From 42e47cf558d2b4fb7a74f73bb08599c5e148d388 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 7w1 <noreply@sl.sable.moe>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 15:37:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: removed bio limit

---
 .changeset/fix-remove-bio-limit.md            |  5 ++++
 .../features/settings/account/BioEditor.tsx   | 27 +++----------------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/fix-remove-bio-limit.md

diff --git a/.changeset/fix-remove-bio-limit.md b/.changeset/fix-remove-bio-limit.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de8f75f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-remove-bio-limit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+default: patch
+---
+
+Removed the arbitrary bio limit from the bio editor.
diff --git a/src/app/features/settings/account/BioEditor.tsx b/src/app/features/settings/account/BioEditor.tsx
index 70556fbf9..100d12a27 100644
--- a/src/app/features/settings/account/BioEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/settings/account/BioEditor.tsx
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ type BioEditorProps = {
   onSave: (htmlContent: string, plainText: string) => void;
 };
 
-const BIO_LIMIT = 1024;
-
 export function BioEditor({ value, isSaving, imagePackRooms, onSave }: BioEditorProps) {
   const editor = useEditor();
   const [enterForNewline] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'enterForNewline');
@@ -48,19 +46,12 @@ export function BioEditor({ value, isSaving, imagePackRooms, onSave }: BioEditor
   const [autocompleteQuery, setAutocompleteQuery] =
     useState<AutocompleteQuery<AutocompletePrefix>>();
   const [hasChanged, setHasChanged] = useState(false);
-  const [charCount, setCharCount] = useState(0);
 
   const prevValue = useRef(value);
   const initialized = useRef(false);
 
-  const updateStats = useCallback(() => {
-    const plainText = toPlainText(editor.children).trim();
-    setCharCount(plainText.length);
-  }, [editor]);
-
   const handleSave = useCallback(() => {
     const plainText = toPlainText(editor.children).trim();
-    if (plainText.length > BIO_LIMIT) return;
 
     const customHtml = trimCustomHtml(toMatrixCustomHTML(editor.children, {}));
 
@@ -104,9 +95,8 @@ export function BioEditor({ value, isSaving, imagePackRooms, onSave }: BioEditor
 
       initialized.current = true;
       setHasChanged(false);
-      updateStats();
     }
-  }, [value, editor, updateStats]);
+  }, [value, editor]);
 
   const handleKeyDown: KeyboardEventHandler = useCallback(
     (evt) => {
@@ -142,11 +132,8 @@ export function BioEditor({ value, isSaving, imagePackRooms, onSave }: BioEditor
     editor.insertNode(createEmoticonElement(key, shortcode));
     moveCursor(editor);
     setHasChanged(true);
-    updateStats();
   };
 
-  const isOverLimit = charCount > BIO_LIMIT;
-
   return (
     <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
       <SettingTile title="About You" focusId="about-you" description="Customize your bio." />
@@ -164,7 +151,6 @@ export function BioEditor({ value, isSaving, imagePackRooms, onSave }: BioEditor
           placeholder="Write a bio..."
           onChange={() => {
             if (!hasChanged) setHasChanged(true);
-            updateStats();
           }}
           onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
           onKeyUp={handleKeyUp}
@@ -183,9 +169,9 @@ export function BioEditor({ value, isSaving, imagePackRooms, onSave }: BioEditor
                   {hasChanged && (
                     <Chip
                       onClick={handleSave}
-                      variant={isOverLimit ? 'Background' : 'Primary'}
+                      variant="Primary"
                       radii="Pill"
-                      disabled={isSaving || isOverLimit}
+                      disabled={isSaving}
                       outlined
                       before={
                         isSaving ? <Spinner variant="Primary" fill="Soft" size="100" /> : undefined
@@ -194,13 +180,6 @@ export function BioEditor({ value, isSaving, imagePackRooms, onSave }: BioEditor
                       <Text size="B300">{isSaving ? 'Saving' : 'Save'}</Text>
                     </Chip>
                   )}
-                  <Text
-                    size="T200"
-                    priority={isOverLimit ? '500' : '300'}
-                    style={{ opacity: isOverLimit ? 1 : 0.6 }}
-                  >
-                    {charCount} / {BIO_LIMIT}
-                  </Text>
                 </Box>
                 <Box gap="Inherit">
                   <MarkdownFormattingToolbarToggle variant="Background" />