From d60ad96f8ac5646d4d647da0a73638086da51b94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: advplyr <advplyr@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2025 16:59:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update search to exclude returning series with no books #3736

---
 server/utils/queries/libraryItemsBookFilters.js | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsBookFilters.js b/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsBookFilters.js
index 99c3cbd2..42c39120 100644
--- a/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsBookFilters.js
+++ b/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsBookFilters.js
@@ -1195,10 +1195,12 @@ module.exports = {
         libraryItem.media.series = []
         return libraryItem.toOldJSON()
       })
-      seriesMatches.push({
-        series: series.toOldJSON(),
-        books
-      })
+      if (books.length) {
+        seriesMatches.push({
+          series: series.toOldJSON(),
+          books
+        })
+      }
     }
 
     // Search authors