From 3efbd019ce516e78b28602f0a6661eb775108680 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Brandon McGinty (chatgpt)" <git@bmcginty.us>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:42:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Synchronize selected user access

---
 admin.go                    |  2 +-
 barnard.go                  | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 client.go                   |  2 +-
 client_notification_test.go | 15 +++++++++++++
 ui.go                       |  8 +++----
 5 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/admin.go b/admin.go
index 9889f43..757f4db 100644
--- a/admin.go
+++ b/admin.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (b *Barnard) OpenAdminMenu() {
 		return
 	}
 	b.adminReturnItem = b.UiTree.ActiveItem()
-	b.adminTargetUser = b.selectedUser
+	b.adminTargetUser = b.selectedUserValue()
 	b.adminTargetChan = b.Client.Self.Channel
 	if b.Ui.Active() == uiViewTree {
 		switch item := b.UiTree.ActiveItem().(type) {
diff --git a/barnard.go b/barnard.go
index da94e2c..c4305c7 100644
--- a/barnard.go
+++ b/barnard.go
@@ -32,20 +32,21 @@ type Barnard struct {
 	AutoTransmit bool // auto-start transmission on connect
 	Connected    bool
 
-	Ui              *uiterm.Ui
-	UiOutput        uiterm.Textview
-	UiInput         uiterm.Textbox
-	UiStatus        uiterm.Label
-	UiTree          uiterm.Tree
-	UiAdmin         uiterm.Tree
-	UiInputStatus   uiterm.Label
-	SelectedChannel *gumble.Channel
-	selectedUser    *gumble.User
-	adminTargetUser *gumble.User
-	adminTargetChan *gumble.Channel
-	adminReturnItem uiterm.TreeItem
-	statusText      string
-	statusNotice    bool
+	Ui                *uiterm.Ui
+	UiOutput          uiterm.Textview
+	UiInput           uiterm.Textbox
+	UiStatus          uiterm.Label
+	UiTree            uiterm.Tree
+	UiAdmin           uiterm.Tree
+	UiInputStatus     uiterm.Label
+	SelectedChannel   *gumble.Channel
+	selectedUser      *gumble.User
+	selectedUserMutex sync.RWMutex
+	adminTargetUser   *gumble.User
+	adminTargetChan   *gumble.Channel
+	adminReturnItem   uiterm.TreeItem
+	statusText        string
+	statusNotice      bool
 
 	notifyChannel chan []string
 
@@ -136,6 +137,18 @@ func (b *Barnard) setChannelMuted(channelID uint32, muted bool) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (b *Barnard) selectedUserValue() *gumble.User {
+	b.selectedUserMutex.RLock()
+	defer b.selectedUserMutex.RUnlock()
+	return b.selectedUser
+}
+
+func (b *Barnard) setSelectedUserValue(user *gumble.User) {
+	b.selectedUserMutex.Lock()
+	b.selectedUser = user
+	b.selectedUserMutex.Unlock()
+}
+
 func (b *Barnard) StopTransmission() {
 	if b.Tx {
 		b.Notify("micdown", "me", "")
@@ -165,7 +178,7 @@ func (b *Barnard) TreeItemKeyPress(ui *uiterm.Ui, tree *uiterm.Tree, item uiterm
 			b.GotoChat()
 		}
 		if treeItem.User != nil {
-			if b.selectedUser == treeItem.User {
+			if b.selectedUserValue() == treeItem.User {
 				b.SetSelectedUser(nil)
 				b.GotoChat()
 			} else {
diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 2483577..3e78575 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func (b *Barnard) OnUserChange(e *gumble.UserChangeEvent) {
 	}
 
 	if e.Type.Has(gumble.UserChangeDisconnected) {
-		if e.User == b.selectedUser {
+		if e.User == b.selectedUserValue() {
 			b.SetSelectedUser(nil)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/client_notification_test.go b/client_notification_test.go
index cf2fd67..392236d 100644
--- a/client_notification_test.go
+++ b/client_notification_test.go
@@ -84,6 +84,21 @@ func TestServerAddressDefaultsPortWithoutBreakingIPv6(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestConcurrentSelectedUserAccess(t *testing.T) {
+	b := &Barnard{}
+	user := &gumble.User{Session: 1}
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(user *gumble.User) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			b.setSelectedUserValue(user)
+			_ = b.selectedUserValue()
+		}(user)
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+}
+
 func TestConcurrentMutedChannelAccess(t *testing.T) {
 	b := &Barnard{MutedChannels: make(map[uint32]bool)}
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
diff --git a/ui.go b/ui.go
index 2daf5ef..fab2ab2 100644
--- a/ui.go
+++ b/ui.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (b *Barnard) Notify(event string, who string, what string) {
 }
 
 func (b *Barnard) SetSelectedUser(user *gumble.User) {
-	b.selectedUser = user
+	b.setSelectedUserValue(user)
 	if user == nil {
 		if len(b.UiInput.Text) > 0 {
 		}
@@ -493,9 +493,9 @@ func (b *Barnard) OnTextInput(ui *uiterm.Ui, textbox *uiterm.Textbox, text strin
 
 	// Not a command, send as chat message
 	if b.Client != nil && b.Client.Self != nil {
-		if b.selectedUser != nil {
-			b.selectedUser.Send(text)
-			b.AddOutputPrivateMessage(b.Client.Self, b.selectedUser, text)
+		if selectedUser := b.selectedUserValue(); selectedUser != nil {
+			selectedUser.Send(text)
+			b.AddOutputPrivateMessage(b.Client.Self, selectedUser, text)
 		} else {
 			b.Client.Self.Channel.Send(text, false)
 			b.AddOutputMessage(b.Client.Self, text)