fix(entities): resolveEntitySlug fallback keeps the path separator (#3447) (#3567)

Co-Authored-By: Time Attakc <89218912+time-attack@users.noreply.github.com>

src/core/entities/resolve.ts

@@ -74,6 +74,21 @@ export async function resolveEntitySlug(
   }
 
   // 4. Fallback: deterministic slugify.
+  return fallbackSlugify(trimmed);
+}
+
+/**
+ * #3447 — shared fallback for both resolvers. slugify()'s `[^a-z0-9]+ → '-'`
+ * rule rewrites the path separator, so running slug-shaped input through it
+ * corrupts a well-formed slug (`people/alice-example` → `people-alice-example`)
+ * into one no page can ever have — and the flattened slug never resolves, so
+ * every re-extraction re-mints it. Path-shaped input is slugified PER SEGMENT
+ * (identity for already-well-formed slugs); display names keep plain slugify.
+ */
+function fallbackSlugify(trimmed: string): string {
+  if (trimmed.includes('/')) {
+    return trimmed.split('/').map(slugify).filter(Boolean).join('/');
+  }
   return slugify(trimmed);
 }
 
@@ -141,7 +156,7 @@ export async function resolveEntitySlugWithSource(
     if (fuzzy) return { slug: fuzzy, source: 'fuzzy_match' };
   }
 
-  return { slug: slugify(trimmed), source: 'fallback_slugify' };
+  return { slug: fallbackSlugify(trimmed), source: 'fallback_slugify' };
 }
 
 /**

test/entity-resolve-slug-fallback.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// #3447 — resolveEntitySlug's slugify fallback must not corrupt slug-shaped
+// input. slugify()'s `[^a-z0-9]+ → '-'` rule rewrites the path separator
+// (`people/alice-example` → `people-alice-example`), minting an entity_slug
+// no page can ever have. The corruption is self-perpetuating: the flattened
+// slug never matches a page, so every re-extraction re-mints it.
+//
+// Behavior pinned here: a slug-shaped input (contains '/') that fails every
+// resolution arm falls back with its path separator INTACT — creating the
+// page it names later makes the fact resolvable. Display-name fallback
+// (no '/') keeps the existing slugify behavior.
+
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll, afterAll } from 'bun:test';
+import {
+  resolveEntitySlug,
+  resolveEntitySlugWithSource,
+} from '../src/core/entities/resolve.ts';
+import { PGLiteEngine } from '../src/core/pglite-engine.ts';
+
+let engine: PGLiteEngine;
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  engine = new PGLiteEngine();
+  await engine.connect({ database_url: '' });
+  await engine.initSchema();
+  // Deliberately NO page at people/zeta-nonexistent — the fallback arm is
+  // exactly the "well-formed slug, page not created yet" case from #3447.
+});
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+  await engine.disconnect();
+});
+
+describe('resolveEntitySlug fallback preserves slug-shaped input (#3447)', () => {
+  it('returns a well-formed but unresolvable slug untouched', async () => {
+    const out = await resolveEntitySlug(engine, 'default', 'people/zeta-nonexistent');
+    expect(out).toBe('people/zeta-nonexistent');
+  });
+
+  it('normalizes a messy path-shaped input per segment, keeping the separator', async () => {
+    const out = await resolveEntitySlug(engine, 'default', 'People/Zeta Nonexistent');
+    expect(out).toBe('people/zeta-nonexistent');
+  });
+
+  it('still slugifies display names (no separator) as before', async () => {
+    const out = await resolveEntitySlug(engine, 'default', 'Zeta Nonexistent Q. Persson');
+    expect(out).toBe('zeta-nonexistent-q-persson');
+  });
+
+  it('resolveEntitySlugWithSource fallback_slugify agrees with resolveEntitySlug', async () => {
+    const out = await resolveEntitySlugWithSource(engine, 'default', 'companies/zeta-widgets-nonexistent');
+    expect(out).toEqual({ slug: 'companies/zeta-widgets-nonexistent', source: 'fallback_slugify' });
+  });
+});