Fix the correspondent filters #423

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Changelog
 
 * Allow an infinite number of logs to be deleted.  Thanks to `Ulli`_ for noting
   the problem in `#433`_.
+* Fix the ``RecentCorrespondentsFilter`` correspondents filter that was added
+  in 2.4 to play nice with the defaults.  Thanks to `tsia`_ and `Sblop`_ who
+  pointed this out. `#423`_.
 
 
 2.5.0
@@ -579,6 +582,8 @@ bulk of the work on this big change.
 .. _Andrew Peng: https://github.com/pengc99
 .. _euri10: https://github.com/euri10
 .. _Ulli: https://github.com/Ulli2k
+.. _tsia: https://github.com/tsia
+.. _Sblop:  https://github.com/Sblop
 
 .. _#20: https://github.com/danielquinn/paperless/issues/20
 .. _#44: https://github.com/danielquinn/paperless/issues/44
@@ -673,6 +678,7 @@ bulk of the work on this big change.
 .. _#412: https://github.com/danielquinn/paperless/issues/412
 .. _#413: https://github.com/danielquinn/paperless/pull/413
 .. _#414: https://github.com/danielquinn/paperless/issues/414
+.. _#423: https://github.com/danielquinn/paperless/issues/423
 .. _#433: https://github.com/danielquinn/paperless/issues/433
 
 .. _pipenv: https://docs.pipenv.org/

src/documents/admin.py

@@ -88,25 +88,24 @@ class FinancialYearFilter(admin.SimpleListFilter):
 
 
 class RecentCorrespondentFilter(admin.RelatedFieldListFilter):
-
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.title = "correspondent (recent)"
+    """
+    If PAPERLESS_RECENT_CORRESPONDENT_YEARS is set, we limit the available
+    correspondents to documents sent our way over the past ``n`` years.
+    """
 
     def field_choices(self, field, request, model_admin):
 
         years = settings.PAPERLESS_RECENT_CORRESPONDENT_YEARS
-        days = 365 * years
+        correspondents = Correspondent.objects.all()
 
-        lookups = []
         if years and years > 0:
-            correspondents = Correspondent.objects.filter(
+            self.title = "Correspondent (Recent)"
+            days = 365 * years
+            correspondents = correspondents.filter(
                 documents__created__gte=datetime.now() - timedelta(days=days)
             ).distinct()
-            for c in correspondents:
-                lookups.append((c.id, c.name))
 
-        return lookups
+        return [(c.id, c.name) for c in correspondents]
 
 
 class CommonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
@@ -177,7 +176,6 @@ class DocumentAdmin(CommonAdmin):
     list_filter = (
         "tags",
         ("correspondent", RecentCorrespondentFilter),
-        "correspondent",
         FinancialYearFilter
     )