From 10fd58259ff298a59f91f504eb77d5637cf1eb76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrik Kozak <35232443+PatrikKozak@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:44:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: respect locale when counting global versions

---
 .../globals/operations/countGlobalVersions.ts |  1 +
 test/localization/int.spec.ts                 | 31 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/payload/src/globals/operations/countGlobalVersions.ts b/packages/payload/src/globals/operations/countGlobalVersions.ts
index 80604aeb90c..145703680a7 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/globals/operations/countGlobalVersions.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/globals/operations/countGlobalVersions.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export const countGlobalVersionsOperation = async <TSlug extends GlobalSlug>(
 
     const result = await payload.db.countGlobalVersions({
       global: global.slug,
+      locale: req?.locale || undefined,
       req,
       where: fullWhere,
     })
diff --git a/test/localization/int.spec.ts b/test/localization/int.spec.ts
index 487ec51e490..6e4a2e46cfb 100644
--- a/test/localization/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/localization/int.spec.ts
@@ -4558,6 +4558,37 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
       })
       expect(result2.totalDocs).toBe(1)
     })
+
+    it('should count global versions with query on localized field respecting locale', async () => {
+      await payload.updateGlobal({
+        slug: globalWithDraftsSlug,
+        data: { text: 'global count en', _status: 'published' },
+        locale: defaultLocale,
+      })
+
+      await payload.updateGlobal({
+        slug: globalWithDraftsSlug,
+        data: { text: 'global count es', _status: 'published' },
+        locale: spanishLocale,
+      })
+
+      const englishWhere = { 'version.text': { equals: 'global count en' } }
+
+      const inEnglish = await payload.countGlobalVersions({
+        global: globalWithDraftsSlug,
+        locale: defaultLocale,
+        where: englishWhere,
+      })
+
+      const inSpanish = await payload.countGlobalVersions({
+        global: globalWithDraftsSlug,
+        locale: spanishLocale,
+        where: englishWhere,
+      })
+
+      expect(inEnglish.totalDocs).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+      expect(inSpanish.totalDocs).toBe(0)
+    })
   })
 })