fix(ombi): resolve TV request status, user, and date display (Issue #53)

Ombi's TV API nests all request data (requestedUser, approved, available,
denied, requested, requestedDate) inside childRequests[] sub-objects.
The application previously only inspected top-level properties, causing
TV shows to consistently display 'unknown' status, 'unknown' user, and
no request date.

Changes:
- OmbiRetriever._hydrateRequest(): hydrate requestedUser on each
  childRequests entry and promote requestedDate to top level
- getRequestStatus() (server + client): aggregate status flags from
  childRequests[] when top-level properties are absent
- Client date display: fallback to childRequests[0].requestedDate
- Add 18 unit tests covering childRequests hydration, status
  aggregation, and date promotion

Closes #53

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.7.25] - 2026-05-27
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Ombi TV Request Status, User, and Date Resolution (Issue #53)** — Resolved the root cause where Ombi TV show requests consistently displayed "unknown" status, "unknown" user, and missing request dates. The Ombi API nests all TV request data (`requestedUser`, `approved`, `available`, `denied`, `requested`, `requestedDate`) inside `childRequests[]` sub-objects, while the application previously only inspected top-level properties.
+  - `OmbiRetriever._hydrateRequest()` now hydrates `requestedUser` on each `childRequests` entry and promotes `requestedDate` from `childRequests[0]` to the top level.
+  - `getRequestStatus()` (server and client) now aggregates status flags from `childRequests[]` when top-level properties are absent.
+  - Client-side date display now falls back to `childRequests[0].requestedDate` as a defensive measure.
+
 ## [1.7.24] - 2026-05-27
 
 ### Enhanced

client/src/ui/requests.js

@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ function createRequestCard(request) {
   }
   meta.appendChild(user);
 
-  const dateStr = request.requestedDate || request.RequestedDate || request.date || request.Date;
+  const childDate = request.childRequests && request.childRequests[0] ? (request.childRequests[0].requestedDate || request.childRequests[0].RequestedDate) : null;
+  const dateStr = request.requestedDate || request.RequestedDate || request.date || request.Date || childDate;
   if (dateStr) {
     const requestDate = document.createElement('span');
     requestDate.className = 'request-date';

client/src/utils/ombiFilters.js

@@ -17,6 +17,23 @@ export function getRequestStatus(request) {
   if (request.denied) return 'denied';
   if (request.approved) return 'approved';
   if (request.requested) return 'pending';
+
+  // Ombi TV requests store status flags inside childRequests
+  if (Array.isArray(request.childRequests) && request.childRequests.length > 0) {
+    for (const child of request.childRequests) {
+      if (child && child.available) return 'available';
+    }
+    for (const child of request.childRequests) {
+      if (child && child.denied) return 'denied';
+    }
+    for (const child of request.childRequests) {
+      if (child && child.approved) return 'approved';
+    }
+    for (const child of request.childRequests) {
+      if (child && child.requested) return 'pending';
+    }
+  }
+
   return 'unknown';
 }
 

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "sofarr",
-  "version": "1.7.24",
+  "version": "1.7.25",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "sofarr",
-      "version": "1.7.24",
+      "version": "1.7.25",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "axios": "^1.6.0",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "sofarr",
-  "version": "1.7.24",
+  "version": "1.7.25",
   "description": "A personal media download dashboard that shows your downloads 'so far' while you relax on the sofa waiting for your *arr services to finish",
   "main": "server/index.js",
   "scripts": {

server/app.js

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ function createApp({ skipRateLimits = false } = {}) {
    *                 version:
    *                   type: string
    *                   description: sofarr version
-   *                   example: "1.7.24"
+   *                   example: "1.7.25"
    *     x-code-samples:
    *       - lang: curl
    *         label: cURL

server/clients/OmbiRetriever.js

@@ -163,12 +163,14 @@ class OmbiRetriever extends ArrRetriever {
   _hydrateRequest(req) {
     if (!req) return req;
 
