From 8e2e9e304b95de187981a361cd8e36d614840580 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yashaswini K P <yashaswinikpyashu@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 20:39:21 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: resolve HOT_STREAK badge flickering by excluding
 today's incomplete data

---
 frontend/js/user/badges.js | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/js/user/badges.js b/frontend/js/user/badges.js
index 7056ee60..80b2aa6f 100644
--- a/frontend/js/user/badges.js
+++ b/frontend/js/user/badges.js
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ async function loadBadges(username) {
 
     const earnedSet = new Set();
 
-    if (history.length >= 8) {
-      const recent = history.slice(-8);
+    if (history.length >= 9) {
+      const recent = history.slice(-9, -1);
       let streak = true;
       for (let j = 1; j < recent.length; j++) {
         const todayTotals = recent[j].easy + recent[j].medium + recent[j].hard;

From 7655c07c1e9de69b9a82817046518b1d204a820f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yashaswini K P <yashaswinikpyashu@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:39:23 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix: resolve HOT_STREAK badge flickering and milestone
 calculation

---
 frontend/js/user/badges.js | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/js/user/badges.js b/frontend/js/user/badges.js
index 80b2aa6f..3f5d1d37 100644
--- a/frontend/js/user/badges.js
+++ b/frontend/js/user/badges.js
@@ -20,19 +20,44 @@ async function loadBadges(username) {
 
     const earnedSet = new Set();
 
-    if (history.length >= 9) {
-      const recent = history.slice(-9, -1);
-      let streak = true;
+    if (history.length >= 8) {
+      const recent = history.slice(-8, -1);
+      let streak = 0;
+      let isValid = true;
+
       for (let j = 1; j < recent.length; j++) {
         const todayTotals = recent[j].easy + recent[j].medium + recent[j].hard;
         const yesterdayTotals =
           recent[j - 1].easy + recent[j - 1].medium + recent[j - 1].hard;
-        if (todayTotals - yesterdayTotals < 1) {
-          streak = false;
+
+        if (todayTotals - yesterdayTotals >= 1) {
+          streak++;
+        } else {
+          isValid = false;
           break;
         }
       }
-      if (streak) earnedSet.add("HOT_STREAK");
+
+      if (isValid) {
+        const currentDay = history[history.length - 1];
+        const previousDay = history[history.length - 2];
+        const solvedToday =
+          currentDay.easy +
+            currentDay.medium +
+            currentDay.hard -
+            (previousDay.easy + previousDay.medium + previousDay.hard) >=
+          1;
+
+        if (solvedToday) {
+          streak++;
+        }
+      } else {
+        streak = 0;
+      }
+
+      if (streak >= 7) {
+        earnedSet.add("HOT_STREAK");
+      }
     }
 
     if (ranks.overall && parseInt(ranks.overall.change, 10) >= 5) {