From f7eabe17619ba1f5bf8b4f719d8fe36b8d89396a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Hardegger <dev@hardegger.io>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:17:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix?

---
 .../com/storycove/service/SolrService.java    | 22 +++++++++----------
 solr.Dockerfile                               |  9 ++++----
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/service/SolrService.java b/backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/service/SolrService.java
index a249725..38722b4 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/service/SolrService.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/service/SolrService.java
@@ -1401,23 +1401,21 @@ public class SolrService {
 
         for (String coreName : coreNames) {
             try {
-                logger.info("Recreating Solr core: {}", coreName);
+                logger.info("Clearing Lucene index for core: {}", coreName);
 
-                // Unload the core and delete all index data
+                // Unload the core and delete only the Lucene index files.
+                // deleteIndex=true removes data/index/ only; conf/ and core.properties are preserved.
+                // deleteDataDir=false keeps the data directory so the core can be reloaded in place.
                 org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.CoreAdminRequest.unloadCore(
-                    coreName, true, true, solrClient);
-                logger.info("Unloaded core: {}", coreName);
+                    coreName, true, false, solrClient);
+                logger.info("Unloaded core (index deleted): {}", coreName);
 
-                // Recreate the core from its configset (same name as the core)
-                org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.CoreAdminRequest.Create createReq =
-                    new org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.CoreAdminRequest.Create();
-                createReq.setCoreName(coreName);
-                createReq.setConfigSet(coreName);
-                createReq.process(solrClient);
-                logger.info("Recreated core: {}", coreName);
+                // Reload the core from its existing conf/ directory with a fresh empty index.
+                org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.CoreAdminRequest.reloadCore(coreName, solrClient);
+                logger.info("Reloaded core with fresh index: {}", coreName);
 
             } catch (SolrServerException e) {
-                logger.warn("Could not recreate core {} (may not exist yet): {}", coreName, e.getMessage());
+                logger.warn("Could not clear/reload core {} (may not exist yet): {}", coreName, e.getMessage());
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/solr.Dockerfile b/solr.Dockerfile
index 4b3254d..56c808e 100644
--- a/solr.Dockerfile
+++ b/solr.Dockerfile
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ COPY <<EOF /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init-cores.sh
 #!/bin/bash
 echo "StoryCove: Initializing cores..."
 
-# Always sync configsets to the persistent volume so CoreAdmin CREATE works at runtime
-# (needed after unloadCore + recreate without restarting the container)
-mkdir -p /var/solr/data/configsets
+# Repair any cores that are missing core.properties (e.g. after a failed API recreation)
 for core in storycove_stories storycove_authors storycove_collections; do
-  cp -rf /opt/solr-9.9.0/server/solr/configsets/\$core /var/solr/data/configsets/
+  if [ -d "/var/solr/data/\$core" ] && [ ! -f "/var/solr/data/\$core/core.properties" ]; then
+    echo "Repairing broken core: \$core (missing core.properties)"
+    rm -rf "/var/solr/data/\$core"
+  fi
 done
 
 # Create cores on first startup (no-op if they already exist)