From 19966f986cfcd21ac86455782892afd952388048 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muhammad Saad <saadp791@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 17:00:11 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: allow # in channel names

---
 src/channel.rs | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/channel.rs b/src/channel.rs
index 2297309..4d48ba7 100644
--- a/src/channel.rs
+++ b/src/channel.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ use regex::Regex;
 use std::sync::LazyLock;
 
 static CHANNEL_NAME_PATTERN: LazyLock<Regex> =
-    LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(r"^[A-Za-z0-9_\-=@,.;]+$").unwrap());
+    LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(r"^[#A-Za-z0-9_\-=@,.;]+$").unwrap());
 
 fn validate_channel_name(name: &str) -> Result<()> {
     if name.is_empty() {
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ fn validate_channel_name(name: &str) -> Result<()> {
     if !CHANNEL_NAME_PATTERN.is_match(name) {
         return Err(SockudoError::Validation {
             message: format!(
-                "Invalid channel name: '{}'. Must match pattern: [A-Za-z0-9_\\-=@,.;]+",
+                "Invalid channel name: '{}'. Must match pattern: [#A-Za-z0-9_\\-=@,.;]+",
                 name
             ),
         });