From 20d9bf1f2363aff63162c24692690d5af34a4dc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdullah Atta <abdullahatta@streetwriters.co>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:42:50 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] core: ensure user is fetched after sign up

---
 packages/core/src/api/user-manager.ts | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/src/api/user-manager.ts b/packages/core/src/api/user-manager.ts
index e689be66d..8a98d7642 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/api/user-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/api/user-manager.ts
@@ -90,14 +90,15 @@ class UserManager {
     );
 
     const user = await this.fetchUser();
-    if (!user) return;
+    if (!user) throw new Error("Failed to fetch user after signup.");
+
+    await this.db.setLastSynced(0);
+    await this.db.syncer.devices.register();
 
     await this.db.storage().deriveCryptoKey({
       password,
       salt: user.salt
     });
-    await this.db.setLastSynced(0);
-    await this.db.syncer.devices.register();
 
     const masterKey = await this.getMasterKey();
     if (!masterKey) throw new Error("User encryption key not generated.");