biblatex uses ambiguous citation keys with \citeauthor

Question

According to Set limit to one author when using "et al." in biblatex biblatex will ensure that a citation key is unique by expanding the author list.

In my document I use the default style. When I use \citeauthor biblatex will always truncate the author list to 1 author even if it isn't unique. Is there a way to ensure that biblatex will use the same behaviour as in the mentioned post with \citeauthor?

MWE:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[bibencoding=utf8,backend=biber]{biblatex}

% These options are based on a template
\ExecuteBibliographyOptions{backref=false,backrefstyle=three+,url=true,urldate=comp,abbreviate=false,maxcitenames=2,maxbibnames=20, uniquelist=true}

\usepackage{filecontents}

\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@misc{ABC01,
  author = {Author, A. and Buthor, B. and C},
  year = {2001},
  title = {Alpha},
}
@misc{ADE01,
  author = {Author, A. and Duthor, D. and E},
  year = {2001},
  title = {And now for something completely different},
}
\end{filecontents}

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\begin{document}

According to \citeauthor{ABC01}  fact xy is true \cite{ABC01}.
However, \citeauthor{ADE01} mentions that there is some uncertainty \cite{ADE01}.

\printbibliography

\end{document}

Result:

Answer 1

The option uniquelist=true, (which your example already loads) is supposed to make the name lists (including those printed by \citeauthor) unique. Unfortunately, there is a bug in Biber 2.13 that prevents uniquelist from working properly if uniquename is not also set. See https://github.com/plk/biblatex/issues/924. This bug will be resolved in the next Biber release.

In the meantime you can add the option uniquename=true, as a workaround. Of course that means that you could also get initials to disambiguate people with the same family name.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[backend=biber, style=numeric
  maxcitenames=2, uniquelist=true, uniquename=true]{biblatex}

\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@misc{ABC01,
  author = {Author, A. and Buthor, B. and C},
  year = {2001},
  title = {Alpha},
}
@misc{ADE01,
  author = {Author, A. and Duthor, D. and E},
  year = {2001},
  title = {And now for something completely different},
}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\begin{document}
According to \citeauthor{ABC01}  fact xy is true \cite{ABC01}.
However, \citeauthor{ADE01} mentions that there is some uncertainty \cite{ADE01}.

\printbibliography
\end{document}