From 7ebd23c070549b580869ef88495c21990e3ab96b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 06:27:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent unintended changes to the cached dictionary

---
 tubesync/sync/models.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tubesync/sync/models.py b/tubesync/sync/models.py
index 4db52870..86aa4e10 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/models.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/models.py
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ import os
 import uuid
 import json
 import re
-from xml.etree import ElementTree
 from collections import OrderedDict
+from copy import deepcopy
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone as tz
 from pathlib import Path
+from xml.etree import ElementTree
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
 from django.core.exceptions import SuspiciousOperation
@@ -1058,7 +1059,7 @@ class Media(models.Model):
             if not data:
                 cached = getattr(self, '_cached_metadata_dict', None)
                 if cached:
-                    data = cached
+                    return deepcopy(cached)
                 else:
                     data = json.loads(self.metadata or "{}")
             if not isinstance(data, dict):