Change profanity filter to reject messages with profanity instead of censoring

backend/routes/messaging.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import io
 import json
 from better_profanity import profanity as _bp
 from security.audit import log_access, log_dm, log_public_chat, log_security
-from security.profanity import censor_text, contains_profanity
+from security.profanity import contains_profanity
 from security.rate_limit import rate_limit_per_ip
 from websocket.utils import authenticate_user
 
@@ -274,12 +274,15 @@ async def _send_message_internal(
             detail="No content provided"
         )
 
-    # Apply profanity filter before storing
+    # Check for profanity and reject the message instead of censoring
-    filtered_content = censor_text(raw_content)
+    if contains_profanity(raw_content):
-    escaped_content = html.escape(filtered_content, quote=False)
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=422,  # Unprocessable Entity - content validation failed
+            detail="Message contains inappropriate content and cannot be sent"
+        )
 
-    # Check if content was censored (use contains_profanity to detect actual profanity)
+    # Escape content for safe HTML display
-    was_censored = contains_profanity(raw_content)
+    escaped_content = html.escape(raw_content, quote=False)
 
     if len(escaped_content) > 4096:
         raise HTTPException(
@@ -368,7 +371,7 @@ async def _send_message_internal(
     except Exception:
         pass
 
-    _monitor_public_message_activity(current_user, filtered_content, db)
+    _monitor_public_message_activity(current_user, raw_content, db)
 
     message_payload = convert_message(new_message)
     
@@ -384,11 +387,6 @@ async def _send_message_internal(
         "content": new_message.content,
     }
     
-    # If content was censored, log both raw and censored versions
-    if was_censored:
-        log_fields["raw_content"] = raw_content
-        log_fields["censored_content"] = filtered_content
-    
     log_public_chat("message_created", **log_fields)
 
     return {"status": "success", "message": message_payload}
@@ -701,11 +699,15 @@ async def edit_message(
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Message content cannot be empty")
 
     original_content = message.content
-    sanitized_content = censor_text(raw_content)
-    escaped_content = html.escape(sanitized_content, quote=False)
     
-    # Check if content was censored (use contains_profanity to detect actual profanity)
+    # Check for profanity and reject the edit instead of censoring
-    was_censored = contains_profanity(raw_content)
+    if contains_profanity(raw_content):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=422,  # Unprocessable Entity - content validation failed
+            detail="Message contains inappropriate content and cannot be sent"
+        )
+    
+    escaped_content = html.escape(raw_content, quote=False)
     
     if len(escaped_content) > 4096:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Message too long")
@@ -728,11 +730,6 @@ async def edit_message(
         "previous_content": original_content,
     }
     
-    # If content was censored, log both raw and censored versions
-    if was_censored:
-        log_fields["raw_content"] = raw_content
-        log_fields["censored_content"] = sanitized_content
-    
     log_public_chat("message_edited", **log_fields)
 
     return {"status": "success", "message": payload}

backend/security/profanity.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ _ADULT_TERMS: Set[str] = {
 
 _STATIC_TERMS: Set[str] = set(term.lower() for term in (_CUSTOM_RU_TERMS | _ADULT_TERMS))
 
-# Words that should never be censored (whitelist)
+# Words that should never be flagged as profanity (whitelist)
 _WHITELIST: Set[str] = {
     "говно",  # Allow this word
 }
@@ -359,85 +359,32 @@ def _check_profanity_substrings(normalized_text: str, profane_words: Set[str]) -
     return spans
 
 
-def _find_profanity_spans_in_original(
+def _check_profanity_in_normalized(normalized_text: str) -> bool:
-    normalized_text: str,
-    position_map: list[int],
-    original_length: int,
-    original_text: str
-) -> list[tuple[int, int]]:
     """
-    Find profanity in normalized text and map the spans back to original text positions.
+    Check if normalized text contains profanity.
     Uses both better_profanity library and substring matching for better detection.
     