+    let result = req;
+
     const reqUserId = req.requestedUserId || req.RequestedUserId;
     if (reqUserId && this.cache.userMap.has(reqUserId)) {
       const cachedUser = this.cache.userMap.get(reqUserId);
-      
+
       let requestedUser = req.requestedUser || req.RequestedUser;
-      
+
       // If requestedUser is not an object or is empty/null, populate it
       if (!requestedUser || typeof requestedUser !== 'object' || Object.keys(requestedUser).length === 0) {
         const hydratedUser = {
@@ -178,15 +180,56 @@ class OmbiRetriever extends ArrRetriever {
           userAlias: cachedUser.userAlias || cachedUser.UserAlias || '',
           normalizedUserName: cachedUser.normalizedUserName || cachedUser.NormalizedUserName || ''
         };
-        
-        return {
+
+        result = {
           ...req,
           requestedUser: hydratedUser,
           RequestedUser: hydratedUser
         };
       }
     }
-    return req;
+
+    // Hydrate childRequests (common for Ombi TV show requests)
+    if (Array.isArray(result.childRequests) && result.childRequests.length > 0) {
+      const hydratedChildren = result.childRequests.map(child => {
+        if (!child) return child;
+
+        const childUserId = child.requestedUserId || child.RequestedUserId;
+        if (childUserId && this.cache.userMap.has(childUserId)) {
+          const cachedUser = this.cache.userMap.get(childUserId);
+          let childUser = child.requestedUser || child.RequestedUser;
+
+          if (!childUser || typeof childUser !== 'object' || Object.keys(childUser).length === 0) {
+            const hydratedUser = {
+              id: cachedUser.id,
+              userName: cachedUser.userName,
+              alias: cachedUser.alias || cachedUser.Alias || '',
+              userAlias: cachedUser.userAlias || cachedUser.UserAlias || '',
+              normalizedUserName: cachedUser.normalizedUserName || cachedUser.NormalizedUserName || ''
+            };
+
+            return {
+              ...child,
+              requestedUser: hydratedUser,
+              RequestedUser: hydratedUser
+            };
+          }
+        }
+        return child;
+      });
+
+      result = { ...result, childRequests: hydratedChildren };
+    }
+
+    // Promote requestedDate from childRequests to top level (common for Ombi TV)
+    if (!result.requestedDate && Array.isArray(result.childRequests) && result.childRequests.length > 0) {
+      const childDate = result.childRequests[0].requestedDate || result.childRequests[0].RequestedDate;
+      if (childDate) {
+        result = { ...result, requestedDate: childDate };
+      }
+    }
+
+    return result;
   }
 
   /**

server/index.js

@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ app.use(express.json({ limit: '64kb' })); // prevent oversized JSON payloads
  *                 version:
  *                   type: string
  *                   description: sofarr version
- *                   example: "1.7.24"
+ *                   example: "1.7.25"
  */
 app.get('/health', (req, res) => {
   res.json({ status: 'ok', uptime: process.uptime(), version });

server/utils/ombiFilters.js

@@ -17,6 +17,23 @@ function getRequestStatus(request) {
   if (request.denied) return 'denied';
   if (request.approved) return 'approved';
   if (request.requested) return 'pending';
+
+  // Ombi TV requests store status flags inside childRequests
+  if (Array.isArray(request.childRequests) && request.childRequests.length > 0) {
+    for (const child of request.childRequests) {
+      if (child && child.available) return 'available';
+    }
+    for (const child of request.childRequests) {
+      if (child && child.denied) return 'denied';
+    }
+    for (const child of request.childRequests) {
+      if (child && child.approved) return 'approved';
+    }
+    for (const child of request.childRequests) {
+      if (child && child.requested) return 'pending';
+    }
+  }
+
   return 'unknown';
 }
 

tests/unit/arrRetrievers.test.js

@@ -183,3 +183,152 @@ describe('arrRetrieverRegistry', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('OmbiRetriever._hydrateRequest', () => {
+  let retriever;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    retriever = new OmbiRetriever({
+      id: 'ombi-test',
+      name: 'Test Ombi',
+      url: 'http://localhost:5000',
+      apiKey: 'test-key'
+    });
+
+    // Seed the userMap cache
+    retriever.cache.userMap.set('user-1', {
+      id: 'user-1',
+      userName: 'testuser',
+      alias: 'TestUser',
+      userAlias: 'TestUser',
+      normalizedUserName: 'testuser'
+    });
+    retriever.cache.userMap.set('user-2', {
+      id: 'user-2',
+      userName: 'adminuser',
+      alias: 'AdminUser',
+      userAlias: 'AdminUser',
+      normalizedUserName: 'adminuser'
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('hydrates top-level requestedUserId', () => {
+    const req = {
+      id: 1,
+      requestedUserId: 'user-1',
+      requestedUser: {}
+    };
+    const result = retriever._hydrateRequest(req);
+    expect(result.requestedUser.userName).toBe('testuser');
+    expect(result.requestedUser.alias).toBe('TestUser');
+  });
+
+  it('hydrates childRequests requestedUserId (TV requests)', () => {
+    const req = {
+      id: 3,
+      title: 'Test Show',
+      requestedUserId: 'user-1',
+      requestedUser: {},
+      childRequests: [
+        {
+          id: 10,
+          requestedUserId: 'user-2',
+          requestedUser: {}
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+    const result = retriever._hydrateRequest(req);
+    expect(result.requestedUser.userName).toBe('testuser');
+    expect(result.childRequests[0].requestedUser.userName).toBe('adminuser');
+    expect(result.childRequests[0].requestedUser.alias).toBe('AdminUser');
+  });
+
+  it('promotes requestedDate from childRequests to top level', () => {
+    const req = {
+      id: 3,
+      title: 'Test Show',
+      childRequests: [
+        {
+          id: 10,
+          requestedDate: '2026-05-15T10:00:00.000Z'
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+    const result = retriever._hydrateRequest(req);
+    expect(result.requestedDate).toBe('2026-05-15T10:00:00.000Z');
+    expect(result.childRequests[0].requestedDate).toBe('2026-05-15T10:00:00.000Z');
+  });
+
+  it('does not overwrite existing top-level requestedDate', () => {
+    const req = {
+      id: 3,
+      requestedDate: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+      childRequests: [
+        {
+          id: 10,
+          requestedDate: '2026-05-15T10:00:00.000Z'
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+    const result = retriever._hydrateRequest(req);
+    expect(result.requestedDate).toBe('2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z');
+  });
+
+  it('handles PascalCase RequestedDate from childRequests', () => {
+    const req = {
+      id: 3,
+      childRequests: [
+        {
+          id: 10,
+          RequestedDate: '2026-06-01T12:00:00.000Z'
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+    const result = retriever._hydrateRequest(req);
+    expect(result.requestedDate).toBe('2026-06-01T12:00:00.000Z');
+  });
+
+  it('returns unmodified request when no hydration needed', () => {
+    const req = {
+      id: 1,
+      title: 'Test Movie',
+      requestedUser: { userName: 'existing', alias: 'Existing' }
+    };
+    const result = retriever._hydrateRequest(req);
+    expect(result).toEqual(req);
+  });
+
+  it('handles null childRequests gracefully', () => {
+    const req = {
+      id: 3,
+      childRequests: null
+    };
+    const result = retriever._hydrateRequest(req);
+    expect(result).toEqual(req);
+  });
+
+  it('handles empty childRequests gracefully', () => {
+    const req = {
+      id: 3,
+      childRequests: []
+    };
+    const result = retriever._hydrateRequest(req);
+    expect(result).toEqual(req);
+  });
+
+  it('skips child hydration when child already has valid requestedUser', () => {
+    const req = {
+      id: 3,
+      childRequests: [
+        {
+          id: 10,
+          requestedUserId: 'user-1',
+          requestedUser: { userName: 'already_set', alias: 'AlreadySet' }
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+    const result = retriever._hydrateRequest(req);
+    expect(result.childRequests[0].requestedUser.userName).toBe('already_set');
+    expect(result.childRequests[0].requestedUser.alias).toBe('AlreadySet');
+  });
+});

