fix: normalize book browse cursor values

server/utils/queries/libraryItemsBookFilters.js

@@ -11,20 +11,47 @@ const { loadBrowseCount } = require('./libraryBrowseCount')
 const { encodeBrowseCursor, decodeBrowseCursor } = require('./libraryBrowseCursor')
 const countCache = new Map()
 
-function getCursorFieldPath(key) {
+function normalizeCursorValue(key, value) {
+  if (value == null) return value
+
+  if (['title', 'titleIgnorePrefix', 'authorNamesFirstLast', 'authorNamesLastFirst'].includes(key) && typeof value === 'string') {
+    return value.toLowerCase()
+  }
+
+  return value
+}
+
+function getQuotedCursorColumn(key) {
+  const dialect = Database.getDialect()
+  const getColumnRef = (table, column) => {
+    return dialect === 'postgres'
+      ? `"${table}"."${column}"`
+      : `\`${table}\`.\`${column}\``
+  }
+
   if (['title', 'titleIgnorePrefix', 'authorNamesFirstLast', 'authorNamesLastFirst', 'createdAt', 'updatedAt'].includes(key)) {
-    return `$libraryItem.${key}$`
+    return getColumnRef('libraryItem', key)
   }
 
   if (key === 'id') {
-    return '$libraryItem.id$'
+    return getColumnRef('libraryItem', 'id')
   }
 
   if (key.startsWith('mediaProgresses.')) {
-    return `$${key}$`
+    return key.split('.').map((segment) => `"${segment}"`).join('.')
   }
 
-  return `$${key}$`
+  return key
+}
+
+function getCursorComparisonExpression(key) {
+  const quotedColumn = getQuotedCursorColumn(key)
+
+  if (['title', 'titleIgnorePrefix', 'authorNamesFirstLast', 'authorNamesLastFirst'].includes(key)) {
+    return Sequelize.literal(dialectHelpers.getCaseInsensitiveOrder(Database.getDialect(), quotedColumn, false))
+  }
+
+  return Sequelize.literal(quotedColumn)
 }
 
 function getCursorValue(book, key) {
@@ -38,10 +65,10 @@ function getCursorValue(book, key) {
   }
 
   if (book.libraryItem && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(book.libraryItem.dataValues || {}, key)) {
-    return book.libraryItem[key]
+    return normalizeCursorValue(key, book.libraryItem[key])
   }
 
-  return book[key] ?? null
+  return normalizeCursorValue(key, book[key] ?? null)
 }
 
 function buildBookCursorClause(cursor, cursorKeys, sortDesc) {
@@ -60,17 +87,19 @@ function buildBookCursorClause(cursor, cursorKeys, sortDesc) {
 
   const comparisonOperator = sortDesc ? Sequelize.Op.lt : Sequelize.Op.gt
   const cursorConditions = decodedCursor.keys.map((key, index) => {
-    const condition = {}
+    const condition = []
 
     for (let cursorIndex = 0; cursorIndex < index; cursorIndex++) {
-      condition[getCursorFieldPath(decodedCursor.keys[cursorIndex])] = decodedCursor.values[cursorIndex]
+      condition.push(Sequelize.where(getCursorComparisonExpression(decodedCursor.keys[cursorIndex]), normalizeCursorValue(decodedCursor.keys[cursorIndex], decodedCursor.values[cursorIndex])))
     }
 
-    condition[getCursorFieldPath(key)] = {
+    condition.push(Sequelize.where(getCursorComparisonExpression(key), {
-      [comparisonOperator]: decodedCursor.values[index]
+      [comparisonOperator]: normalizeCursorValue(key, decodedCursor.values[index])
-    }
+    }))
 
-    return condition
+    return {
+      [Sequelize.Op.and]: condition
+    }
   })
 
   return {

test/server/controllers/LibraryController.largeLibraryBrowse.test.js

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const sinon = require('sinon')
 const Database = require('../../../server/Database')
 const LibraryController = require('../../../server/controllers/LibraryController')
 const libraryFilters = require('../../../server/utils/queries/libraryFilters')
+const { decodeBrowseCursor } = require('../../../server/utils/queries/libraryBrowseCursor')
 const { getLibraryBrowseStrategy } = require('../../../server/utils/queries/libraryBrowseStrategy')
 const libraryItemsBookFilters = require('../../../server/utils/queries/libraryItemsBookFilters')
 const libraryItemsPodcastFilters = require('../../../server/utils/queries/libraryItemsPodcastFilters')
@@ -290,6 +291,37 @@ describe('LibraryController large-library browse contract', () => {
     expect(findAndCountAllStub.called).to.equal(false)
   })
 
+  it('encodes case-insensitive title cursor values to match the executed browse order', async () => {
+    global.ServerSettings = { sortingIgnorePrefix: true }
+
+    sinon.stub(Database.bookModel, 'count').resolves(123)
+    sinon.stub(Database.bookModel, 'findAndCountAll').resolves({ rows: [], count: 123 })
+    sinon.stub(Database.bookModel, 'findAll').resolves([
+      { id: 'book-1', title: 'Alpha', libraryItem: { id: 'item-1', titleIgnorePrefix: 'Alpha', dataValues: { titleIgnorePrefix: 'Alpha' } } },
+      { id: 'book-2', title: 'aLPHa', libraryItem: { id: 'item-2', titleIgnorePrefix: 'aLPHa', dataValues: { titleIgnorePrefix: 'aLPHa' } } },
+      { id: 'book-3', title: 'Beta', libraryItem: { id: 'item-3', titleIgnorePrefix: 'Beta', dataValues: { titleIgnorePrefix: 'Beta' } } }
+    ])
+
+    const result = await libraryItemsBookFilters.getFilteredLibraryItems(
+      'lib_1',
+      { id: 'user_1', canAccessExplicitContent: true, accessAllTags: true },
+      null,
+      null,
+      'media.metadata.title',
+      false,
+      false,
+      [],
+      2,
+      0,
+      false,
+      { pageMode: 'endless' }
+    )
+
+    const decodedCursor = decodeBrowseCursor(result.nextCursor)
+
+    expect(decodedCursor.values).to.deep.equal(['alpha', 'item-2'])
+  })
+
   it('defaults omitted sort to deterministic title ordering for endless browse requests', async () => {
     global.ServerSettings = { sortingIgnorePrefix: true }