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 ThrillWiki is a community-driven web application for discovering, reviewing, and tracking theme parks, rides, and related entities globally. Its core purpose is to provide a centralized platform for enthusiasts to research attractions and contribute to a collaborative knowledge base through user contributions and reviews, offering a comprehensive encyclopedia for the theme park world.
 
 ## Recent Changes
-**October 2025 - Critical Bug Fixes & Stability Improvements (Latest)**
+**October 2025 - Avatar Display System Improvements (Latest)**
+- **Unified Avatar Component**: Created centralized UserAvatar component with robust retry logic and cache-busting to fix inconsistent avatar display across the application
+  - Implemented bounded retry mechanism with two attempts and query parameter-based cache-busting
+  - Added loading and error states with smooth transitions
+  - Supports size variants (sm, md, lg) for different UI contexts
+  - Automatically resets state when avatar URL changes to prevent stale displays
+- **Comprehensive Avatar Integration**: Updated all avatar display locations to use UserAvatar component
+  - Replaced Avatar usage in AuthButtons header with UserAvatar using key prop for forced re-renders
+  - Updated ReviewsList to use UserAvatar for consistent review author avatars
+  - Migrated QueueItem moderator and reviewer avatars to UserAvatar component
+  - Ensured fallback text generation handles null/undefined cases gracefully across all usages
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+**October 2025 - Critical Bug Fixes & Stability Improvements**
 - **Moderation Queue Sorting Enhancement**: Enhanced sorting controls with visual loading indicators and diagnostic logging:
   - Added animated spinners to sort controls (label and direction button) during data fetch operations
   - Added comprehensive logging to track multi-level sort queries (escalated DESC → user-selected sort → created_at tertiary)