tests/unit/ombiFilters.test.js

@@ -58,6 +58,40 @@ describe('getRequestStatus', () => {
     expect(getRequestStatus(makeRequest({ denied: true, approved: true }))).toBe('denied');
     expect(getRequestStatus(makeRequest({ approved: true, requested: true }))).toBe('approved');
   });
+
+  it('returns available from childRequests when top-level is absent (TV)', () => {
+    expect(getRequestStatus({ childRequests: [{ available: true }] })).toBe('available');
+  });
+
+  it('returns denied from childRequests when top-level is absent (TV)', () => {
+    expect(getRequestStatus({ childRequests: [{ denied: true }] })).toBe('denied');
+  });
+
+  it('returns approved from childRequests when top-level is absent (TV)', () => {
+    expect(getRequestStatus({ childRequests: [{ approved: true }] })).toBe('approved');
+  });
+
+  it('returns pending from childRequests when top-level is absent (TV)', () => {
+    expect(getRequestStatus({ childRequests: [{ requested: true }] })).toBe('pending');
+  });
+
+  it('follows priority inside childRequests: available > denied > approved > pending', () => {
+    expect(getRequestStatus({ childRequests: [
+      { available: true, denied: true },
+      { approved: true }
+    ]})).toBe('available');
+    expect(getRequestStatus({ childRequests: [
+      { denied: true, approved: true },
+      { requested: true }
+    ]})).toBe('denied');
+    expect(getRequestStatus({ childRequests: [
+      { approved: true, requested: true }
+    ]})).toBe('approved');
+  });
+
+  it('returns unknown for TV request with empty childRequests', () => {
+    expect(getRequestStatus({ childRequests: [] })).toBe('unknown');
+  });
 });
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

tests/unit/ombiHelpers.test.js

@@ -130,6 +130,34 @@ describe('ombiHelpers', () => {
       };
       expect(extractRequestedUser(req)).toBe('child_user');
     });
+
+    it('recursively extracts user from childRequests requestedUser object (hydrated TV)', () => {
+      const req = {
+        childRequests: [
+          {},
+          { requestedUser: { userName: 'tv_user', alias: 'tv_alias' } }
+        ]
+      };
+      expect(extractRequestedUser(req)).toBe('tv_alias');
+    });
+
+    it('recursively extracts user from childRequests requestedUser as string', () => {
+      const req = {
+        childRequests: [
+          { requestedUser: 'string_user' }
+        ]
+      };
+      expect(extractRequestedUser(req)).toBe('string_user');
+    });
+
+    it('extracts user from deeply nested childRequests with requestedByAlias fallback', () => {
+      const req = {
+        childRequests: [
+          { requestedByAlias: 'deep_alias' }
+        ]
+      };
+      expect(extractRequestedUser(req)).toBe('deep_alias');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('filterRequestsByUser', () => {