-    Returns list of (start, end) tuples in original text coordinates.
+    Returns True if profanity is found.
     """
-    spans = []
+    if not normalized_text:
-    
+        return False
-    if not normalized_text or not position_map:
-        return spans
     
     # Check normalized text for profanity using better_profanity
     censored = _profanity.censor(normalized_text, censor_char="\\*")
     
+    # Check if better_profanity found anything
+    if "*" in censored:
+        return True
+    
     # Also check for profane words as substrings (to catch cases like "хуй" in "хууй" or "хуйня")
     profane_words = _STATIC_TERMS
     substring_spans = _check_profanity_substrings(normalized_text, profane_words)
     
-    # Combine spans from both methods
+    # If we found any substring matches, there's profanity
-    all_spans = set()
+    if substring_spans:
+        return True
     
-    # From better_profanity censoring
+    return False
-    i = 0
-    while i < len(censored):
-        if censored[i] == "*":
-            span_start = i
-            while i < len(censored) and censored[i] == "*":
-                i += 1
-            span_end = i
-            all_spans.add((span_start, span_end))
-        else:
-            i += 1
-    
-    # From substring matching
-    for start, end in substring_spans:
-        all_spans.add((start, end))
-    
-    # Map all spans to original positions
-    for span_start, span_end in all_spans:
-        if span_start < len(position_map):
-            orig_start = position_map[span_start]
-            # Find the end position - use the last mapped position in the span
-            if span_end > 0 and span_end <= len(position_map):
-                orig_end = position_map[span_end - 1] + 1
-            elif span_end > len(position_map):
-                orig_end = original_length
-            else:
-                orig_end = orig_start + 1
-            
-            # Extend span to include any non-alphanumeric characters between
-            # the mapped positions in the original text
-            # Limit extension to prevent over-censoring (max 50 chars each direction)
-            max_extension = 50
-            extension_count = 0
-            
-            # Extend backwards to include any preceding non-alphanumeric
-            while (orig_start > 0 and 
-                   not original_text[orig_start - 1].isalnum() and
-                   extension_count < max_extension):
-                orig_start -= 1
-                extension_count += 1
-            
-            extension_count = 0
-            # Extend forwards to include any following non-alphanumeric
-            while (orig_end < original_length and 
-                   not original_text[orig_end].isalnum() and
-                   extension_count < max_extension):
-                orig_end += 1
-                extension_count += 1
-            
-            spans.append((orig_start, min(orig_end, original_length)))
-    
-    return spans
 
 
 def _tokenize_with_spans(text: str) -> List[Tuple[int, int, str]]:
@@ -604,157 +551,60 @@ def _rebuild_dictionary(force: bool = False) -> None:
         _blocklist_signature = signature
 
 
-def _apply_phrase_filters(text: str) -> str:
+def _check_phrase_patterns(text: str) -> bool:
     """
-    Apply phrase patterns to text. Patterns are applied to normalized text
+    Check if text matches any phrase patterns.
-    (without special characters) and then mapped back to original positions.
+    Returns True if any pattern matches.
     """
     # Normalize text for phrase matching (remove special chars but preserve spaces)
-    normalized_text, position_map = _extract_alphanumeric_with_mapping(text, preserve_spaces=True)
+    normalized_text, _ = _extract_alphanumeric_with_mapping(text, preserve_spaces=True)
     normalized_lower = normalized_text.lower()
     
-    result = list(text)
+    # Check phrase patterns
-    censored_positions = set()
-    
-    # Apply phrase patterns to normalized text
     for pattern in _PHRASE_PATTERNS:
-        for match in pattern.finditer(normalized_lower):
+        if pattern.search(normalized_lower):
-            # Map back to original positions
+            return True
-            norm_start = match.start()
-            norm_end = match.end()
     
-            if norm_start < len(position_map) and norm_end <= len(position_map):
+    # Check fuzzy phrase spans
-                orig_start = position_map[norm_start]
+    if _find_fuzzy_phrase_spans(normalized_lower, "generic"):
-                orig_end = position_map[norm_end - 1] + 1 if norm_end > 0 else orig_start + 1
+        return True
     
