From 35f3cf022a8264a57608fb05ef1ed0fc124b4f82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincenzo Mecca <vincenzo.mecca@4science.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:33:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [CST-12350] Fixes overrides metadata in RegistrationData for
 auth users

---
 .../dspace/app/rest/converter/RegistrationDataConverter.java   | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/converter/RegistrationDataConverter.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/converter/RegistrationDataConverter.java
index 5b742366b582..3ec5bfbf533c 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/converter/RegistrationDataConverter.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/converter/RegistrationDataConverter.java
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ public RegistrationRest convert(RegistrationData registrationData, Projection pr
         EPerson ePerson = null;
         try {
             ePerson = accountService.getEPerson(context, registrationData.getToken());
+            if (ePerson == null && registrationData.getRegistrationType().equals(RegistrationTypeEnum.ORCID)) {
+                ePerson = context.getCurrentUser();
+            }
         } catch (SQLException | AuthorizeException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }