Change username: a name this wallet's key claimed before a login identity was attached no longer reads as taken — the identity-signed claim is refused, so retry signed by the wallet key that owns the record

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/features/names.js b/src/features/names.js
index 43d4895..ea94d2a 100644
--- a/src/features/names.js
+++ b/src/features/names.js
@@ -146,6 +146,17 @@ export function namesFeature(ctx) {
     const domain = DOMAIN();
     try { return await claim(name, opts); }
     catch (err) {
+      // Signed by the login identity, a name this WALLET's key claimed
+      // earlier (before the identity was attached) reads as someone else's —
+      // the record names the wallet key as owner and no manager. The wallet
+      // key may always update its own record, so retry with it.
+      if (opts.signer && err.message === 'name is taken') {
+        const mine = await fetch(`${REGISTRAR}/name/${encodeURIComponent(name)}?domain=${encodeURIComponent(domain)}`,
+          { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(8000), cache: 'no-store' }).then((r) => (r.ok ? r.json() : null)).catch(() => null);
+        const pk = wallet.nostrPubkey && wallet.nostrPubkey();
+        if (pk && mine?.taken && (mine.pubkey === pk || mine.manager === pk))
+          return claim(name, { ...opts, signer: undefined, manager: undefined });
+      }
       if (domain === 'coinos.io' && ['name is taken', 'name is reserved'].includes(err.message)) {
         try {
           const r = await fetch(`${REGISTRAR}/name/${encodeURIComponent(name)}?domain=${encodeURIComponent(domain)}`,