From aad7506e854e5118bf70a5f103e2128f765ea7f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lampan-git <Lampan-git@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 11:23:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Backport pull request #13618 from jellyfin/release-10.10.z

Include Role and SortOrder in MergePeople to fix "Search for missing metadata"

Original-merge: fcdef875a2b0e49bc0ebeec12797c91ddb8f9bdc

Merged-by: Bond-009 <bond.009@outlook.com>

Backported-by: Bond_009 <bond.009@outlook.com>
---
 MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/MetadataService.cs | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/MetadataService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/MetadataService.cs
index 778fbc7125..1d3ddc4e24 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/MetadataService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/MetadataService.cs
@@ -1162,6 +1162,16 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager
                     {
                         person.ImageUrl = personInSource.ImageUrl;
                     }
+
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(personInSource.Role) && string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(person.Role))
+                    {
+                        person.Role = personInSource.Role;
+                    }
+
+                    if (personInSource.SortOrder.HasValue && !person.SortOrder.HasValue)
+                    {
+                        person.SortOrder = personInSource.SortOrder;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }