From bb7a2dce2f3122efea1bd6b8dd7d10d0eeaac052 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thornbill <thornbill@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:22:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Backport pull request #7541 from jellyfin-web/release-10.11.z

Fix random sort items refetching

Original-merge: 67a0dcce43e057350124222b2251fed27626ed1d

Merged-by: thornbill <thornbill@users.noreply.github.com>

Backported-by: thornbill <thornbill@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/hooks/useFetchItems.ts | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/hooks/useFetchItems.ts b/src/hooks/useFetchItems.ts
index 27c7fcd4e..09d8ed4fb 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useFetchItems.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useFetchItems.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ const fetchGetItems = async (
 
 export const useGetItems = (parametersOptions: ItemsApiGetItemsRequest) => {
     const currentApi = useApi();
+    const isRandom = Boolean(parametersOptions.sortBy?.includes(ItemSortBy.Random));
+
     return useQuery({
         queryKey: [
             'Items',
@@ -63,7 +65,9 @@ export const useGetItems = (parametersOptions: ItemsApiGetItemsRequest) => {
         ],
         queryFn: ({ signal }) =>
             fetchGetItems(currentApi, parametersOptions, { signal }),
-        gcTime: parametersOptions.sortBy?.includes(ItemSortBy.Random) ? 0 : undefined,
+        gcTime: isRandom ? Infinity : undefined,
+        refetchOnMount: isRandom ? false : undefined,
+        refetchOnWindowFocus: isRandom ? false : undefined,
         enabled: !!currentApi.api && !!currentApi.user?.Id
     });
 };