-                # Extend to include special characters
+    return False
-                while orig_start > 0 and not text[orig_start - 1].isalnum():
-                    orig_start -= 1
-                while orig_end < len(text) and not text[orig_end].isalnum():
-                    orig_end += 1
-                
-                # Mark positions for censoring
-                for pos in range(orig_start, min(orig_end, len(result))):
-                    censored_positions.add(pos)
-    
-    # Apply fuzzy phrase spans
-    for start, end in sorted(_find_fuzzy_phrase_spans(normalized_lower, "generic"), reverse=True):
-        if start < len(position_map) and end <= len(position_map):
-            orig_start = position_map[start]
-            orig_end = position_map[end - 1] + 1 if end > 0 else orig_start + 1
-            
-            # Extend to include special characters
-            while orig_start > 0 and not text[orig_start - 1].isalnum():
-                orig_start -= 1
-            while orig_end < len(text) and not text[orig_end].isalnum():
-                orig_end += 1
-            
-            for pos in range(orig_start, min(orig_end, len(result))):
-                censored_positions.add(pos)
-    
-    # Apply censoring
-    for pos in censored_positions:
-        if pos < len(result):
-            result[pos] = "*"
-    
-    return "".join(result)
-
-
-def censor_text(text: str) -> str:
-    if not text:
-        return text
-
-    _rebuild_dictionary()
-    preprocessed = _apply_phrase_filters(text)
-    
-    # Normalize text for whitelist matching (to handle special characters)
-    normalized_for_whitelist, whitelist_position_map = _extract_alphanumeric_with_mapping(preprocessed)
-    normalized_for_whitelist_lower = normalized_for_whitelist.lower()
-    
-    # Identify and protect whitelisted words (using normalized text)
-    whitelist_spans = []
-    for whitelist_word in _WHITELIST:
-        # Normalize whitelist word too
-        normalized_whitelist, _ = _extract_alphanumeric_with_mapping(whitelist_word)
-        normalized_whitelist_lower = normalized_whitelist.lower()
-        
-        # Find in normalized text
-        pattern = re.compile(re.escape(normalized_whitelist_lower), re.IGNORECASE)
-        for match in pattern.finditer(normalized_for_whitelist_lower):
-            # Map back to original positions
-            if match.start() < len(whitelist_position_map) and match.end() <= len(whitelist_position_map):
-                orig_start = whitelist_position_map[match.start()]
-                orig_end = whitelist_position_map[match.end() - 1] + 1 if match.end() > 0 else orig_start + 1
-                # Extend to include any special characters
-                while orig_start > 0 and not preprocessed[orig_start - 1].isalnum():
-                    orig_start -= 1
-                while orig_end < len(preprocessed) and not preprocessed[orig_end].isalnum():
-                    orig_end += 1
-                whitelist_spans.append((orig_start, min(orig_end, len(preprocessed)), preprocessed[orig_start:orig_end]))
-    
-    # Extract only alphanumeric characters and normalize homoglyphs
-    # This removes special characters, emojis, etc. that could be used to bypass the filter
-    normalized_text, position_map = _extract_alphanumeric_with_mapping(preprocessed)
-    normalized_lower = normalized_text.lower()
-    
-    # Check profanity on normalized text (without special characters)
-    profanity_spans = _find_profanity_spans_in_original(
-        normalized_lower,
-        position_map,
-        len(preprocessed),
-        preprocessed
-    )
-    
-    # Apply censoring to original text
-    result = list(preprocessed)
-    for start, end in profanity_spans:
-        # Check if this span overlaps with a whitelisted word
-        is_whitelisted = False
-        for wl_start, wl_end, _ in whitelist_spans:
-            # Check if spans overlap
-            if not (end <= wl_start or start >= wl_end):
-                is_whitelisted = True
-                break
-        
-        if not is_whitelisted:
-            # Censor the entire span (including any special characters within it)
-            for pos in range(start, min(end, len(result))):
-                result[pos] = "*"
-    
-    return "".join(result)
 
 
 def contains_profanity(text: str) -> bool:
     """
-    Check if text contains profanity that would be censored.
+    Check if text contains profanity.
-    Returns True if censor_text would actually censor anything.
+    Returns True if profanity is detected.
     """
     if not text:
         return False
 
-    # Use censor_text to check if anything would be censored
+    _rebuild_dictionary()
-    # This ensures consistency between contains_profanity and censor_text
-    censored = censor_text(text)
     
-    # Check if any characters were actually censored (changed to asterisks)
+    # Check phrase patterns first
-    # by comparing the original text with the censored version
+    if _check_phrase_patterns(text):
-    # We need to account for the fact that the original might already contain asterisks
+        return True
-    if censored == text:
-        return False  # No changes, so no profanity
     
-    # If the text changed, check if any non-asterisk characters were replaced
+    # Normalize text for whitelist matching (to handle special characters)
-    # by comparing character-by-character (excluding positions that were already asterisks)
+    normalized_for_whitelist, _ = _extract_alphanumeric_with_mapping(text)
-    for i, (orig_char, censored_char) in enumerate(zip(text, censored)):
+    normalized_for_whitelist_lower = normalized_for_whitelist.lower()
-        if orig_char != "*" and censored_char == "*":
-            return True  # A non-asterisk character was censored
     
