From 21afb28006af4e01df3757abadbc5f09bf3e8217 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 01zulfi <85733202+01zulfi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 11:50:43 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] core: don't generate headline title if title was set during
 note creation (#8266)

Signed-off-by: 01zulfi <85733202+01zulfi@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/core/__tests__/notes.test.ts  | 14 ++++++++++++++
 packages/core/src/collections/notes.ts |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/__tests__/notes.test.ts b/packages/core/__tests__/notes.test.ts
index 80c88f2a1..7a5fdc51d 100644
--- a/packages/core/__tests__/notes.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/__tests__/notes.test.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,20 @@ test("note title with headline format should keep generating headline title unti
     }));
 });
 
+test("note title with headline format should not generate headline title if title was set during note creation", () =>
+  noteTest({ title: "already set title" }).then(async ({ db, id }) => {
+    await db.settings.setTitleFormat("$headline$");
+    await db.notes.add({
+      id,
+      content: {
+        type: TEST_NOTE.content.type,
+        data: "<p>some note content</p>"
+      }
+    });
+    const note = await db.notes.note(id);
+    expect(note?.title).toBe("already set title");
+  }));
+
 test("note should get headline from first paragraph in content", () =>
   noteTest({
     ...TEST_NOTE,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/collections/notes.ts b/packages/core/src/collections/notes.ts
index f95be2dee..a63ba4e4a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/collections/notes.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/collections/notes.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ export class Notes implements ICollection {
       }
 
       if (!isUpdating || item.title === "") {
+        item.isGeneratedTitle = !Boolean(item.title);
         item.title =
           item.title ||
           formatTitle(
@@ -139,7 +140,6 @@ export class Notes implements ICollection {
             headlineTitle,
             this.totalNotes
           );
-        item.isGeneratedTitle = true;
       }
 
       const currentNoteTitleFields = await this.db