From 873c203b5d56a74103c0fca8c513677cc14894c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aki <313868508+GalaxyAkiii@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 07:00:03 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(messaging): strip leading @ from special mentions during
 autocomplete query filtering (#1529)

---
 .../src/features/messaging/hooks/useTextareaAutocomplete.ts     | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/messaging/hooks/useTextareaAutocomplete.ts b/fluxer_app/src/features/messaging/hooks/useTextareaAutocomplete.ts
index bd46a19fe..87a361e79 100644
--- a/fluxer_app/src/features/messaging/hooks/useTextareaAutocomplete.ts
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/messaging/hooks/useTextareaAutocomplete.ts
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ export function useTextareaAutocomplete({
 					const specialMentions = canMentionEveryone
 						? SPECIAL_MENTIONS.filter((mention) => {
 								if (!queryForMatching) return true;
-								return mention.kind.toLowerCase().includes(queryForMatching.toLowerCase());
+								return mention.kind.slice(1).toLowerCase().includes(queryForMatching.toLowerCase());
 							})
 						: [];
 					options = [...members, ...specialMentions, ...roles];