Mealie 1.x Import Bugs

[Mardis]

Tandoor Version

2.5.0

Setup

Docker / Docker-Compose

Reverse Proxy

No reverse proxy

Other

No response

Bug description

2 bugs I've found in the import process:

1. Importing when a step has an empty name causes a crash leading to recipes imported without steps, images, etc.
2. Importing recipes with ingredient sections breaks the order/sections when moved over as order is not preserved on import

Relevant logs

[vabene1111]

thanks for the report. It would help me a lot to get one example each (preferably in different files) so I can reproducde and fix this easier.

[Mardis]

Went ahead and tried my hand at a quick fix: #4454

Out of Order Example:
Original in Mealie::

Out of order import:

In order fix:

Null Step Title Example:
From my exported database.json here is an example of a step that was causing the import to fail

{"created_at": "2026-02-13T06:07:30.456916", "update_at": "2026-02-13T06:07:30.456918", "id": "8a3af780-a560-4da6-bb57-aa766dbcf5e5", "recipe_id": "4bcff776-efa5-483b-a7a1-050c37915210", "position": 0, "type": "", "title": null, "text": "Combine all ingredients.", "summary": ""}

Before null step title fix: