Fixed a bug where files tagged as specials (ComicInfo) were not propagating the title field to the UI.

API.Tests/Services/ScannerServiceTests.cs

@@ -972,4 +972,35 @@ public class ScannerServiceTests : AbstractDbTest
         Assert.Contains(postLib.Series, x => x.Name == "Immoral Guild");
         Assert.Contains(postLib.Series, x => x.Name == "Futoku No Guild");
     }
+
+    #region Just Parsing Tests
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Special_WithTitle_HasTitleSet()
+    {
+        const string testcase = "Series with Just a Special - Manga.json";
+
+        // Get the first file and generate a ComicInfo
+        var infos = new Dictionary<string, ComicInfo>();
+        infos.Add("just a bunch of junk.cbz", new ComicInfo()
+        {
+            Series = "test",
+            Title = "Special Title",
+            Format = "Special"
+        });
+
+        var library = await _scannerHelper.GenerateScannerData(testcase, infos);
+
+        var scanner = _scannerHelper.CreateServices();
+        await scanner.ScanLibrary(library.Id);
+
+        var postLib = await UnitOfWork.LibraryRepository.GetLibraryForIdAsync(library.Id, LibraryIncludes.Series);
+
+        // Validate that there are 2 series
+        Assert.NotNull(postLib);
+
+
+        Assert.Equal("test", postLib.Series.First().Name);
+        Assert.Equal("Special Title", postLib.Series.First().Volumes[0].Chapters[0].Title);
+    }
+    #endregion
 }

API.Tests/Services/Test Data/ScannerService/TestCases/Series with Just a Special - Manga.json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[
+    "test/just a bunch of junk.cbz"
+]

API/Entities/Chapter.cs

@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public class Chapter : IEntityDate, IHasReadTimeEstimate, IHasCoverImage
             MinNumber = Parser.DefaultChapterNumber;
             MaxNumber = Parser.DefaultChapterNumber;
         }
-        Title = (IsSpecial && info.Format is MangaFormat.Epub or MangaFormat.Pdf)
+        Title = IsSpecial
             ? info.Title
             : Parser.RemoveExtensionIfSupported(Range);
 

API/Helpers/Builders/ChapterBuilder.cs

@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ public class ChapterBuilder : IEntityBuilder<Chapter>
 
         return builder.WithNumber(Parser.RemoveExtensionIfSupported(info.Chapters)!)
             .WithRange(specialTreatment ? info.Filename : info.Chapters)
-            .WithTitle(specialTreatment && info.Format is MangaFormat.Epub or MangaFormat.Pdf
+            .WithTitle(info.Title ?? string.Empty) // NOTE: This originally had duplicate logic. I moved it further up int the pipeline.
-            ? info.Title
-            : specialTitle ?? string.Empty)
             .WithIsSpecial(specialTreatment);
     }
 

API/Services/Plus/ExternalMetadataService.cs

@@ -1412,6 +1412,8 @@ public class ExternalMetadataService : IExternalMetadataService
         }
 
         await DownloadSeriesCovers(series, externalMetadata.CoverUrl);
+
+
         return true;
     }
 

API/Services/Tasks/Scanner/Parser/DefaultParser.cs

@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ public abstract class DefaultParser(IDirectoryService directoryService) : IDefau
             info.IsSpecial = true;
             info.Chapters = Parser.DefaultChapter;
             info.Volumes = Parser.SpecialVolume;
+            info.Title = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(info.ComicInfo.Title) ? info.ComicInfo.Title : info.Title;
         }
 
         // Patch is SeriesSort from ComicInfo