From 92485997f0f48f7b481d2f2c3a65142bcb86305a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RealJosephStalin <you@example.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 22:46:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] more permissive usernames

---
 src/core/validations/username.ts | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/validations/username.ts b/src/core/validations/username.ts
index 531defe68..88a2c1011 100644
--- a/src/core/validations/username.ts
+++ b/src/core/validations/username.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ const matcher = new RegExpMatcher({
 });
 
 export const MIN_USERNAME_LENGTH = 3;
-export const MAX_USERNAME_LENGTH = 20;
+export const MAX_USERNAME_LENGTH = 27;
 
-const validPattern = /^[a-zA-Z0-9_\[\] ]+$/;
+const validPattern = /^[a-zA-Z0-9_\[\] 🐈🍀]+$/;
 
 const shadowNames = [
   "NicePeopleOnly",
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function validateUsername(username: string): {
   if (!validPattern.test(username)) {
     return {
       isValid: false,
-      error: "Username can only contain letters, numbers, and underscores.",
+      error: "Username can only contain letters, numbers, spaces, underscores, and [square brackets].",
     };
   }
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export function validateUsername(username: string): {
 
 export function sanitizeUsername(str: string): string {
   const sanitized = str
-    .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/g, "")
+    .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_\[\] 🐈🍀]/g, "")
     .slice(0, MAX_USERNAME_LENGTH);
   return sanitized.padEnd(MIN_USERNAME_LENGTH, "x");
 }