From 49bc6bbba9c6d8940becce512e275236b9b70142 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aevann <randomname42029@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 03:52:22 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix this
 https://rdrama.net/post/18459/marseycapywalking-megathread-for-bugs-and-suggestions/4831722#context

---
 files/helpers/alerts.py   | 6 +++++-
 files/helpers/sanitize.py | 5 -----
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/files/helpers/alerts.py b/files/helpers/alerts.py
index d0cb8360c..dbb05fc11 100644
--- a/files/helpers/alerts.py
+++ b/files/helpers/alerts.py
@@ -156,7 +156,11 @@ def NOTIFY_USERS(text, v, oldtext=None, ghost=False, log_cost=None, followers_pi
 		cost = 0
 		coin_receivers = set()
 
-		for i in group_mention_regex.finditer(text):
+		groups = group_mention_regex.finditer(text)
+		if len(list(groups)) > 5:
+			abort(403, "You can only ping a maximum of 5 ping groups!")
+
+		for i in groups:
 			if oldtext and i.group(1) in oldtext:
 				continue
 
diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index 0277bcf1f..8ad3f7a1b 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -420,11 +420,6 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, golden=True, limit_pings=0, showmore=False, count_emojis
 
 	if not sanitized: return ''
 
-	if FEATURES['PING_GROUPS']:
-		ping_group_count = len(list(group_mention_regex.finditer(sanitized)))
-		if ping_group_count > 5:
-			error("You can only ping a maximum of 5 ping groups!")
-
 	if blackjack and execute_blackjack(g.v, None, sanitized, blackjack):
 		sanitized = 'g'