From 523071906c9ad8185fdbf9fbb8919a91891790f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: schroda <50052685+schroda@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:58:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Handle metadata array value conversion

Avoid deep merging for arrays to prevent them from being converted into plain objects.
---
 src/modules/metadata/Metadata.constants.ts | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/modules/metadata/Metadata.constants.ts b/src/modules/metadata/Metadata.constants.ts
index b13156b2..20ec0e13 100644
--- a/src/modules/metadata/Metadata.constants.ts
+++ b/src/modules/metadata/Metadata.constants.ts
@@ -47,8 +47,15 @@ const convertToNumber = (value: string): number => +value;
 const convertToBoolean = (value: string): boolean => value === 'true';
 const convertToStringNullAndUndefined = (value: string) => convertToTypeNullAndUndefined(value, convertToString);
 const convertToBooleanNullAndUndefined = (value: string) => convertToTypeNullAndUndefined(value, convertToBoolean);
-const convertToObject = <T>(value: string, defaultValue: T): T =>
-    deepmerge(defaultValue, jsonSaveParse<T>(value) ?? defaultValue);
+const convertToObject = <T>(value: string, defaultValue: T): T => {
+    const convertedValue = jsonSaveParse(value) ?? defaultValue;
+
+    if (Array.isArray(defaultValue)) {
+        return convertedValue;
+    }
+
+    return deepmerge(defaultValue, convertedValue);
+};
 
 export const APP_METADATA: Record<
     AppMetadataKeys,