A user reports that the reaction on their site automatically converts to when selected, despite being properly configured. The issue persists even after reordering and re-adding the reaction. Another user suggests checking if the reaction is set in the Discourse reactions reaction for like setting, but the original poster confirms it’s correctly set to . A third user notes that :wave: was deprecated in favor of :waving_hand:, and suggests the issue might stem from a mismatch in the reaction name, possibly due to configuration changes. The original poster confirms the reaction works after removing and re-adding it, indicating a potential sync or naming issue fuse.
Just a thought: Some time ago :wave: was changed to :waving_hand:. While both still work in posts both work, the official name used in autocomplete now seems to be :waving_hand:.
I wonder if your deleting and re-adding caused the configuration to be waving_hand now while it was wave before and if the latter caused the problem.
You could check the old configuration in the staff action logs: admin/logs/staff_action_logs?filters=%7B"subject"%3A"discourse_reactions_enabled_reactions"%7D