1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/rest/admin/test_user.py b/tests/rest/admin/test_user.py
index a60ea0a563..bef911d5df 100644
--- a/tests/rest/admin/test_user.py
+++ b/tests/rest/admin/test_user.py
@@ -1050,6 +1050,25 @@ class DeactivateAccountTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
 
         self._is_erased("@user:test", True)
 
+    @override_config({"max_avatar_size": 1234})
+    def test_deactivate_user_erase_true_avatar_nonnull_but_empty(self) -> None:
+        """Check we can erase a user whose avatar is the empty string.
+
+        Reproduces #12257.
+        """
+        # Patch `self.other_user` to have an empty string as their avatar.
+        self.get_success(self.store.set_profile_avatar_url("user", ""))
+
+        # Check we can still erase them.
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "POST",
+            self.url,
+            access_token=self.admin_user_tok,
+            content={"erase": True},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(HTTPStatus.OK, channel.code, msg=channel.json_body)
+        self._is_erased("@user:test", True)
+
     def test_deactivate_user_erase_false(self) -> None:
         """
         Test deactivating a user and set `erase` to `false`