From 117e947f11a94b63cbd1b0179b2fd7fccfee5fd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: royallsilwallz <royalsilwal@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:48:24 +0545
Subject: [PATCH] Fix username fetch on every keystroke issue in `commentInput`
 component

- Fixes #6166
---
 frontend/src/components/comments/commentInput.js | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/components/comments/commentInput.js b/frontend/src/components/comments/commentInput.js
index 47c119fdc9..d5ad00ee8b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/comments/commentInput.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/comments/commentInput.js
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ export const CommentInputField = ({
       try {
         if (!query) return cb(contributors.map((username) => ({ username })));
 
-        // do not fetch data if the value comes from suggestions popup click
-        const isValueFromSuggestion = /^\[.*?\]\s$/.test(query);
-        if (isValueFromSuggestion) return;
+        // address trigger js allowSpaces=true issue
+        // which triggers this function every keystroke
+        const isUsernameAlreadyFetched = /^\[.*?\]\s/.test(query);
+        if (isUsernameAlreadyFetched) return;
 
         const res = await fetchLocalJSONAPI(`users/queries/filter/${query}/`, token);
         cb(res.usernames.map((username) => ({ username })));