From cf78b3e28fbc5eb9f73aacb0fcb0c1d8a5fdae3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabriel Kaszewski <gabrielkaszewski@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 10:46:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?fix(frontend):=20use=20thought.author.avatarUrl?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20as=20base=20in=20ThoughtThread=20=E2=80=94=20fixes=20remote?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20author=20avatars=20on=20feed=20and=20detail=20pages?=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

---
 thoughts-frontend/components/thought-thread.tsx | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/thoughts-frontend/components/thought-thread.tsx b/thoughts-frontend/components/thought-thread.tsx
index 1640288..c256db7 100644
--- a/thoughts-frontend/components/thought-thread.tsx
+++ b/thoughts-frontend/components/thought-thread.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ export function ThoughtThread({
   const author = {
     username: thought.author.username,
     displayName: thought.author.displayName,
-    ...authorDetails.get(thought.author.username),
+    avatarUrl: thought.author.avatarUrl, // API-provided avatar (from DB COALESCE)
+    ...authorDetails.get(thought.author.username), // override for local users
   };
 
   return (