PUT /highlights/:id parsed the row id from the URL and then dropped it:
the sync-aware path routed through SaveHighlight's content-derived dedup
key, on the assumption that the same text + CFI always resolves to the
same key. That assumption breaks in practice — the stored epubcfi_start
drifts from foliate's range shape to the converter's point shape after a
device echo rewrites the row (bucketPosition cuts at the last colon, so
'…/6,/1:367,…' and '…/6/1:367' bucket differently), and the user can
edit the selection text. The recomputed key then misses the row being
edited and createHighlight mints a second one: the edited row (with
note, no device pos0) beside the original — served to KOReader as two
highlights, one noted and one not. Editing a selection's text would hit
the same trap.
SaveHighlightRequest gains an optional HighlightID. When set, the save
resolves the row by id (ownership-checked), LWWs against it under its
stored dedup key, and never re-derives identity from content. The PUT
handler passes the already-parsed id. Device pushes, Kobo, and the sync
queue send no id and keep the identity-based flow untouched.
applyLWW also stops wiping stored locators on web edits: the web reader
sends empty start/end positions (it never had a CRE xpointer), so a
note/color edit now keeps the device-native positions and CFIs instead
of blanking them — round-trip serve-back for device-created highlights
survives web-side edits.
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