From f54e2f3c2aac73b0b8a19c6655d5c39afbc30809 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amelia <77553571+Fesaa@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:47:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Lock publication status after setting it with K+ fixes #3827

---
 API/Services/Plus/ExternalMetadataService.cs | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/API/Services/Plus/ExternalMetadataService.cs b/API/Services/Plus/ExternalMetadataService.cs
index 35750d7fd..bdbff2105 100644
--- a/API/Services/Plus/ExternalMetadataService.cs
+++ b/API/Services/Plus/ExternalMetadataService.cs
@@ -1068,6 +1068,7 @@ public class ExternalMetadataService : IExternalMetadataService
             var status = DeterminePublicationStatus(series, chapters, externalMetadata);
 
             series.Metadata.PublicationStatus = status;
+            series.Metadata.PublicationStatusLocked = true;
             return true;
         }
         catch (Exception ex)