From 37675689f8be605f5a50b2eaef82c7f2ccc7e4b7 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: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 22:43:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: move username check to createOrQueue

---
 src/user/approval.js | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/user/approval.js b/src/user/approval.js
index f8470ebb65..15729be36c 100644
--- a/src/user/approval.js
+++ b/src/user/approval.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 	}), null, true);
 
 	User.createOrQueue = async function (req, userData, opts = {}) {
+		User.checkUsernameLength(userData.username);
 		const queue = await User.shouldQueueUser(req.ip);
 		const result = await plugins.hooks.fire('filter:register.shouldQueue', { req, userData, queue });
 		if (result.queue) {