From 8183b324a09da2f03d41f4b9a24794338c0db205 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Flaminel <flm.marius@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:25:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Seeker being scheduled when disabled (#523)

---
 .../Controllers/SeekerConfigController.cs      | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../Jobs/BackgroundJobManager.cs               |  5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/code/backend/Cleanuparr.Api/Features/Seeker/Controllers/SeekerConfigController.cs b/code/backend/Cleanuparr.Api/Features/Seeker/Controllers/SeekerConfigController.cs
index 562c8e28..d79544a2 100644
--- a/code/backend/Cleanuparr.Api/Features/Seeker/Controllers/SeekerConfigController.cs
+++ b/code/backend/Cleanuparr.Api/Features/Seeker/Controllers/SeekerConfigController.cs
@@ -140,8 +140,22 @@ public sealed class SeekerConfigController : ControllerBase
 
             await _dataContext.SaveChangesAsync();
 
-            // Update Quartz trigger if SearchInterval changed
-            if (config.SearchInterval != previousInterval)
+            // Start/stop Seeker based on SearchEnabled toggle
+            if (config.SearchEnabled != previousSearchEnabled)
+            {
+                if (config.SearchEnabled)
+                {
+                    _logger.LogInformation("SearchEnabled turned on, starting Seeker job");
+                    await _jobManagementService.StartJob(JobType.Seeker, null, config.ToCronExpression());
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _logger.LogInformation("SearchEnabled turned off, stopping Seeker job");
+                    await _jobManagementService.StopJob(JobType.Seeker);
+                }
+            }
+            // Update Quartz trigger if SearchInterval changed (only while search is enabled)
+            else if (config.SearchEnabled && config.SearchInterval != previousInterval)
             {
                 _logger.LogInformation("Search interval changed from {Old} to {New} minutes, updating Seeker schedule",
                     previousInterval, config.SearchInterval);
diff --git a/code/backend/Cleanuparr.Api/Jobs/BackgroundJobManager.cs b/code/backend/Cleanuparr.Api/Jobs/BackgroundJobManager.cs
index 7e3cdbef..da0b55df 100644
--- a/code/backend/Cleanuparr.Api/Jobs/BackgroundJobManager.cs
+++ b/code/backend/Cleanuparr.Api/Jobs/BackgroundJobManager.cs
@@ -185,7 +185,10 @@ public class BackgroundJobManager : IHostedService
     public async Task RegisterSeekerJob(SeekerConfig config, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
         await AddJobWithoutTrigger<SeekerJob>(cancellationToken);
-        await AddTriggersForJob<SeekerJob>(config.ToCronExpression(), cancellationToken);
+        if (config.SearchEnabled)
+        {
+            await AddTriggersForJob<SeekerJob>(config.ToCronExpression(), cancellationToken);
+        }
     }
 
     /// <summary>