From 4eef41ea1b83314cbe1f6cac66ccf892710f709e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Ward <robin.ward@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 15:57:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] FIX: Error with debouncing mentions

---
 app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/user-search.js.es6 | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/user-search.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/user-search.js.es6
index 4270bc0051..0b2c13dba8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/user-search.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/user-search.js.es6
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ function performSearch(
     resultsFn(cached);
     return;
   }
+  if (term === "") {
+    return [];
+  }
 
   // need to be able to cancel this
   oldSearch = $.ajax(userPath("search/users"), {
@@ -122,10 +125,6 @@ export default function userSearch(options) {
   currentTerm = term;
 
   return new Ember.RSVP.Promise(function(resolve) {
-    if (term.length === 0) {
-      resolve([]);
-      return;
-    }
     if (new Date() - cacheTime > 30000 || cacheTopicId !== topicId) {
       cache = {};
     }