From 16d4231ccd83b9d2e98d1fefe41885ac281b74ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shaz Amjad <shaz.amjad@mattermost.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:04:19 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes custom status update (#5881)

---
 app/actions/views/custom_status.ts | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/actions/views/custom_status.ts b/app/actions/views/custom_status.ts
index 97f12d845..b7c3e4e67 100644
--- a/app/actions/views/custom_status.ts
+++ b/app/actions/views/custom_status.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ export function setCustomStatus(customStatus: UserCustomStatus): ActionFunc {
         user.props.customStatus = JSON.stringify(customStatus);
         dispatch({type: UserTypes.RECEIVED_ME, data: user});
 
+        // Server does not like empty 'expires_at' string.
+        if (!customStatus.expires_at) {
+            delete customStatus.expires_at;
+        }
+
         try {
             await Client4.updateCustomStatus(customStatus);
         } catch (error) {