From 5f0f9135fee3d127c7d6a555c198ecc2236df413 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Graham <james.h.graham@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:09:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Stop pester in console when changing rooms regarding missing
 authors.

---
 src/messagecontent/AuthorComponent.qml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/messagecontent/AuthorComponent.qml b/src/messagecontent/AuthorComponent.qml
index fdf4c0704..4a09786b5 100644
--- a/src/messagecontent/AuthorComponent.qml
+++ b/src/messagecontent/AuthorComponent.qml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ RowLayout {
     QQC2.Label {
         id: nameButton
 
-        text: root.author.disambiguatedName
-        color: root.author.color
+        text: root.author?.disambiguatedName ?? ""
+        color: root.author?.color ?? ""
         textFormat: Text.PlainText
         font.weight: Font.Bold
         elide: Text.ElideRight