From 9ca850be065989b63495a049c214c68b880e903a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cutestnekoaqua <waterdev@galaxycrow.de>
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2023 12:36:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: reactions using unicode weren't processed

---
 packages/backend/src/misc/reaction-lib.ts | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/misc/reaction-lib.ts b/packages/backend/src/misc/reaction-lib.ts
index 5fd47aab7..a61c0a119 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/misc/reaction-lib.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/misc/reaction-lib.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ export async function toDbReaction(
 	// Convert old heart to new
 	if (reaction === "♥️") return "❤️";
 
+	// Allow unicode reactions
+	const match = emojiRegex.exec(reaction);
+	if (match) {
+		const unicode = match[0];
+		return unicode;
+	}
+
 	const custom = reaction.match(/^:([\w+-]+)(?:@\.)?:$/);
 	if (custom) {
 		const name = custom[1];