coder · johnstcn · Aug 19, 2025
diff --git a/cli/testdata/coder_list_--output_json.golden b/cli/testdata/coder_list_--output_json.golden
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "created_at": "====[timestamp]=====",
     "updated_at": "====[timestamp]=====",
     "owner_id": "==========[first user ID]===========",
-    "owner_name": "testuser",
+    "owner_name": "",
     "owner_avatar_url": "",
     "organization_id": "===========[first org ID]===========",
     "organization_name": "coder",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
       "workspace_id": "===========[workspace ID]===========",
       "workspace_name": "test-workspace",
       "workspace_owner_id": "==========[first user ID]===========",
-      "workspace_owner_name": "testuser",
+      "workspace_owner_name": "",
       "template_version_id": "============[version ID]============",
       "template_version_name": "===========[version name]===========",
       "build_number": 1,

diff --git a/coderd/database/dump.sql b/coderd/database/dump.sql
diff --git a/coderd/database/migrations/000361_what_if_username_were_empty.down.sql b/coderd/database/migrations/000361_what_if_username_were_empty.down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+-- Restore the original workspaces_expanded view
+DROP VIEW workspaces_expanded;
+
+CREATE VIEW workspaces_expanded AS
+SELECT
+    workspaces.id,
+    workspaces.created_at,
+    workspaces.updated_at,
+    workspaces.owner_id,
+    workspaces.organization_id,
+    workspaces.template_id,
+    workspaces.deleted,
+    workspaces.name,
+    workspaces.autostart_schedule,
+    workspaces.ttl,
+    workspaces.last_used_at,
+    workspaces.dormant_at,
+    workspaces.deleting_at,
+    workspaces.automatic_updates,
+    workspaces.favorite,
+    workspaces.next_start_at,
+    workspaces.group_acl,
+    workspaces.user_acl,
+    visible_users.avatar_url AS owner_avatar_url,
+    -- Restore original behavior
+    visible_users.username AS owner_username,
+    visible_users.name AS owner_name,
+    organizations.name AS organization_name,
+    organizations.display_name AS organization_display_name,
+    organizations.icon AS organization_icon,
+    organizations.description AS organization_description,
+    templates.name AS template_name,
+    templates.display_name AS template_display_name,
+    templates.icon AS template_icon,
+    templates.description AS template_description
+FROM (
+        (
+            (
+                workspaces
+                JOIN visible_users ON (
+                    (
+                        workspaces.owner_id = visible_users.id
+                    )
+                )
+            )
+            JOIN organizations ON (
+                (
+                    workspaces.organization_id = organizations.id
+                )
+            )
+        )
+        JOIN templates ON (
+            (
+                workspaces.template_id = templates.id
+            )
+        )
+    );
+
+COMMENT ON VIEW workspaces_expanded IS 'Joins in the display name information such as username, avatar, and organization name.';
diff --git a/coderd/database/migrations/000361_what_if_username_were_empty.up.sql b/coderd/database/migrations/000361_what_if_username_were_empty.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+-- Drop and recreate the workspaces_expanded view to return empty string for owner_username
+DROP VIEW workspaces_expanded;
+
+CREATE VIEW workspaces_expanded AS
+SELECT
+    workspaces.id,
+    workspaces.created_at,
+    workspaces.updated_at,
+    workspaces.owner_id,
+    workspaces.organization_id,
+    workspaces.template_id,
+    workspaces.deleted,
+    workspaces.name,
+    workspaces.autostart_schedule,
+    workspaces.ttl,
+    workspaces.last_used_at,
+    workspaces.dormant_at,
+    workspaces.deleting_at,
+    workspaces.automatic_updates,
+    workspaces.favorite,
+    workspaces.next_start_at,
+    workspaces.group_acl,
+    workspaces.user_acl,
+    visible_users.avatar_url AS owner_avatar_url,
+    -- Force owner_username to be empty string for testing
+    ''::text AS owner_username,
+    visible_users.name AS owner_name,
+    organizations.name AS organization_name,
+    organizations.display_name AS organization_display_name,
+    organizations.icon AS organization_icon,
+    organizations.description AS organization_description,
+    templates.name AS template_name,
+    templates.display_name AS template_display_name,
+    templates.icon AS template_icon,
+    templates.description AS template_description
+FROM (
+        (
+            (
+                workspaces
+                JOIN visible_users ON (
+                    (
+                        workspaces.owner_id = visible_users.id
+                    )
+                )
+            )
+            JOIN organizations ON (
+                (
+                    workspaces.organization_id = organizations.id
+                )
+            )
+        )
+        JOIN templates ON (
+            (
+                workspaces.template_id = templates.id
+            )
+        )
+    );
+
+COMMENT ON VIEW workspaces_expanded IS 'Joins in the display name information such as username, avatar, and organization name. TESTING: owner_username forced to empty string.';
diff --git a/coderd/database/models.go b/coderd/database/models.go