From 7340d52ebbb2f256907c8b36ce25647466216787 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sanjay Santhanam <51058514+Sanjays2402@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:32:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(webui): preserve user-entered book metadata

Apply the book form after extraction-backed pending job creation so explicit title and author values take precedence over fallback metadata. Add a focused regression test for the upload path.
---
 abogen/webui/routes/utils/form.py  |  2 ++
 tests/test_pending_job_metadata.py | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/test_pending_job_metadata.py

diff --git a/abogen/webui/routes/utils/form.py b/abogen/webui/routes/utils/form.py
index 9301c55..40b8432 100644
--- a/abogen/webui/routes/utils/form.py
+++ b/abogen/webui/routes/utils/form.py
@@ -826,6 +826,8 @@ def build_pending_job_from_extraction(
         analysis_requested=initial_analysis,
     )
 
+    apply_book_step_form(pending, form, settings=settings, profiles=profiles_map)
+
     return PendingBuildResult(
         pending=pending,
         selected_speaker_config=selected_speaker_config or None,
diff --git a/tests/test_pending_job_metadata.py b/tests/test_pending_job_metadata.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d84fd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_pending_job_metadata.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import sys
+import types
+from pathlib import Path
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+
+routes_package = types.ModuleType("abogen.webui.routes")
+routes_package.__path__ = [
+    str(Path(__file__).parents[1] / "abogen" / "webui" / "routes")
+]
+sys.modules["abogen.webui.routes"] = routes_package
+
+from abogen.webui.routes.utils.form import (  # noqa: E402
+    build_pending_job_from_extraction,
+    load_settings,
+)
+
+
+def test_user_metadata_overrides_extraction_fallback(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    extraction = SimpleNamespace(
+        chapters=[SimpleNamespace(title="Chapter 1", text="Text")],
+        metadata={"title": "423d828962c34d2b8a53bbe91176305a"},
+        cover_image=None,
+        cover_mime=None,
+        total_characters=4,
+        combined_text="Text",
+    )
+
+    result = build_pending_job_from_extraction(
+        stored_path=tmp_path / "book.txt",
+        original_name="book.txt",
+        extraction=extraction,
+        form={"meta_title": "My Book", "meta_author": "Ada Author"},
+        settings=load_settings(),
+        profiles={},
+    )
+
+    assert result.pending.metadata_tags["title"] == "My Book"
+    assert result.pending.metadata_tags["author"] == "Ada Author"
+    assert result.pending.metadata_tags["authors"] == "Ada Author"