Show neoirc-cli's own messages, joins and parts from the server's events (closes #186)

neoirc-cli wrote its own line when it sent a message, joined or parted,
and ignored the server's event for its own nick, except a JOIN, so a
join showed twice and what the session did from another client never
showed. The HTTP API queues these events to every client of the
session, so the CLI now writes no line of its own when it sends and
shows the event as it shows anyone else's. A direct message the user
sent goes in the recipient's buffer. The user's own part does not mark
the channel unread, as the user has just left it.

Model: opus-5-5

internal/cli/app.go

@@ -96,20 +96,7 @@ func (a *App) handleInput(text string) {
 		a.ui.AddStatus(
 			"[red]Send error: " + err.Error(),
 		)
-
-		return
 	}
-
-	timestamp := time.Now().Format(timeFormat)
-
-	a.mu.Lock()
-	nick := a.nick
-	a.mu.Unlock()
-
-	a.ui.AddLine(target, fmt.Sprintf(
-		"[gray]%s [green]<%s>[white] %s",
-		timestamp, nick, text,
-	))
 }
 
 func (a *App) handleCommand(text string) {
@@ -301,9 +288,6 @@ func (a *App) cmdJoin(channel string) {
 	a.mu.Unlock()
 
 	a.ui.SwitchToBuffer(channel)
-	a.ui.AddLine(channel,
-		"[yellow]*** Joined "+channel,
-	)
 	a.ui.SetStatus(nick, channel, "connected")
 }
 
@@ -338,10 +322,6 @@ func (a *App) cmdPart(channel string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	a.ui.AddLine(channel,
-		"[yellow]*** Left "+channel,
-	)
-
 	a.mu.Lock()
 	if a.target == channel {
 		a.target = ""
@@ -368,7 +348,6 @@ func (a *App) cmdMsg(args string) {
 
 	a.mu.Lock()
 	connected := a.connected
-	nick := a.nick
 	a.mu.Unlock()
 
 	if !connected {
@@ -386,16 +365,7 @@ func (a *App) cmdMsg(args string) {
 		a.ui.AddStatus(fmt.Sprintf(
 			"[red]Send failed: %v", err,
 		))
-
-		return
 	}
-
-	timestamp := time.Now().Format(timeFormat)
-
-	a.ui.AddLine(target, fmt.Sprintf(
-		"[gray]%s [green]<%s>[white] %s",
-		timestamp, nick, text,
-	))
 }
 
 func (a *App) cmdQuery(nick string) {
@@ -785,12 +755,10 @@ func (a *App) handlePrivmsgEvent(
 	lines := msg.BodyLines()
 	text := strings.Join(lines, " ")
 
-	if msg.From == myNick {
-		return
-	}
-
+	// A direct message shows in the buffer of the other user:
+	// the recipient of one the user sent, else the sender.
 	target := msg.To
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(target, "#") {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(target, "#") && msg.From != myNick {
 		target = msg.From
 	}
 
@@ -813,31 +781,35 @@ func (a *App) handleJoinEvent(
 	))
 }
 
-// handlePartEvent shows another user's part. The server
-// also sends the user's own part back to it, which cmdPart
-// has already shown; showing it again would add a second
-// line and mark the channel just left as unread.
+// handlePartEvent shows a part in the channel's buffer. The
+// user's own part does not mark the channel unread: the user
+// has just left it.
 func (a *App) handlePartEvent(
 	msg *api.Message, timestamp, myNick string,
 ) {
-	if msg.To == "" || msg.From == myNick {
+	if msg.To == "" {
 		return
 	}
 
 	lines := msg.BodyLines()
 	reason := strings.Join(lines, " ")
 
