From 7fb02342dd58a2a1424dbdcdabf412d4bb2eb67b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig D'Silva <craig.dsilva10@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 13:13:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix infinite loop when selecting a hashtag

---
 front-end/tests/hashtag.spec.mjs | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 front-end/views/hashtag.mjs      |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 front-end/tests/hashtag.spec.mjs

diff --git a/front-end/tests/hashtag.spec.mjs b/front-end/tests/hashtag.spec.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..466d77d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/front-end/tests/hashtag.spec.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { test, expect } from "@playwright/test";
+
+test("should not make infinite hashtag endpoint requests", async ({ page }) => {
+  const requests = [];
+  page.on("request", (request) => {
+    if (
+      request.url().includes(":3000/hashtag/do") &&
+      request.resourceType() === "fetch"
+    ) {
+      requests.push(request);
+    }
+  });
+
+  await page.goto("/#/hashtag/do");
+
+  await page.waitForTimeout(200);
+
+  expect(requests.length).toEqual(1);
+});
diff --git a/front-end/views/hashtag.mjs b/front-end/views/hashtag.mjs
index 7b7e9969..d85c7063 100644
--- a/front-end/views/hashtag.mjs
+++ b/front-end/views/hashtag.mjs
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ import {createHeading} from "../components/heading.mjs";
 function hashtagView(hashtag) {
   destroy();
 
+  if (hashtag !== state.currentHashtag) {
   apiService.getBloomsByHashtag(hashtag);
+}
 
   renderOne(
     state.isLoggedIn,