From 3ef82b55eb3fa595e7cfbfd50fe5c49f632f9176 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dotCooCoo <RobertLeeLW@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 20:15:58 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Preserve action chains when discarding external references

---
 crates/optimize/src/external_refs.rs | 13 ++++++----
 crates/optimize/tests/optimize.rs    | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/optimize/src/external_refs.rs b/crates/optimize/src/external_refs.rs
index 4a61f37e88..3981b81b81 100644
--- a/crates/optimize/src/external_refs.rs
+++ b/crates/optimize/src/external_refs.rs
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ impl Walk {
                 match rest {
                     Some(Kept::Now(v)) => {
                         let mut d = d.clone();
-                        set_next(&mut d, v);
+                        set_next(doc, &mut d, v);
                         Kept::Now(vec![Object::Dict(d)])
                     }
                     _ => Kept::Same,
@@ -230,13 +230,16 @@ impl Walk {
     }
 }
 
-fn set_next(d: &mut Dict, mut v: Vec<Object>) {
+fn set_next(doc: &mut Document, d: &mut Dict, mut v: Vec<Object>) {
     match v.len() {
         0 => {
             d.remove(b"Next");
         }
         1 => d.set(b"Next".to_vec(), v.remove(0)),
-        _ => d.set(b"Next".to_vec(), Object::Array(v)),
+        _ => {
+            let next = v.into_iter().map(|a| if matches!(a, Object::Dict(_) | Object::Array(_)) { Object::Ref(doc.add(a)) } else { a }).collect();
+            d.set(b"Next".to_vec(), Object::Array(next));
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -278,8 +281,8 @@ fn strip_action(doc: &mut Document, a: &Object, owner: ObjRef) -> Result<Option<
     let Some(mut d) = doc.resolve(&first).as_dict().cloned() else { return Ok(Some(None)) };
     let mut next = d.get(b"Next").map(|n| listed(doc, n)).unwrap_or_default();
     next.extend(v);
-    set_next(&mut d, next);
-    Ok(Some(Some(Object::Dict(d))))
+    set_next(doc, &mut d, next);
+    Ok(Some(Some(Object::Ref(doc.add(Object::Dict(d))))))
 }
 
 /// The outline walk: bookmarks stored as their own objects wait on `stack`; those stored inside
diff --git a/crates/optimize/tests/optimize.rs b/crates/optimize/tests/optimize.rs
index 2fb111e464..fa832fc1bc 100644
--- a/crates/optimize/tests/optimize.rs
+++ b/crates/optimize/tests/optimize.rs
@@ -2569,6 +2569,20 @@ fn links_and_bookmarks_to_other_documents_are_discarded_and_links_within_stay()
     assert_eq!(chain(&doc, bookmark(&doc, items[1]).get(b"A").unwrap()), ["Named"]);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn discarding_a_remote_action_keeps_the_links_local_destination() {
+    let (mut doc, p, _) =
+        linked_doc(|_, p| vec![link_with(Some(action("GoToR", None)), Some(Object::Array(vec![Object::Ref(p), Object::name("Fit")])))], &[]);
+    let report = optimize(&mut doc, &Settings { discard_external_refs: true, ..Settings::default() }).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(report.external_links, 1);
+    let bytes = write_full(&doc, &SaveOptions::default()).unwrap();
+    let reopened = Document::open(Arc::new(bytes)).unwrap();
+    let links = annots_of(&reopened, p);
+    assert_eq!(links.len(), 1);
+    assert!(links[0].get(b"A").is_none());
+    assert_eq!(links[0].get(b"Dest"), Some(&Object::Array(vec![Object::Ref(p), Object::name("Fit")])));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn repeated_indirect_remote_link_is_removed_from_one_page() {
     let (mut doc, p, _) = linked_doc(
@@ -2709,6 +2723,31 @@ fn a_long_chain_of_indirect_actions_stays_indirect_and_reads_back_after_saving()
     assert_eq!(chain(&reopened, &a), vec!["URI"; 130], "every web link reads back");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn promoted_action_chains_read_back_after_saving() {
+    let (doc, p, _) = linked_doc(
+        |doc, _| {
+            let tail = (0..126).fold(action("Named", None), |next, _| action("Named", Some(next)));
+            let first = doc.add(tail);
+            let next = Object::Array(vec![Object::Ref(first), action("URI", None)]);
+            let link = doc.add(link_with(Some(action("GoToR", Some(next))), None));
+            vec![Object::Ref(link)]
+        },
+        &[],
+    );
+    let bytes = write_full(&doc, &SaveOptions::default()).unwrap();
+    let mut doc = Document::open(Arc::new(bytes)).unwrap();
+    let original = annots_of(&doc, p)[0].get(b"A").cloned().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(chain(&doc, &original).len(), 129);
+    let report = optimize(&mut doc, &Settings { discard_external_refs: true, ..Settings::default() }).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(report.external_links, 1);
+    let bytes = write_full(&doc, &SaveOptions::default()).unwrap();
+    let reopened = Document::open(Arc::new(bytes)).unwrap();
+    let a = annots_of(&reopened, p)[0].get(b"A").cloned().unwrap();
+    let expected: Vec<_> = std::iter::repeat_n("Named".to_string(), 127).chain(["URI".to_string()]).collect();
+    assert_eq!(chain(&reopened, &a), expected);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn shared_actions_that_multiply_stop_the_optimization_when_one_opens_another_document() {
     use pdfcraft_optimize::OptimizeError;