Twitch API missing user_name in returned response when trying to get followed streams

BarryCarlyon · March 24, 2022, 11:43am

This is reported on the github

Empty user_name field in Get Followed Streams endpoint when channel first comes online

opened 08:49AM - 13 Sep 21 UTC

product: api

**Brief description** When a channel first comes online, if you make a request …to the [Get Followed Streams](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/reference#get-followed-streams) endpoint, the `user_name` field will be an empty string for that channel. **How to reproduce** It's easy to reproduce: Use a test account and follow yourself on another account. Go online on the test account and make a request to [Get Followed Streams](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/reference#get-followed-streams) endpoint until the channel shows up. The `user_name` field will be an empty string. This problem persists when making the same request for roughly ~15-30 seconds until the problem fixes itself and the `user_name` will finally have the proper value. **Expected behavior** `user_name` field is not an empty string **Screenshots** Here is the JSON returned when the problem happens: https://pastebin.com/KM5cF5Za **Additional context or questions** I noticed [someone having a similar issue with the webhook](https://discuss.dev.twitch.tv/t/webhook-sometimes-sending-blank-user-name/19712) that was posted nearly 3 years ago. I'm not sure if the problem is related.

It should be populated on a second/repeat load around a minute later