[Bug]: Users without access can search the series name #2428

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opened 2026-04-25 00:07:01 +02:00 by adam · 2 comments
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Originally created by @tkozybski on GitHub (Dec 21, 2024).

What happened?

If all books in a series are unavailable to the user (due to settings), the books themselves will not be visible in the search results, but the name of the series they are in is visible.

What did you expect to happen?

Search results not showing the name of the series if there are no books accessible for them inside.

Steps to reproduce the issue

  1. Make a restricted user
  2. Set all books inside a series as inaccessible (I set it by using an inverted tag method)
  3. The user can't search for the books, but can find the series.

Audiobookshelf version

v2.17.5

How are you running audiobookshelf?

Docker

What OS is your Audiobookshelf server hosted from?

Linux

If the issue is being seen in the UI, what browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Firefox

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Originally created by @tkozybski on GitHub (Dec 21, 2024). ### What happened? If all books in a series are unavailable to the user (due to settings), the books themselves will not be visible in the search results, but the name of the series they are in is visible. ### What did you expect to happen? Search results not showing the name of the series if there are no books accessible for them inside. ### Steps to reproduce the issue 1. Make a restricted user 2. Set all books inside a series as inaccessible (I set it by using an inverted tag method) 3. The user can't search for the books, but can find the series. ### Audiobookshelf version v2.17.5 ### How are you running audiobookshelf? Docker ### What OS is your Audiobookshelf server hosted from? Linux ### If the issue is being seen in the UI, what browsers are you seeing the problem on? Firefox ### Logs _No response_ ### Additional Notes _No response_
adam added the bugusers & permissions labels 2026-04-25 00:07:01 +02:00
adam closed this issue 2026-04-25 00:07:02 +02:00
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@nichwall commented on GitHub (Dec 21, 2024):

Partially related to https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/3562, but I believe the search doesn't use the filterList

@nichwall commented on GitHub (Dec 21, 2024): Partially related to https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/3562, but I believe the search doesn't use the filterList
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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (May 15, 2025):

Fixed in v2.22.0.

@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (May 15, 2025): Fixed in [v2.22.0](https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases/tag/v2.22.0).
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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf#2428