From 691a9a04a91c008168d3839ac7c69523170f9691 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pradeepkumar <kongupradeep@live.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:42:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: filter out stale profile field values by requiring
 backend-resolved labels

---
 src/utils/profileDataMapper.ts | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/utils/profileDataMapper.ts b/src/utils/profileDataMapper.ts
index a0c15d6..c10d77d 100644
--- a/src/utils/profileDataMapper.ts
+++ b/src/utils/profileDataMapper.ts
@@ -291,13 +291,21 @@ export function mapFieldValuesToAvailability(fieldValues: FieldValueResponse[]):
     return trimmed;
   };
 
-  // Prefer backend-resolved labels, fall back to raw value with snake_case formatting
-  const resolvedLabels = rawValues.map((val, i) => {
+  // Use backend-resolved labels only. Drop stale/orphan values whose option is no longer
+  // defined in the profile field (backend returns no label for them) — prevents old
+  // selections from lingering when admin renames/removes options.
+  const resolvedLabels: string[] = [];
+  rawValues.forEach((val, i) => {
     const fromBackend = labelValues[i];
     if (fromBackend && typeof fromBackend === 'string' && fromBackend.trim()) {
-      return formatIfSnakeCase(fromBackend);
+      resolvedLabels.push(formatIfSnakeCase(fromBackend));
+      return;
     }
-    return formatIfSnakeCase(val);
+    // No backend label → likely a stale option; skip unless it's already a human-readable string
+    const raw = String(val || '').trim();
+    if (!raw) return;
+    if (/^[a-z0-9]+(_[a-z0-9]+)+$/i.test(raw)) return; // skip snake_case orphans
+    resolvedLabels.push(formatIfSnakeCase(raw));
   });
 
   // Deduplicate by normalized comparison (case/whitespace insensitive)