+	line := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"[gray]%s [yellow]*** %s has left %s",
+		timestamp, msg.From, msg.To,
+	)
+
 	if reason != "" {
-		a.ui.AddLine(msg.To, fmt.Sprintf(
-			"[gray]%s [yellow]*** %s has left %s (%s)",
-			timestamp, msg.From, msg.To, reason,
-		))
-	} else {
-		a.ui.AddLine(msg.To, fmt.Sprintf(
-			"[gray]%s [yellow]*** %s has left %s",
-			timestamp, msg.From, msg.To,
-		))
+		line += " (" + reason + ")"
 	}
+
+	if msg.From == myNick {
+		a.ui.AddLineAsRead(msg.To, line)
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	a.ui.AddLine(msg.To, line)
 }
 
 func (a *App) handleQuitEvent(

internal/cli/app_internal_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2"
@@ -8,6 +10,15 @@ import (
 	"sneak.berlin/go/neoirc/pkg/irc"
 )
 
+// The user's nick, a channel it is in, another user's nick and
+// a message text, for the tests below.
+const (
+	testNick      = "erin"
+	testChannel   = "#chan"
+	testOtherNick = "bob"
+	testText      = "hello"
+)
+
 func TestMemberPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -53,48 +64,190 @@ func TestMemberPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // TestPartEvent checks that a PART event adds a line to the
-// channel's buffer and marks it unread, except for the
-// user's own part, which cmdPart has already shown.
+// channel's buffer and marks it unread, except that the
+// user's own part does not mark it unread.
 func TestPartEvent(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name       string
 		from       string
-		wantLines  int
 		wantUnread int
 	}{
-		{name: "own part", from: "erin", wantLines: 0, wantUnread: 0},
-		{name: "other member", from: "bob", wantLines: 1, wantUnread: 1},
+		{name: "own part", from: testNick, wantUnread: 0},
+		{name: "other member", from: testOtherNick, wantUnread: 1},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 
-			app := &App{ui: NewUI(), nick: "erin"}
+			app := &App{ui: NewUI(), nick: testNick}
 			runUI(t, app.ui)
 
 			app.handleServerMessage(&api.Message{
-				Command: irc.CmdPart, From: test.from, To: "#chan",
+				Command: irc.CmdPart, From: test.from, To: testChannel,
 			})
 
-			var lines, unread int
-
-			app.ui.app.QueueUpdate(func() {
-				buf := app.ui.getOrCreateBuffer("#chan")
-				lines = len(buf.Lines)
-				unread = buf.Unread
-			})
-
-			if lines != test.wantLines || unread != test.wantUnread {
-				t.Fatalf("got %d lines and %d unread, want %d and %d",
-					lines, unread, test.wantLines, test.wantUnread)
+			lines, unread := bufferState(app.ui, testChannel)
+			if lines != 1 || unread != test.wantUnread {
+				t.Fatalf("got %d lines and %d unread, want 1 and %d",
+					lines, unread, test.wantUnread)
 			}
 		})
 	}
 }
 
