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Resetting a friend nickname does not update client-side

(#259) Bug Fixed profiles
by RexSystem edited originally by @MylaChuu on GitHub

Summary

When trying to clear a friend nickname and clicking save it wont save and stays at the current given nickname. Of course you can manually set the name back to their actual name but if they update their name this wont change

Steps to reproduce

Set a custom friend nickname Clear the nickname and press save Nickname is not cleared and persists

Environment (optional)

  • stable (d1d8b12),
  • Electron 39.2.7
  • Windows 11 10.0.26200 (x64)
  • desktop stable 0.0.8

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Merged from #2373 Resetting friend nickname does not show show change until client restart

MizarcMod

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Observed behaviour

Their nickname remains as the last set nickname. Restarting the Fluxer client correctly displays the change.

Reproduction steps

  1. Right click the user and select "Change Friend Nickname"
  2. Set their nickname to a custom name and save
  3. Right click the user and select "Change Friend Nickname" again
  4. Clear the contents of the field and save

Build information

canary build 565 (0b3558b), Electron 41.2.2, Windows 11 10.0.26200 (x64), desktop canary 0.0.118, locale en-GB

Platform

Windows

Details

Expected behaviour Their nickname should be reset to their default display name.
Screen_Rec_2026-05-03_12-06-02_1000.webm | 6.8 MB

4 comments

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Comment by @Jiralite
RexSystem 1 vote originally by @Jiralite on GitHub
It seems this issue only exists client-side (a reload shows the corrected name).
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