Saving anonymous users results in account already exists error

[silvermana]

I found the issue in RestWrite.js:

// Check for username uniqueness
    if (!this.data.username) {
      if (!this.query) {
        // TODO: what's correct behavior here
        this.data.username = '';
      }
      return;}

I'm not sure what the answer is though. When using Parse.com anonymous users could be saved with data before registration took place.

[gfosco]

I think the fix is to set the username to a random string, as on hosted Parse. But, are you getting an error? Anonymous users was implemented and tested, it just sets the username to an empty string and returns.

[silvermana]

@gfosco yes, I'm getting a username is taken error because two _Users can't have the same username? The first anonymous user saves fine, but the second errors.

[jsoendermann]

I'm having the same problem, subsequent anonymous user saves fail because empty usernames aren't unique.

#259 looks like a duplicate of this bug.

[steven-supersolid]

PR to get things started: #341

[gfosco]

Should be fixed because of 341.. Please open a new issue if still experiencing a problem. Thanks.