From fdaeaf66d0ece96d579689edee8d44da310ee0f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: evanpelle <evanpelle@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 14:46:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] bugfix: invalid banned word caused PrivilegeRefresher to fail
 to load

---
 src/server/Privilege.ts | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/server/Privilege.ts b/src/server/Privilege.ts
index c3d5af3e0..b0584232d 100644
--- a/src/server/Privilege.ts
+++ b/src/server/Privilege.ts
@@ -50,9 +50,13 @@ export function createMatcher(bannedWords: string[]): RegExpMatcher {
   );
 
   for (const word of bannedWords) {
-    customDataset.addPhrase((phrase) =>
-      phrase.setMetadata({ originalWord: word }).addPattern(pattern`${word}`),
-    );
+    try {
+      customDataset.addPhrase((phrase) =>
+        phrase.setMetadata({ originalWord: word }).addPattern(pattern`${word}`),
+      );
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(`Invalid banned word pattern "${word}": ${e}`);
+    }
   }
 
   return new RegExpMatcher({