Sorting of books is lost when copying #3972

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-05T07:59:59+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 07:59:59 +03:00

Originally created by @Man-in-Black on GitHub (Aug 16, 2023).

Describe the Bug

We have created a book as a template in our bookstack and now want to copy it. However, the manual sorting of the book is lost and is sorted automatically (by name?)

Steps to Reproduce

Create a book with a fixed strcuture
hit the copy button
strucutre is lost

Expected Behaviour

After clicking on copy the structure should be maintained.

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Exact BookStack Version

v23.06.2

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Ubuntu 20.04 VPS, installed using official installation script

Originally created by @Man-in-Black on GitHub (Aug 16, 2023). ### Describe the Bug We have created a book as a template in our bookstack and now want to copy it. However, the manual sorting of the book is lost and is sorted automatically (by name?) ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Create a book with a fixed strcuture 2. hit the copy button 3. strucutre is lost ### Expected Behaviour After clicking on copy the structure should be maintained. ### Screenshots or Additional Context _No response_ ### Browser Details _No response_ ### Exact BookStack Version v23.06.2 ### PHP Version _No response_ ### Hosting Environment Ubuntu 20.04 VPS, installed using official installation script

OVERLORD added the 🐛 Bug 🔍 Pending Validation labels 2026-02-05 07:59:59 +03:00

OVERLORD closed this issue

2026-02-05 08:00:02 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 08:00:06 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Sep 12, 2023):

Thanks for reporting this @Man-in-Black,
From testing on between versions, it looks like this was addressed for v23.08, while performing changes to support sorting for the API.
I'll therefore close this off but if you do continue to experience issues on the current version of BookStack feel free to still comment and this can be re-opened.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Sep 12, 2023): Thanks for reporting this @Man-in-Black, From testing on between versions, it looks like this was addressed for v23.08, while performing changes to support sorting for the API. I'll therefore close this off but if you do continue to experience issues on the current version of BookStack feel free to still comment and this can be re-opened.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 08:00:12 +03:00

@Man-in-Black commented on GitHub (Sep 12, 2023):

Hi, it seems to work fine now ;) thanks for the fast solution.

@Man-in-Black commented on GitHub (Sep 12, 2023): Hi, it seems to work fine now ;) thanks for the fast solution.

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Reference: starred/BookStack#3972