-    # If censored is longer, check the extra characters
+    # Check if text contains whitelisted words - if the entire text is a whitelisted word, skip profanity check
-    if len(censored) > len(text):
+    for whitelist_word in _WHITELIST:
-        for i in range(len(text), len(censored)):
+        normalized_whitelist, _ = _extract_alphanumeric_with_mapping(whitelist_word)
-            if censored[i] == "*":
+        normalized_whitelist_lower = normalized_whitelist.lower()
-                return True
         
-    return False
+        # Check if the normalized text exactly matches a whitelisted word
+        if normalized_for_whitelist_lower == normalized_whitelist_lower:
+            return False
+    
+    # Extract only alphanumeric characters and normalize homoglyphs
+    # This removes special characters, emojis, etc. that could be used to bypass the filter
+    normalized_text, _ = _extract_alphanumeric_with_mapping(text)
+    
+    # Check profanity on normalized text (without special characters)
+    return _check_profanity_in_normalized(normalized_text)
 
 
 def contains_sensitive_phrase(text: str) -> bool:

frontend/src/App.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import NotFoundPage from "./pages/not-found/NotFoundPage";
 import ProtectedRoute from "./pages/ProtectedRoute";
 import DownloadAppPage from "./pages/download-app/DownloadAppPage";
 import { SuspensionDialog } from "./pages/chat/ui/SuspensionDialog";
+import { AlertDialogProvider } from "./core/components/AlertDialog";
 import { delay } from "./utils/utils";
 
 // Lazy load route components
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ export default function App() {
     return authReady && (
         <BrowserRouter>
             <ElectronTitleBar />
+            <AlertDialogProvider />
             <div id="main-wrapper">
                 <AnimatedRoutes />
             </div>

frontend/src/core/api/messaging.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@ import { getAuthHeaders } from "./account";
 import type { Message, Messages, SendMessageRequest } from "@/core/types";
 import { request } from "@/core/websocket";
 
+class HttpError extends Error {
+    status: number;
+    detail: string;
+
+    constructor(message: string, status: number, detail: string) {
+        super(message);
+        this.name = "HttpError";
+        this.status = status;
+        this.detail = detail;
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * Fetches public chat messages
  */
@@ -57,8 +69,15 @@ export async function sendMessageWithFiles(
         body: form
     });
     if (!res.ok) {
-        const error = await res.text();
+        let errorDetail = "Failed to send message with files";
-        throw new Error(error || "Failed to send message with files");
+        try {
+            const errorJson = await res.json();
+            errorDetail = errorJson.detail || errorDetail;
+        } catch {
+            const errorText = await res.text();
+            errorDetail = errorText || errorDetail;
+        }
+        throw new HttpError(errorDetail, res.status, errorDetail);
     }
 }
 
@@ -71,7 +90,17 @@ export async function editMessage(messageId: number, newContent: string, authTok
         headers: getAuthHeaders(authToken, true),
         body: JSON.stringify({ content: newContent })
     });
-    if (!res.ok) throw new Error("Failed to edit message");
+    if (!res.ok) {
+        let errorDetail = "Failed to edit message";
+        try {
+            const errorJson = await res.json();
+            errorDetail = errorJson.detail || errorDetail;
+        } catch {
+            const errorText = await res.text();
+            errorDetail = errorText || errorDetail;
+        }
+        throw new HttpError(errorDetail, res.status, errorDetail);
+    }
 }
 
