From d01be839a51ed07b3c87ff5d30891b944b90bc5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alex-arc <ac@omnivox.dk>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 14:22:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] limit to max duration

---
 .../src/api-data/rundown/__tests__/rundown.utils.test.ts | 9 +++++++++
 apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.utils.ts        | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/__tests__/rundown.utils.test.ts b/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/__tests__/rundown.utils.test.ts
index 489a8deb8..0e5d9b349 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/__tests__/rundown.utils.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/__tests__/rundown.utils.test.ts
@@ -705,4 +705,13 @@ describe('eventDurationMatchGroupTarget()', () => {
     });
     expect(result).toStrictEqual(null);
   });
+
+  it('returns null when duration would be over 24h', () => {
+    const result = eventDurationMatchGroupTarget({
+      targetDuration: 30 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR,
+      groupDuration: MILLIS_PER_HOUR,
+      eventDuration: MILLIS_PER_MINUTE * 30,
+    });
+    expect(result).toStrictEqual(null);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.utils.ts b/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.utils.ts
index ee3c9284b..f1d9e1be9 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.utils.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.utils.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   generateId,
   getCueCandidate,
   makeString,
+  maxDuration,
   validateEndAction,
   validateTimerType,
   validateTimes,
@@ -624,5 +625,5 @@ export function eventDurationMatchGroupTarget({
   if (targetDuration === groupDuration) return null;
   const durationDiff = targetDuration - groupDuration;
   const newDuration = eventDuration + durationDiff;
-  return newDuration < 0 ? null : newDuration;
+  return newDuration < 0 || newDuration > maxDuration ? null : newDuration;
 }