Ensure non multi-user flow stays

frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { ConfirmModal } from './ConfirmModal';
 import { Logo } from './Logo';
 import { useAuth } from '../context/AuthContext';
 import { readImpersonationState, stopImpersonation as restoreImpersonation, type ImpersonationState } from '../utils/impersonation';
+import { getInitialsFromName } from '../utils/user';
 
 interface SidebarProps {
   collections: Collection[];
@@ -111,18 +112,6 @@ const SidebarItem: React.FC<SidebarItemProps> = ({
   );
 };
 
-const getInitialsFromName = (name: string): string => {
-  const trimmed = name.trim();
-  if (!trimmed) return 'U';
-  const parts = trimmed.split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
-  if (parts.length >= 2) {
-    return `${parts[0][0]}${parts[parts.length - 1][0]}`.toUpperCase();
-  }
-  return trimmed.slice(0, 2).toUpperCase();
-};
-
-
-
 export const Sidebar: React.FC<SidebarProps> = ({
   collections,
   selectedCollectionId,

frontend/src/pages/editor/shared.ts

@@ -62,15 +62,7 @@ export const UIOptions = {
   },
 };
 
-export const getInitialsFromName = (name: string): string => {
-  const trimmed = name.trim();
-  if (!trimmed) return 'U';
-  const parts = trimmed.split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
-  if (parts.length >= 2) {
-    return `${parts[0][0]}${parts[parts.length - 1][0]}`.toUpperCase();
-  }
-  return trimmed.slice(0, 2).toUpperCase();
-};
+export { getInitialsFromName } from "../../utils/user";
 
 export const getColorFromString = (str: string): string => {
   const COLORS = [

frontend/src/utils/identity.ts

@@ -106,7 +106,13 @@ const getSecureRandomInt = (maxExclusive: number): number => {
     cryptoObj.getRandomValues(buffer);
     return buffer[0] % maxExclusive;
   }
-  const seed = `${Date.now().toString(16)}:${performance.now().toString(16)}`;
+  const perfNow =
+    typeof globalThis !== "undefined" &&
+    typeof globalThis.performance !== "undefined" &&
+    typeof globalThis.performance.now === "function"
+      ? globalThis.performance.now()
+      : 0;
+  const seed = `${Date.now().toString(16)}:${perfNow.toString(16)}`;
   return hashString(seed) % maxExclusive;
 };
 
@@ -129,7 +135,13 @@ const generateClientId = (): string => {
   }
 
   // Final fallback for very old browsers; uniqueness window-scoped only.
-  const entropy = `${Date.now().toString(16)}-${performance.now().toString(16)}-${getSecureRandomInt(1_000_000_000).toString(16)}`;
+  const perfNow =
+    typeof globalThis !== "undefined" &&
+    typeof globalThis.performance !== "undefined" &&
+    typeof globalThis.performance.now === "function"
+      ? globalThis.performance.now()
+      : 0;
+  const entropy = `${Date.now().toString(16)}-${perfNow.toString(16)}-${getSecureRandomInt(1_000_000_000).toString(16)}`;
   return `id-${hashString(entropy).toString(16)}-${hashString(`${entropy}:2`).toString(16)}`;
 };
 
@@ -152,12 +164,30 @@ export const getFingerprintInitials = (seed?: string): string => {
 export const getUserIdentity = (): UserIdentity => {
   const stored = localStorage.getItem("excalidash-user-id");
   if (stored) {
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(stored) as UserIdentity;
-    if (!parsed.initials || parsed.initials.length !== 2) {
-      parsed.initials = getFingerprintInitials(parsed.id);
-      localStorage.setItem("excalidash-user-id", JSON.stringify(parsed));
+    try {
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(stored) as Partial<UserIdentity>;
+      if (
+        parsed &&
+        typeof parsed === "object" &&
+        typeof parsed.id === "string" &&
+        typeof parsed.name === "string" &&
+        typeof parsed.color === "string"
+      ) {
+        const normalized: UserIdentity = {
+          id: parsed.id,
+          name: parsed.name,
+          color: parsed.color,
+          initials:
+            typeof parsed.initials === "string" && parsed.initials.length === 2
+              ? parsed.initials
+              : getFingerprintInitials(parsed.id),
+        };
+        localStorage.setItem("excalidash-user-id", JSON.stringify(normalized));
+        return normalized;
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // Fall through to regenerate identity.
     }
-    return parsed;
   }
 
   const deviceId = getOrCreateBrowserFingerprint();

frontend/src/utils/user.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export const getInitialsFromName = (name: string): string => {
+  const trimmed = name.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) return "U";
+  const parts = trimmed.split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
+  if (parts.length >= 2) {
+    return `${parts[0][0]}${parts[parts.length - 1][0]}`.toUpperCase();
+  }
+  return trimmed.slice(0, 2).toUpperCase();
+};