+// TestOwnCommandShownOnce checks that a message, join or
+// part made from neoirc-cli shows as one line in the
+// channel's buffer once the server's event for it arrives,
+// and does not mark the channel unread.
+func TestOwnCommandShownOnce(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		send  func(app *App)
+		event api.Message
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "message",
+			send: func(app *App) { app.handleInput(testText) },
+			event: api.Message{
+				Command: irc.CmdPrivmsg, From: testNick, To: testChannel,
+				Body: []string{testText},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "join",
+			send: func(app *App) { app.cmdJoin(testChannel) },
+			event: api.Message{
+				Command: irc.CmdJoin, From: testNick, To: testChannel,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "part",
+			send: func(app *App) { app.cmdPart(testChannel) },
+			event: api.Message{
+				Command: irc.CmdPart, From: testNick, To: testChannel,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			// The server accepts every command and answers nothing.
+			server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(
+				func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) {},
+			))
+			t.Cleanup(server.Close)
+
+			app := &App{
+				ui:        NewUI(),
+				client:    api.NewClient(server.URL),
+				nick:      testNick,
+				target:    testChannel,
+				connected: true,
+			}
+			runUI(t, app.ui)
+			app.ui.SwitchToBuffer(testChannel)
+
+			test.send(app)
+			app.handleServerMessage(&test.event)
+
+			lines, unread := bufferState(app.ui, testChannel)
+			if lines != 1 || unread != 0 {
+				t.Fatalf("got %d lines and %d unread, want 1 and 0",
+					lines, unread)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestOwnEventFromOtherClient checks that a message, notice,
+// join or part that the user's session makes from another
+// client shows as one line in the buffer it belongs to.
+func TestOwnEventFromOtherClient(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		event  api.Message
+		buffer string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "channel message",
+			event: api.Message{
+				Command: irc.CmdPrivmsg, From: testNick, To: testChannel,
+				Body: []string{testText},
+			},
+			buffer: testChannel,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "direct message",
+			event: api.Message{
+				Command: irc.CmdPrivmsg, From: testNick, To: testOtherNick,
+				Body: []string{testText},
+			},
+			buffer: testOtherNick,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "notice",
+			event: api.Message{
+				Command: irc.CmdNotice, From: testNick, To: testChannel,
+				Body: []string{testText},
+			},
+			buffer: "(status)",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "join",
+			event: api.Message{
+				Command: irc.CmdJoin, From: testNick, To: testChannel,
+			},
+			buffer: testChannel,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "part",
+			event: api.Message{
+				Command: irc.CmdPart, From: testNick, To: testChannel,
+			},
+			buffer: testChannel,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			app := &App{ui: NewUI(), nick: testNick}
+			runUI(t, app.ui)
+
+			app.handleServerMessage(&test.event)
+
+			lines, _ := bufferState(app.ui, test.buffer)
+			if lines != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("got %d lines in %s, want 1", lines, test.buffer)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// bufferState returns the number of lines in the named
+// buffer and how many of them are unread.
+func bufferState(ui *UI, name string) (int, int) {
+	var lines, unread int
+
+	ui.app.QueueUpdate(func() {
+		buf := ui.getOrCreateBuffer(name)
+		lines = len(buf.Lines)
+		unread = buf.Unread
+	})
+
+	return lines, unread
+}
+
 // runUI runs ui on a simulated screen until the test ends.
 func runUI(t *testing.T, ui *UI) {
 	t.Helper()

internal/cli/ui.go

@@ -95,6 +95,19 @@ func (ui *UI) AddLine(bufferName, line string) {
 	})
 }
 
+// AddLineAsRead adds a line to the specified buffer, as
+// AddLine does, but does not mark the buffer unread.
+func (ui *UI) AddLineAsRead(bufferName, line string) {
+	ui.app.QueueUpdateDraw(func() {
+		buf := ui.getOrCreateBuffer(bufferName)
+		buf.Lines = append(buf.Lines, line)
+
+		if ui.buffers[ui.currentBuffer] == buf {
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(ui.messages, line)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 // AddStatus adds a line to the status buffer.
 func (ui *UI) AddStatus(line string) {
 	ts := time.Now().Format("15:04")

internal/db/queries.go

@@ -264,6 +264,25 @@ func (database *Database) GetSessionByNick(
 	return sessionID, nil
 }
 
+// GetSessionNick returns the nick a session holds.
+func (database *Database) GetSessionNick(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	sessionID int64,
+) (string, error) {
+	var nick string
+
+	err := database.conn.QueryRowContext(
+		ctx,
+		"SELECT nick FROM sessions WHERE id = ?",
+		sessionID,
+	).Scan(&nick)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("get session nick: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nick, nil
+}
+
 // SessionHostInfo holds the username, hostname, and IP
 // for a session.
 type SessionHostInfo struct {

internal/ircserver/commands.go

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (c *Conn) handleNick(
 	}
 
 	oldMask := c.hostmask()
-	oldNick := c.nick
+	oldNick := c.currentNick()
 
 	err := c.svc.ChangeNick(
 		ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, oldNick, newNick,
@@ -92,9 +92,10 @@ func (c *Conn) handleNick(
 		return
 	}
 
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	c.nick = newNick
-	c.mu.Unlock()
+	// Take the nick the session holds, not newNick: another
+	// client of the session may have changed it again since
+	// ChangeNick stored newNick.
+	c.loadSessionNick(ctx)
 
