feat: updated soft delete functionality

Author: Alam-2U

forum/backends/mysql/api.py

@@ -678,7 +678,8 @@ def handle_threads_query(
 
         # Soft delete filtering
         print(
-            f"[DEBUG] handle_threads_query: is_deleted={is_deleted}, base_query count before filtering: {base_query.count()}"
+            f"[DEBUG] handle_threads_query: is_deleted={is_deleted}, "
+            f"base_query count before filtering: {base_query.count()}"
         )
         if is_deleted is not None:
             base_query = base_query.filter(is_deleted=is_deleted)
@@ -2219,7 +2220,8 @@ def get_contents(**kwargs: Any) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
             comments = Comment.objects.deleted().filter(**comment_filters)
             threads = CommentThread.objects.deleted().filter(**thread_filters)
             print(
-                f"[DEBUG] get_contents: Using deleted() manager - comments: {comments.count()}, threads: {threads.count()}"
+                f"[DEBUG] get_contents: Using deleted() manager - "
+                f"comments: {comments.count()}, threads: {threads.count()}"
             )
         elif include_deleted:
             # Show all content (active + deleted)
@@ -2233,7 +2235,8 @@ def get_contents(**kwargs: Any) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
             comments = Comment.objects.active().filter(**comment_filters)
             threads = CommentThread.objects.active().filter(**thread_filters)
             print(
-                f"[DEBUG] get_contents: Using active() manager - comments: {comments.count()}, threads: {threads.count()}"
+                f"[DEBUG] get_contents: Using active() manager - "
+                f"comments: {comments.count()}, threads: {threads.count()}"
             )
 
         sort_key = kwargs.get("sort_key")
@@ -2410,7 +2413,7 @@ def get_deleted_list(
 
         # Apply pagination
         if resp_limit is not None:
-            queryset = queryset[resp_skip : resp_skip + resp_limit]
+            queryset = queryset[resp_skip:resp_skip + resp_limit]
         else:
             queryset = queryset[resp_skip:]
 
@@ -2421,6 +2424,7 @@ def get_deleted_list(
             threads.append(thread_dict)
 
         return threads
+
     # AI Moderation Methods for MySQL
     @classmethod
     def flag_content_as_spam(cls, content_type: str, content_id: str) -> int:

forum/search/es.py

@@ -736,19 +736,11 @@ def get_thread_ids(
         filter_clause: list[dict[str, Any]] = self.build_filter_clause(
             context, group_ids
         )
-        # Exclude soft-deleted threads from search results
-        must_not_clause: list[dict[str, Any]] = [
-            {"term": {"is_deleted": True}}
-        ]
         search_body = {
             "size": FORUM_MAX_DEEP_SEARCH_COMMENT_COUNT,
             "sort": sort_criteria or [{"updated_at": "desc"}],
             "query": {
-                "bool": {
-                    "must": must_clause or [],
-                    "should": filter_clause or [],
-                    "must_not": must_not_clause,
-                }
+                "bool": {"must": must_clause or [], "should": filter_clause or []}
             },
         }
         response = self.client.search(index=self.index_names, body=search_body)