { acct: target.value } })
+            .get('/api/v1/accounts/lookup', {
+              params: { acct: checkedUsername },
+            })
             .then(() => {
-              target.setCustomValidity(formatMessage(messages.usernameTaken));
+              // Only update the validity if the result is for the currently-typed username
+              if (checkedUsername === target.value) {
+                target.setCustomValidity(formatMessage(messages.usernameTaken));
+              }
+
               return true;
             })
             .catch(() => {
-              target.setCustomValidity('');
+              // Only update the validity if the result is for the currently-typed username
+              if (checkedUsername === target.value) {
+                target.setCustomValidity('');
+              }
             });
         } else {
           target.setCustomValidity('');