 	// Echo NICK change to the client on wire.
 	c.send(FormatMessage(oldMask, "NICK", newNick))
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ func (c *Conn) handlePrivmsg(
 
 	if strings.HasPrefix(target, "#") {
 		_, err := c.svc.SendChannelMessage(
-			ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.nick,
+			ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.currentNick(),
 			msg.Command, target, body, nil,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ func (c *Conn) handlePrivmsg(
 		}
 	} else {
 		result, err := c.svc.SendDirectMessage(
-			ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.nick,
+			ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.currentNick(),
 			msg.Command, target, body, nil,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ func (c *Conn) joinChannel(
 	channel, key string,
 ) {
 	result, err := c.svc.JoinChannel(
-		ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.nick, channel, key,
+		ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.currentNick(), channel, key,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.sendIRCError(err)
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ func (c *Conn) partChannel(
 	channel, reason string,
 ) {
 	err := c.svc.PartChannel(
-		ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.nick, channel, reason,
+		ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.currentNick(), channel, reason,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.sendIRCError(err)
@@ -401,7 +402,7 @@ func (c *Conn) handleTopic(
 	newTopic := msg.Params[1]
 
 	err := c.svc.SetTopic(
-		ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.nick, channel, newTopic,
+		ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.currentNick(), channel, newTopic,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.sendIRCError(err)
@@ -708,7 +709,7 @@ func (c *Conn) applyChannelModes(
 		c.send(FormatMessage(c.hostmask(), "MODE", params...))
 
 		c.svc.BroadcastMode(
-			ctx, c.clientID, c.nick, channel, chID, modeReply,
+			ctx, c.clientID, c.currentNick(), channel, chID, modeReply,
 		)
 	}
 }
@@ -1185,7 +1186,7 @@ func (c *Conn) handleKick(
 	}
 
 	err := c.svc.KickUser(
-		ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.nick,
+		ctx, c.sessionID, c.clientID, c.currentNick(),
 		channel, targetNick, reason,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1225,7 +1226,7 @@ func (c *Conn) handlePassPostReg(
 		return
 	}
 
-	c.sendFromServer("NOTICE", c.nick,
+	c.sendFromServer("NOTICE", c.currentNick(),
 		"Password set. You can reconnect using "+
 			"PASS <password> with your nick.",
 	)
@@ -1249,7 +1250,7 @@ func (c *Conn) handleInvite(
 	channel := msg.Params[1]
 
 	targetID, err := c.svc.InviteUser(
-		ctx, c.sessionID, c.nick, targetNick, channel,
+		ctx, c.sessionID, c.currentNick(), targetNick, channel,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.sendIRCError(err)
@@ -1266,7 +1267,7 @@ func (c *Conn) handleInvite(
 	body, _ := json.Marshal([]string{channel}) //nolint:errchkjson
 
 	_, _, _ = c.svc.FanOut( //nolint:dogsled // fire-and-forget broadcast
-		ctx, "INVITE", c.nick, targetNick, targetID, 0,
+		ctx, "INVITE", c.currentNick(), targetNick, targetID, 0,
 		nil, body, nil, []int64{targetID}, 0,
 	)
 }

internal/ircserver/conn.go

@@ -313,6 +313,22 @@ func (c *Conn) currentNick() string {
 	return c.nick
 }
 
+// loadSessionNick sets c.nick to the nick the connection's
+// session holds in the database, read by session ID. The
+// connection's own NICK and the relay passing on a NICK line
+// both call it, and it reads and sets the nick under c.mu, so
+// whichever runs last leaves the connection on its session's
+// nick. If the read fails, c.nick is left as it is.
+func (c *Conn) loadSessionNick(ctx context.Context) {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+
+	nick, err := c.database.GetSessionNick(ctx, c.sessionID)
+	if err == nil {
+		c.nick = nick
+	}
+}
+
 // send writes a formatted IRC line to the connection.
 func (c *Conn) send(line string) {
 	c.sendWithin(writeTimeout, line)
@@ -345,7 +361,7 @@ func (c *Conn) sendNumeric(
 	code irc.IRCMessageType,
 	params ...string,
 ) {
-	nick := c.nick
+	nick := c.currentNick()
 	if nick == "" {
 		nick = "*"
 	}
@@ -369,9 +385,11 @@ func (c *Conn) sendFromServer(
 // hostmask returns the client's full hostmask
 // (nick!user@host).
 func (c *Conn) hostmask() string {
+	nick := c.currentNick()
+
 	user := c.username
 	if user == "" {
-		user = c.nick
+		user = nick
 	}
 
 	host := c.hostname
@@ -379,7 +397,7 @@ func (c *Conn) hostmask() string {
 		host = c.remoteIP
 	}
 