 /**

frontend/src/core/components/AlertDialog.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import { useState, useCallback, useEffect } from "react";
+import { StyledDialog } from "./StyledDialog";
+import { MaterialButton } from "@/utils/material";
+import styles from "./css/alert-dialog.module.scss";
+
+interface AlertDialogState {
+    open: boolean;
+    message: string;
+    resolve: (() => void) | null;
+}
+
+let alertState: AlertDialogState = {
+    open: false,
+    message: "",
+    resolve: null
+};
+
+const listeners = new Set<() => void>();
+
+function notifyListeners() {
+    listeners.forEach(listener => listener());
+}
+
+/**
+ * Drop-in replacement for window.alert() using StyledDialog
+ * @param message - The message to display
+ * @returns Promise that resolves when the dialog is closed
+ */
+export function alert(message: string): Promise<void> {
+    return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        alertState = {
+            open: true,
+            message,
+            resolve: () => {
+                alertState.open = false;
+                alertState.message = "";
+                alertState.resolve = null;
+                notifyListeners();
+                resolve();
+            }
+        };
+        notifyListeners();
+    });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Internal component that renders the alert dialog
+ */
+export function AlertDialogProvider() {
+    const [, setUpdateKey] = useState(0);
+    
+    const update = useCallback(() => {
+        setUpdateKey(prev => prev + 1);
+    }, []);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        listeners.add(update);
+        return () => {
+            listeners.delete(update);
+        };
+    }, [update]);
+
+    const handleClose = () => {
+        if (alertState.resolve) {
+            alertState.resolve();
+        }
+    };
+
+    return (
+        <StyledDialog
+            open={alertState.open}
+            onOpenChange={(open) => {
+                if (!open) {
+                    handleClose();
+                }
+            }}
+            onBackdropClick={handleClose}
+            className={styles.alertDialog}
+            contentClassName={styles.alertDialogContent}
+        >
+            <div className={styles.alertDialogMessage}>
+                {alertState.message}
+            </div>
+            <div className={styles.alertDialogActions}>
+                <MaterialButton
+                    variant="filled"
+                    onClick={handleClose}
+                >
+                    OK
+                </MaterialButton>
+            </div>
+        </StyledDialog>
+    );
+}

frontend/src/core/components/css/alert-dialog.module.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+@use "../../../css/colors" as *;
+@use "../../../css/material" as *;
+
+.alertDialog {
+    .alertDialogContent {
+        padding: 24px;
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: column;
+        gap: 20px;
+    }
+
+    .alertDialogMessage {
+        color: $color-dark-on-surface;
+        font-size: 16px;
+        line-height: 1.5;
+        word-wrap: break-word;
+    }
+
+    .alertDialogActions {
+        display: flex;
+        justify-content: flex-end;
+        gap: 12px;
+    }
+}
+

frontend/src/core/websocket.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ import { useUserStore } from "@/state/user";
 import { getLastSequence, processBatchedUpdates, requestMissedUpdates } from "./updateManager";
 import { getAuthToken } from "@/core/api/user/auth";
 
+interface HttpError extends Error {
+    status?: number;
+    detail?: string;
+}
+
 /**
  * Creates a new WebSocket connection to the chat server
  * @returns {WebSocket} New WebSocket instance
@@ -303,13 +308,29 @@ export function request<Request, Response = any>(payload: WebSocketMessage<Reque
             }
 
             const listener = (e: MessageEvent) => {
-                clearTimeout(timeoutId);
                 try {
-                    resolve(JSON.parse(e.data));
+                    const response = JSON.parse(e.data);
+                    // Only handle responses that match our request type or have an error
+                    if (response.type === payload.type || response.error) {
+                        clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+                        websocket.removeEventListener("message", listener);
+                        
+                        // Check if the response contains an error field
+                        if (response.error) {
+                            const error = new Error(response.error.detail || "WebSocket request failed");
+                            (error as HttpError).status = response.error.code;
+                            (error as HttpError).detail = response.error.detail || "";
+                            reject(error);
+                        } else {
+                            resolve(response);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    // If it doesn't match, let other handlers process it
                 } catch (error) {
+                    clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+                    websocket.removeEventListener("message", listener);
                     reject(error);
                 }
-                websocket.removeEventListener("message", listener);
             };
 
             websocket.addEventListener("message", listener);

frontend/src/pages/chat/ui/right/panels/DMPanel.ts

@@ -184,34 +184,30 @@ export class DMPanel extends MessagePanel {
     protected async sendMessage(content: string, replyToId?: number, files: File[] = []): Promise<void> {
         if (!this.currentUser.authToken || !this.dmData || !content.trim()) return;
 
-        try {
+        const payload: DmEncryptedJSON = {
-            const payload: DmEncryptedJSON = {
+            type: "text",
-                type: "text",
+            data: {
-                data: {
+                content: content.trim(),
-                    content: content.trim(),
+                reply_to_id: replyToId ?? undefined
-                    reply_to_id: replyToId ?? undefined
-                }
             }
-            const json = JSON.stringify(payload);
+        }
+        const json = JSON.stringify(payload);
 
