diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f84dd31f..544b5616 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 - 🐛(summary) properly detect when failure webhook should be sent
 - 🐛(backend) preserve recording metadata when updating room access
 - 🐛(backend) allow any string as sub in the API serializer
+- 🐛(frontend) fall back to user.full_name on request-entry
 
 
 ## [1.24.0] - 2026-07-21
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/components/Join.tsx b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/components/Join.tsx
index 895f4b1a..b3107b13 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/components/Join.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/components/Join.tsx
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ export const Join = ({
     refetch: refetchRoom,
   } = useQuery({
     queryKey: [keys.room, roomId],
-    queryFn: () => fetchRoom({ roomId, username }),
+    queryFn: () => fetchRoom({ roomId, username: username || user?.full_name }),
     staleTime: 6 * 60 * 60 * 1000, // By default, LiveKit access tokens expire 6 hours after generation
     retry: false,
     enabled: false,
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ export const Join = ({
 
   const { status, startWaiting } = useLobby({
     roomId,
-    username,
+    username: username || user?.full_name || 'anonymous',
     onAccepted: handleAccepted,
   })