From 9b7d05b1e75b9ba6bd9982fd2c698a99a18caef9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shrihari Prakasam <Shrihari.Prakasam@genesys.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 18:09:16 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix duplicate account prevention.

---
 src/service/api/user/create.post.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/service/api/user/create.post.ts b/src/service/api/user/create.post.ts
index 51c5038..fdaa5f8 100644
--- a/src/service/api/user/create.post.ts
+++ b/src/service/api/user/create.post.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ const POST_Create = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
         .json(new ErrorResponse(errorMessages.clientInputError, { errors }));
     }
     const existingUser = (await UserModel.findOne({
-      $or: [{ sanitizedEmail: sanitizeEmailAddress(email) }, { username }],
+      $or: [{ sanitizedEmail: sanitizeEmailAddress(email) }, { email }, { username }],
     }).exec()) as unknown as UserInterface;
     if (existingUser) {
       const duplicateFields = [];