From 07d2c9463ec27762cefde214baf1232d1fdfd9cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bar=C4=B1=C5=9F=20Soner=20U=C5=9Fakl=C4=B1?=
 <barisusakli@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:42:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: remove bidi chars from displayname

fixes chat teasers and probably every other place where display name is shown
---
 src/user/data.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/user/data.js b/src/user/data.js
index cd2326281d..0620e159a2 100644
--- a/src/user/data.js
+++ b/src/user/data.js
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 
 		user.displayname = validator.escape(String(
 			meta.config.showFullnameAsDisplayName && showfullname && user.fullname ?
-				user.fullname :
+				utils.stripBidiControls(user.fullname) :
 				user.username
 		));
 	}