-            if (files.length === 0) {
+        if (files.length === 0) {
-                await api.chats.dm.send(
+            await api.chats.dm.send(
-                    this.dmData.userId,
+                this.dmData.userId,
-                    this.dmData.publicKey,
+                this.dmData.publicKey,
-                    json,
+                json,
-                    this.currentUser.authToken
+                this.currentUser.authToken
-                );
+            );
-            } else {
+        } else {
-                await api.chats.dm.sendWithFiles(
+            await api.chats.dm.sendWithFiles(
-                    this.dmData.userId,
+                this.dmData.userId,
-                    this.dmData.publicKey,
+                this.dmData.publicKey,
-                    json,
+                json,
-                    files,
+                files,
-                    this.currentUser.authToken
+                this.currentUser.authToken
-                );
+            );
-            }
-        } catch (error) {
-            console.error("Failed to send DM:", error);
         }
     }
 

frontend/src/pages/chat/ui/right/panels/MessagePanel.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import type { Message, WebSocketMessage } from "@/core/types";
 import type { UserState, ProfileDialogData } from "@/state/types";
+import { alert } from "@/core/components/AlertDialog";
+
+interface HttpError extends Error {
+    status?: number;
+    detail?: string;
+}
 
 export interface MessagePanelState {
     id: string;
@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@ export abstract class MessagePanel {
     abstract loadMessages(): Promise<void>;
     protected abstract sendMessage(content: string, replyToId?: number, files?: File[]): Promise<void>;
     abstract isDm(): boolean;
-    abstract handleWebSocketMessage(response: WebSocketMessage<any>): Promise<void>;
+    abstract handleWebSocketMessage(response: WebSocketMessage<unknown>): Promise<void>;
     abstract getProfile(): Promise<ProfileDialogData | null>;
 
     // Common methods
@@ -91,7 +97,7 @@ export abstract class MessagePanel {
         });
     }
 
-    protected updateMessageReactions(messageId: number, reactions: any[]): void {
+    protected updateMessageReactions(messageId: number, reactions: Message["reactions"]): void {
         this.updateState({
             messages: this.state.messages.map(msg =>
                 msg.id === messageId ? { ...msg, reactions } : msg
@@ -332,7 +338,30 @@ export abstract class MessagePanel {
             // Message sent successfully - will be updated when WebSocket confirms
         } catch (error) {
             console.error("Failed to send message:", error);
-            this.handleMessageFailed(tempId);
+            // Remove the temporary message from display
+            this.updateState({
+                messages: this.state.messages.filter(msg => 
+                    msg.runtimeData?.sendingState?.tempId !== tempId
+                )
+            });
+            this.pendingMessages.delete(tempId);
+            clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+            
+            // Check if error has HTTP status code
+            const httpError = error as HttpError;
+            const httpStatus = httpError.status;
+            const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+            
+            console.log("Error details:", { httpStatus, errorMessage, error });
+            
+            // Check for profanity error: HTTP 422 status (Unprocessable Entity)
+            // Also check error message as fallback for WebSocket errors
+            if (httpStatus === 422 || errorMessage.includes("inappropriate content")) {
+                console.log("Showing profanity error dialog");
+                void alert("Your message contains inappropriate content and cannot be sent.");
+            } else {
+                console.log("Error does not match profanity condition:", { httpStatus, errorMessage });
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -341,11 +370,6 @@ export abstract class MessagePanel {
         this.updateMessageToFailed(tempId);
     }
 
-    // Handle message send failure
-    private handleMessageFailed(tempId: string): void {
-        this.updateMessageToFailed(tempId);
-    }
-
     // Helper method to update message to failed state
     private updateMessageToFailed(tempId: string): void {
         const pending = this.pendingMessages.get(tempId);

frontend/src/pages/chat/ui/right/panels/PublicChatPanel.ts

@@ -90,14 +90,10 @@ export class PublicChatPanel extends MessagePanel {
     protected async sendMessage(content: string, replyToId?: number, files: File[] = []): Promise<void> {
         if (!this.currentUser.authToken || !content.trim()) return;
 
-        try {
+        if (files.length === 0) {
-            if (files.length === 0) {
+            await api.chats.general.send(content, replyToId ?? null, this.currentUser.authToken);
-                await api.chats.general.send(content, replyToId ?? null, this.currentUser.authToken);
+        } else {
-            } else {
+            await api.chats.general.sendWithFiles(content, replyToId ?? null, files, this.currentUser.authToken);
-                await api.chats.general.sendWithFiles(content, replyToId ?? null, files, this.currentUser.authToken);
-            }
-        } catch (error) {
-            console.error("Error sending message:", error);
         }
     }