From 886f515926ae84731195caf0bf735757f0f40f3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Grady <jimgrady.jg@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 10:20:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Clear mergeWords array sooner

---
 src/goals/MergeDuplicates/Redux/MergeDupsActions.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/goals/MergeDuplicates/Redux/MergeDupsActions.ts b/src/goals/MergeDuplicates/Redux/MergeDupsActions.ts
index 2be3bd9816..840658e3b3 100644
--- a/src/goals/MergeDuplicates/Redux/MergeDupsActions.ts
+++ b/src/goals/MergeDuplicates/Redux/MergeDupsActions.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ export function mergeAll() {
     // Merge words.
     dispatch(getMergeWords());
 
-    const mergeWordsArray = getState().mergeDuplicateGoal.mergeWords;
+    const mergeWordsArray = [...getState().mergeDuplicateGoal.mergeWords];
+    dispatch(clearMergeWords());
     if (mergeWordsArray.length) {
       const parentIds = await backend.mergeWords(mergeWordsArray);
       const childIds = [
@@ -125,7 +126,6 @@ export function mergeAll() {
       const completedMerge = { childIds, parentIds };
       dispatch(addCompletedMergeToGoal(completedMerge));
       await dispatch(asyncUpdateGoal());
-      dispatch(clearMergeWords());
     }
   };
 }