From 34e971bc42713fddfb75c2ff44bc119069198905 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miodec <jack@monkeytype.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 21:36:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: add guards to before delete

---
 frontend/src/ts/input/handlers/before-delete.ts | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/input/handlers/before-delete.ts b/frontend/src/ts/input/handlers/before-delete.ts
index a16d1c0a6..79fb28d77 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/input/handlers/before-delete.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/input/handlers/before-delete.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,23 @@ import * as TestState from "../../test/test-state";
 import * as TestWords from "../../test/test-words";
 import { getInputElementValue } from "../input-element";
 import * as TestUI from "../../test/test-ui";
+import { isAwaitingNextWord } from "../state";
 
 export function onBeforeDelete(event: InputEvent): void {
   if (!TestState.isActive) {
     event.preventDefault();
     return;
   }
+  if (TestState.testRestarting) {
+    return;
+  }
+  if (isAwaitingNextWord()) {
+    return;
+  }
+  if (TestUI.resultCalculating) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   const { inputValue } = getInputElementValue();
   const inputIsEmpty = inputValue === "";