From 0e0bed1e7e8fe10d17c3b02d01616a1786940e7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alzer Del Zeyger <75466035+Dx-Alz-xD@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 19:32:00 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(report-tag): only count open reports toward the limit

the five report cap counted resolved reports too, so once a paper had
five reports nobody could report it again even after they were fixed
---
 src/lib/services/report.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/services/report.ts b/src/lib/services/report.ts
index 67e70be..2a8c200 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/report.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/report.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ interface ReportedFieldInput {
 
 export async function reportTag(paperId: string, body: ReportTagBody) {
   await connectToDatabase(); 
-  const count = await TagReport.countDocuments({ paperId });
+  const openReports = await TagReport.countDocuments({ paperId, resolved: { $ne: true } });
 
-  if (count >= MAX_REPORTS_PER_PAPER) {
+  if (openReports >= MAX_REPORTS_PER_PAPER) {
     throw new CustomError("Received many reports; we are currently working on it.", 429)
   }
     const reportedFields: ReportedFieldInput[] = Array.isArray(body.reportedFields)