From 7e4788094a5e9f2f12e044be09228911a2393ecf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lincoln Lee <Lsha0730@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:29:23 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: make countdown hang on app deadline unless rsvp is open

---
 src/components/hero/Countdown.jsx | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/components/hero/Countdown.jsx b/src/components/hero/Countdown.jsx
index 636522c7..015b5148 100644
--- a/src/components/hero/Countdown.jsx
+++ b/src/components/hero/Countdown.jsx
@@ -176,6 +176,18 @@ const Countdown = () => {
       return
     }
 
+    if (!portalData.rsvpOpen?.[TARGET_HACKATHON]) {
+      const appDeadline = {
+        key: 'applicationDeadline',
+        label: 'Applications close in:',
+        value: portalData.applicationDeadline?.[TARGET_HACKATHON],
+        hackathon: TARGET_HACKATHON,
+        timestamp: parseIsoDateString(portalData.applicationDeadline?.[TARGET_HACKATHON]) || 0,
+      }
+      setTargetInfo(appDeadline)
+      return
+    }
+
     const candidates = [
       {
         key: 'applicationDeadline',