simplify

test/auth/config.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,23 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
       admin: {
         useAsTitle: 'custom',
       },
+      hooks: {
+        afterChange: [
+          async ({ req, doc, operation }) => {
+            if (operation === 'update') {
+              // This afterChange hook is required to reproduce the "should update user with afterChange hook while logged in with same user" test
+              await req.payload.create({
+                collection: 'relationsCollection',
+                depth: 0,
+                overrideAccess: true,
+                data: {
+                  rel: doc?.id,
+                },
+              })
+            }
+          },
+        ],
+      },
       auth: {
         cookies: {
           domain: undefined,

test/auth/int.spec.ts

@@ -1045,5 +1045,30 @@ describe('Auth', () => {
       expect(emailValidation('user@-example.com', mockContext)).toBe('validation:emailAddress')
       expect(emailValidation('user@example-.com', mockContext)).toBe('validation:emailAddress')
     })
+
+    it('should update user with afterChange hook while logged in with same user', async () => {
+      // Reproduces a bug where updating the user causes payload to hang on postgres.
+      const { user } = await payload.login({
+        collection: slug,
+        data: {
+          email: 'dev@payloadcms.com',
+          password: 'test',
+        },
+      })
+      const updatedUser = await payload.update({
+        collection: slug,
+        where: {
+          id: {
+            equals: user.id,
+          },
+        },
+        data: {
+          email: user.email,
+        },
+      })
+
+      expect(updatedUser.docs).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(updatedUser?.docs?.[0]?.email).toStrictEqual(user.email)
+    })
   })
 })