From 9364620b5ff37d514ce30533bd0aef4b61a2d6fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: xpoes123 <logiccubing@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:42:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: only start votekick rate-limit clock when a votekick is
 actually initiated

---
 server/multiplayer/ServerMultiplayerRoomMixin.js | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/multiplayer/ServerMultiplayerRoomMixin.js b/server/multiplayer/ServerMultiplayerRoomMixin.js
index e73596134..26e420e0f 100644
--- a/server/multiplayer/ServerMultiplayerRoomMixin.js
+++ b/server/multiplayer/ServerMultiplayerRoomMixin.js
@@ -408,8 +408,6 @@ const ServerMultiplayerRoomMixin = (RoomClass) => class extends RoomClass {
       return;
     }
 
-    this.lastVotekickTime[userId] = currentTime;
-
     for (const votekick of this.votekickList) {
       if (votekick.exists(targetId)) { return; }
     }
@@ -421,6 +419,7 @@ const ServerMultiplayerRoomMixin = (RoomClass) => class extends RoomClass {
     });
 
     const threshold = Math.max(Math.floor(activePlayers * 3 / 4), 2);
+    this.lastVotekickTime[userId] = currentTime;
     const votekick = new Votekick(targetId, threshold, []);
     votekick.vote(userId);
     this.votekickList.push(votekick);