-	return c.nick + "!" + user + "@" + host
+	return nick + "!" + user + "@" + host
 }
 
 // handleMessage dispatches a parsed IRC message using
@@ -657,7 +675,7 @@ func (c *Conn) checkPasswordLength(pw string) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 
-	c.sendFromServer("NOTICE", c.nick,
+	c.sendFromServer("NOTICE", c.currentNick(),
 		"Password must be 8 to 72 bytes",
 	)
 

internal/ircserver/relay.go

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (c *Conn) drainQueue(ctx context.Context) bool {
 //
 //nolint:cyclop // dispatch table
 func (c *Conn) deliverIRCMessage(
-	_ context.Context,
+	ctx context.Context,
 	msg *db.IRCMessage,
 ) {
 	command := msg.Command
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (c *Conn) deliverIRCMessage(
 	case command == irc.CmdPart:
 		c.deliverPart(msg, text)
 	case command == irc.CmdNick:
-		c.deliverNickChange(msg, text)
+		c.deliverNickChange(ctx, msg, text)
 	case command == irc.CmdQuit:
 		c.deliverQuitMsg(msg, text)
 	case command == irc.CmdTopic:
@@ -230,11 +230,18 @@ func (c *Conn) deliverPart(msg *db.IRCMessage, text string) {
 	}
 }
 
-// deliverNickChange sends a NICK change notification.
+// deliverNickChange sends a NICK change notification. The
+// change may be its own session's, made from another client,
+// so the connection first takes the nick its session holds
+// now. It does not go by the line's old nick: the connection
+// may have taken that nick after another user gave it up.
 func (c *Conn) deliverNickChange(
+	ctx context.Context,
 	msg *db.IRCMessage,
 	newNick string,
 ) {
+	c.loadSessionNick(ctx)
+
 	prefix := msg.From + "!" + msg.From + "@*"
 
 	c.send(FormatMessage(prefix, "NICK", newNick))

internal/ircserver/relay_test.go

@@ -511,13 +511,10 @@ func TestRelayOwnSessionOnce(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// ownSessionCopies connects alice to the IRC listener and has
-// her join #chan, which bob is on too, then adds an HTTP API
-// client to her session with the password her connection set,
-// as POST /api/v1/login does. It makes the command line from
-// her connection, or with api from the HTTP API client when api
-// is not nil, and returns how many copies of it her connection
-// and her HTTP API client got.
+// ownSessionCopies sets up alice with aliceWithHTTPClient. It
+// makes the command line from her connection, or with api from
+// the HTTP API client when api is not nil, and returns how many
+// copies of it her connection and her HTTP API client got.
 func ownSessionCopies(
 	t *testing.T,
 	line string,
@@ -525,27 +522,9 @@ func ownSessionCopies(
 ) (int, int) {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	const password = "alicepass"
-
 	ctx := t.Context()
 	env := newTestEnv(t)
-
-	alice := env.dial(t)
-	alice.send("PASS " + password)
-	alice.register("alice")
-	// Registration stores the password before the JOIN runs.
-	alice.joinAndDrain("#chan")
-
-	bob := env.dial(t)
-	bob.register("bob")
-	bob.joinAndDrain("#chan")
-
-	sessionID, httpClientID, _, err := env.database.LoginUser(
-		ctx, "alice", password, "127.0.0.1", "localhost",
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("log in as alice: %v", err)
-	}
+	alice, _, sessionID, httpClientID := aliceWithHTTPClient(t, env)
 
