From 489ed9bdbe79aef571cbccb3b3742c4f9162c04e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: g0ldyy <153996346+g0ldyy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 17:05:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: conditionally apply digital release filter based on
 settings and remove redundant internal filter check

---
 comet/api/endpoints/stream.py | 31 ++++++++++++++++---------------
 comet/metadata/filter.py      |  3 ---
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/comet/api/endpoints/stream.py b/comet/api/endpoints/stream.py
index 948e549..d22b5e7 100644
--- a/comet/api/endpoints/stream.py
+++ b/comet/api/endpoints/stream.py
@@ -171,24 +171,25 @@ async def stream(
     async with aiohttp.ClientSession(connector=connector) as session:
         metadata_scraper = MetadataScraper(session)
 
-        # Digital Release Filter
         id, season, episode = parse_media_id(media_type, media_id)
 
-        is_released = await release_filter.check_is_released(
-            session, media_type, media_id, season, episode
-        )
+        # Digital Release Filter
+        if settings.DIGITAL_RELEASE_FILTER:
+            is_released = await release_filter.check_is_released(
+                session, media_type, media_id, season, episode
+            )
 
-        if not is_released:
-            logger.log("FILTER", f"🚫 {media_id} is not released yet. Skipping.")
-            return {
-                "streams": [
-                    {
-                        "name": "[🚫] Comet",
-                        "description": "Content not digitally released yet.",
-                        "url": "https://comet.fast",
-                    }
-                ]
-            }
+            if not is_released:
+                logger.log("FILTER", f"🚫 {media_id} is not released yet. Skipping.")
+                return {
+                    "streams": [
+                        {
+                            "name": "[🚫] Comet",
+                            "description": "Content not digitally released yet.",
+                            "url": "https://comet.fast",
+                        }
+                    ]
+                }
 
         # Check if metadata is already cached
         cached_metadata = await metadata_scraper.get_cached(
diff --git a/comet/metadata/filter.py b/comet/metadata/filter.py
index e5402fe..5c1be70 100644
--- a/comet/metadata/filter.py
+++ b/comet/metadata/filter.py
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ class DigitalReleaseFilter:
         season: int = None,
         episode: int = None,
     ):
-        if not settings.DIGITAL_RELEASE_FILTER:
-            return True
-
         try:
             cached_date = await database.fetch_val(
                 """