diff --git a/files/helpers/alerts.py b/files/helpers/alerts.py
index a0eb82dbd1..5d7fae9e2c 100644
--- a/files/helpers/alerts.py
+++ b/files/helpers/alerts.py
@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ def NOTIFY_USERS(text, v):
captured = []
for i in mention_regex.finditer(text):
- if v.username.lower() == i.group(2).lower(): continue
+ if v.username.lower() == i.group(1).lower(): continue
if i.group(0) in captured: continue
captured.append(i.group(0))
- user = get_user(i.group(2), graceful=True)
+ user = get_user(i.group(1), graceful=True)
if user and v.id != user.id and not v.any_block_exists(user): notify_users.add(user.id)
if SITE_NAME == "WPD" and 'daisy' in text.lower():
diff --git a/files/helpers/regex.py b/files/helpers/regex.py
index 41be59ccd1..c57220395a 100644
--- a/files/helpers/regex.py
+++ b/files/helpers/regex.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from random import choice, choices
valid_username_chars = 'a-zA-Z0-9_\-'
valid_username_regex = re.compile("^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{3,25}$", flags=re.A)
-mention_regex = re.compile('(?<=(\s|>))@(([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]){1,25})($|\s|<\/p>)', flags=re.A)
+mention_regex = re.compile('@(([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]){1,25})($|[^a-zA-Z0-9_\-])', flags=re.A)
valid_password_regex = re.compile("^.{8,100}$", flags=re.A)
diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index 046d581a81..8357886c28 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -245,16 +245,16 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, edit=False, limit_pings=False, showmore=True):
v = getattr(g, 'v', None)
matches = [m for m in mention_regex.finditer(sanitized) if m]
- names = set(m.group(2) for m in matches)
+ names = set(m.group(1) for m in matches)
if limit_pings and len(names) > 3 and not v.admin_level: abort(406)
users = get_users(names, graceful=True)
for u in users:
if not u: continue
- m = [m for m in matches if u.username.lower() == m.group(2).lower() or u.original_username.lower() == m.group(2).lower()]
+ m = [m for m in matches if u.username.lower() == m.group(1).lower() or u.original_username.lower() == m.group(1).lower()]
for i in m:
if not (v and v.any_block_exists(u)) or (v and v.admin_level >= 2):
- sanitized = sanitized.replace(i.group(0), f'''
@{u.username}{i.group(4)}''')
+ sanitized = sanitized.replace(i.group(0), f'''
@{u.username}{i.group(3)}''')
soup = BeautifulSoup(sanitized, 'lxml')