From c97b36e11c51230c4ec3537990b3fbdad72ad44d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicholas Wallace <nicholaslwallace@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 21:06:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add `ignoreDuplicates` for bookAuthor when renaming to
 respect unique index

---
 server/controllers/AuthorController.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/controllers/AuthorController.js b/server/controllers/AuthorController.js
index 80471ec47..8c2e80aec 100644
--- a/server/controllers/AuthorController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/AuthorController.js
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class AuthorController {
       })
       if (libraryItems.length) {
         await Database.bookAuthorModel.removeByIds(req.author.id) // Remove all old BookAuthor
-        await Database.bookAuthorModel.bulkCreate(bookAuthorsToCreate) // Create all new BookAuthor
+        await Database.bookAuthorModel.bulkCreate(bookAuthorsToCreate, { ignoreDuplicates: true }) // Create all new unique BookAuthor
         for (const libraryItem of libraryItems) {
           await libraryItem.saveMetadataFile()
         }