# AI Chat not reacting to mentions on renamed users

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** ai\
**Created:** [May 9, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-chat-not-reacting-to-mentions-on-renamed-users/307488 "2024-05-09T15:58:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-chat-not-reacting-to-mentions-on-renamed-users/307488/3 "2024-05-10T06:11:16Z")

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No. I renamed that user that was automatic created when I allowed mentions.

1. I created an AI-person and gave an username `johndoe`
2. I allowed mentions and user `something_bot` was created for me
3. I renamed `something_bot` → `johndoe_bot` because there already was `johndoe`
4. I renamed `johndoe` → `johndoe0`
5. I renamed `johndoe_bot` → `johndoe`

What was expected is I have now two users for same persona:

- `johndoe0` (the original `johndoe`)
- `johndoe` (created by allowing mentions and got 2 renaming steps)

What was not expected is I can talk to newborn `johndoe` but it refuses answer unless I mention its earlier name `johndoe_bot` that does not exist anymore.

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