From 614248c63dc285faf8bfd65829163e47f07f9d2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan McKinley <ryantxu@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 16:28:45 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] annotations

---
 pkg/services/folder/folderimpl/conversions.go  | 2 +-
 pkg/services/folder/folderimpl/unifiedstore.go | 2 +-
 pkg/tests/apis/folder/folder_tree_test.go      | 7 ++++---
 pkg/tests/apis/folder/folders_test.go          | 6 +++---
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/services/folder/folderimpl/conversions.go b/pkg/services/folder/folderimpl/conversions.go
index ebb313dfade..57ba4fa8f2a 100644
--- a/pkg/services/folder/folderimpl/conversions.go
+++ b/pkg/services/folder/folderimpl/conversions.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func convertUnstructuredToFolder(item *unstructured.Unstructured, identifiers ma
 
 	uid := meta.GetName()
 	url := ""
-	if uid != folder.RootFolder.UID {
+	if !folder.IsRootFolder(uid) {
 		slug := slugify.Slugify(title)
 		url = dashboards.GetFolderURL(uid, slug)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/folder/folderimpl/unifiedstore.go b/pkg/services/folder/folderimpl/unifiedstore.go
index 4e2aa02343e..e168c8ea66e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/folder/folderimpl/unifiedstore.go
+++ b/pkg/services/folder/folderimpl/unifiedstore.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (ss *FolderUnifiedStoreImpl) GetParents(ctx context.Context, q folder.GetPa
 	hits := []*folder.Folder{}
 
 	parentUID := q.UID
-	for parentUID != "" {
+	for !folder.IsRootFolder(parentUID) {
 		folder, err := ss.Get(ctx, folder.GetFolderQuery{UID: &parentUID, OrgID: q.OrgID})
 		if err != nil {
 			if apierrors.IsForbidden(err) {
diff --git a/pkg/tests/apis/folder/folder_tree_test.go b/pkg/tests/apis/folder/folder_tree_test.go
index b1d38ab3918..ce1b336c07c 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/apis/folder/folder_tree_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tests/apis/folder/folder_tree_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/xlab/treeprint"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -376,7 +377,7 @@ func getFoldersFromLegacyAPISearch(t *testing.T, client *rest.RESTClient) *Folde
 		result = client.Get().AbsPath("api", "folders", hit.UID).
 			Do(context.Background()).
 			StatusCode(&statusCode)
-		require.NoError(t, result.Error(), "getting folder access info (/api)")
+		assert.NoError(t, result.Error(), "getting folder access info (/api) uid:%s", hit.UID)
 		require.Equal(t, int(http.StatusOK), statusCode)
 
 		body, err := result.Raw()
@@ -393,7 +394,7 @@ func makeRoot(lookup map[string]*FolderView, name string) *FolderView {
 	shared := &FolderView{} // when not found
 	root := &FolderView{}
 	for _, v := range lookup {
-		if v.Parent == "" {
+		if folder.IsRootFolder(v.Parent) { // general or empty
 			root.Children = append(root.Children, v)
 		} else {
 			p, ok := lookup[v.Parent]
@@ -444,7 +445,7 @@ func getFoldersFromDashboardV0Search(t *testing.T, client *rest.RESTClient, ns s
 			folderV1.APIVersion, "namespaces", ns, "folders", hit.Name, "access").
 			Do(context.Background()).
 			StatusCode(&statusCode)
-		require.NoError(t, result.Error(), "getting folder access info (/access)")
+		require.NoError(t, result.Error(), "getting folder access info (/access) name:%s", hit.Name)
 		require.Equal(t, int(http.StatusOK), statusCode)
 
 		body, err := result.Raw()
diff --git a/pkg/tests/apis/folder/folders_test.go b/pkg/tests/apis/folder/folders_test.go
index 21a0acc2a9d..db7333400b0 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/apis/folder/folders_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tests/apis/folder/folders_test.go
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ func TestIntegrationFoldersApp(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// test on all dual writer modes
 	modes := []grafanarest.DualWriterMode{
-		grafanarest.Mode1,
-		grafanarest.Mode2,
-		grafanarest.Mode3,
+		grafanarest.Mode0, // legacy only
+		grafanarest.Mode2, // write both, read legacy
+		grafanarest.Mode3, // write both, read unified
 		grafanarest.Mode4,
 	}
 	for _, modeDw := range modes {