 	var lines []string
 
@@ -555,7 +534,7 @@ func ownSessionCopies(
 		// Her echo comes before the reply to her next command.
 		lines = alice.sendAndExpect("PING :done", "PONG")
 	} else {
-		err = api(ctx, env.srv.Service(), sessionID)
+		err := api(ctx, env.srv.Service(), sessionID)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("%s over the HTTP API: %v", line, err)
 		}
@@ -601,3 +580,118 @@ func ownSessionCopies(
 
 	return ircCopies, httpCopies
 }
+
+// aliceWithHTTPClient connects alice to the IRC listener and
+// has her join #chan, which bob is on too, then adds an HTTP API
+// client to her session with the password her connection set,
+// as POST /api/v1/login does. It returns her connection, bob's
+// connection, her session and her HTTP API client.
+func aliceWithHTTPClient(
+	t *testing.T, env *testEnv,
+) (*testClient, *testClient, int64, int64) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	const password = "alicepass"
+
+	alice := env.dial(t)
+	alice.send("PASS " + password)
+	alice.register("alice")
+	// Registration stores the password before the JOIN runs.
+	alice.joinAndDrain("#chan")
+
+	bob := env.dial(t)
+	bob.register("bob")
+	bob.joinAndDrain("#chan")
+
+	sessionID, httpClientID, _, err := env.database.LoginUser(
+		t.Context(), "alice", password, "127.0.0.1", "localhost",
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("log in as alice: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return alice, bob, sessionID, httpClientID
+}
+
+// TestRelayNickChangeFromHTTPAPI checks that once alice's nick
+// is changed from her HTTP API client, her IRC listener
+// connection uses the new nick: what she then sends from it
+// reaches bob under the new nick.
+func TestRelayNickChangeFromHTTPAPI(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	env := newTestEnv(t)
+	alice, bob, sessionID, _ := aliceWithHTTPClient(t, env)
+
+	bob.joinAndDrain("#other")
+
+	// As the HTTP API does.
+	err := env.srv.Service().ChangeNick(
+		t.Context(), sessionID, 0, "alice", "alice2",
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("change nick over the HTTP API: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Her connection has taken the new nick once it has sent her
+	// the change.
+	const change = ":alice!alice@* NICK alice2"
+
+	alice.readUntil(func(l string) bool { return l == change })
+	bob.readUntil(func(l string) bool { return l == change })
+
+	for _, step := range []struct {
+		line, want string
+	}{
+		{"PRIVMSG #chan :hi there", ":alice2!alice2@* PRIVMSG #chan :hi there"},
+		{"JOIN #other", ":alice2!alice2@* JOIN #other"},
+		{"NICK alice3", ":alice2!alice2@* NICK alice3"},
+	} {
+		alice.send(step.line)
+
+		got := bob.readLine()
+		if got != step.want {
+			t.Errorf("%s: got %q, want %q", step.line, got, step.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRelayNickChangeKeepsTakenNick checks that an IRC
+// listener connection which takes a nick another user has
+// given up keeps it when that user's change reaches it
+// afterwards: what it then sends goes out under the nick its
+// session holds.
+func TestRelayNickChangeKeepsTakenNick(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	env := newTestEnv(t)
+
+	bob := env.dial(t)
+	bob.register("bob")
+	bob.sendAndExpect("NICK bob2", " NICK bob2")
+
+	alice := env.dial(t)
+	alice.register("alice")
+	alice.sendAndExpect("NICK bob", " NICK bob")
+	alice.joinAndDrain("#chan")
+
+	bob.joinAndDrain("#chan")
+
+	// Bob's change reaches alice only now, as it does when she
+	// takes his old nick before her connection has passed the
+	// change on. She holds bob now, so it is queued to bob.
+	env.queueMessage(t, "bob", "NICK", "bob", "", []string{"bob2"})
+
+	alice.readUntil(func(l string) bool {
+		return l == ":bob!bob@* NICK bob2"
+	})
+
+	alice.send("PRIVMSG #chan :hi there")
+
+	const want = ":bob!bob@* PRIVMSG #chan :hi there"
+
+	got := bob.readLine()
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("got %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}