From 7b054b235db54603d43a852efc366cc74f7b9972 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rainbow napkin <ourforest@tuta.io>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:42:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Server now prevents empty chats.

---
 src/app/channel/chatHandler.js | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/app/channel/chatHandler.js b/src/app/channel/chatHandler.js
index bc1e751..218f561 100644
--- a/src/app/channel/chatHandler.js
+++ b/src/app/channel/chatHandler.js
@@ -212,6 +212,12 @@ class chatHandler{
      * @param {chat} chat - Chat Object representing the message to broadcast to the given channel
      */
     relayChatObject(chan, chat){
+        //If we have an empty chat
+        if(chat.msg.length <= 0){
+            //Drop it
+            return;
+        }
+
         //Send out chat
         this.server.io.in(chan).emit("chatMessage", chat);