From 1589861810d1ab6eb5b4c0b51bd7ae901f8f26ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bash <hermensb@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:35:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix

---
 src/server/game/Handlers/ChatHandler.cpp | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/server/game/Handlers/ChatHandler.cpp b/src/server/game/Handlers/ChatHandler.cpp
index f191dc05a..576ade884 100644
--- a/src/server/game/Handlers/ChatHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/server/game/Handlers/ChatHandler.cpp
@@ -335,10 +335,15 @@ void WorldSession::HandleMessagechatOpcode(WorldPacket& recvData)
             msg.erase(end, msg.end());
         }
 
-        // Validate hyperlinks
-        if (!ValidateHyperlinksAndMaybeKick(msg))
+        // mod_playerbots: skip validation for playerbots module
+        auto playerbotsHyperlink = msg.find("Hfound:") != std::string::npos;
+        if (!playerbotsHyperlink)
         {
-            return;
+            // Validate hyperlinks
+            if (!ValidateHyperlinksAndMaybeKick(msg))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
         }
     }