this has been bugging me for ages, broken "fill your profile link" fixed AND bio updates when you save

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js

@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ Discourse.User = Discourse.Model.extend({
                                'new_topic_duration_minutes',
                                'external_links_in_new_tab',
                                'enable_quoting'),
-      type: 'PUT'
+      type: 'PUT',
+      success: function(data) {
+        user.set('bio_excerpt',data.user.bio_excerpt);
+      }
     }).then(function() {
       Discourse.set('currentUser.enable_quoting', user.get('enable_quoting'));
       Discourse.set('currentUser.external_links_in_new_tab', user.get('external_links_in_new_tab'));
@@ -329,6 +332,20 @@ Discourse.User = Discourse.Model.extend({
     return r;
   }.property('stats.@each'),
 
+  onDetailsLoaded: function(callback){
+    var _this = this;
+
+    if(callback){
+      this.onDetailsLoadedCallbacks = this.onDetailsLoadedCallbacks || [];
+      this.onDetailsLoadedCallbacks.push(callback);
+    } else {
+      var callbacks = this.onDetailsLoadedCallbacks;
+      $.each(callbacks, function(){
+        this.apply(_this);
+      });
+    }
+  },
+
   /**
     Load extra details for the user
 
@@ -360,6 +377,7 @@ Discourse.User = Discourse.Model.extend({
 
       user.setProperties(json.user);
       user.set('totalItems', count);
+      user.onDetailsLoaded();
     });
   }
 

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/discourse_restricted_user_route.js

@@ -9,13 +9,22 @@
 Discourse.RestrictedUserRoute = Discourse.Route.extend({
 
   enter: function(router, context) {
-    var user = this.controllerFor('user').get('content');
+    var _this = this;
-    this.allowed = user.can_edit;
-  },
 
-  redirect: function() {
+    // a bit hacky, but we don't have a fully loaded user at this point
-    if (!this.allowed) {
+    //  so we need to wait for it
-      return this.transitionTo('user.activity');
+    var user = this.controllerFor('user').get('content');
+    
+    if(user.can_edit === undefined) {
+      user.onDetailsLoaded(function(){
+        if (this.get('can_edit') === false) {
+          _this.transitionTo('user.activity');
+        }
+      });
+    }
+    
+    if(user.can_edit === false) {
+      this.transitionTo('user.activity');
     }
   }
 

app/controllers/application_controller.rb

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
 
         # If we were given a serializer, add the class to the json that comes back
         if opts[:serializer].present?
-          json[obj.class.name.underscore] = opts[:serializer].new(obj).serializable_hash
+          json[obj.class.name.underscore] = opts[:serializer].new(obj, scope: guardian).serializable_hash
         end
 
         render json: MultiJson.dump(json)

app/controllers/users_controller.rb

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
   def update
     user = User.where(username_lower: params[:username].downcase).first
     guardian.ensure_can_edit!(user)
-    json_result(user) do |u|
+    json_result(user, serializer: UserSerializer) do |u|
 
       website = params[:website]
       if website
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
         end
       end
 
-      u.save
+      if u.save
+        u
+      else
+        nil
+      end
     end
   end