From ad862e41f17d2187ee0bd9e0e4667101dc077938 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex <40072887+alexdcrane@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 21:06:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Trim username input before storing in session (#7977)

---
 core/authentication/resources/classes/authentication.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/authentication/resources/classes/authentication.php b/core/authentication/resources/classes/authentication.php
index 8e70ba9d5..904cdabba 100644
--- a/core/authentication/resources/classes/authentication.php
+++ b/core/authentication/resources/classes/authentication.php
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ class authentication {
 
 		//if the username
 		if (!empty($_REQUEST["username"])) {
-			$_SESSION['username'] = $_REQUEST["username"];
+			$_SESSION['username'] = trim($_REQUEST["username"]);
 		}
 
 		//set a default value for unqiue