From 40385ef2848c0e23ed204218605fa77d75a236e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Petr=20Van=C4=9Bk?= <pevadev@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:32:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(projects): allow max columns to the limit (#39272)
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Signed-off-by: Petr Vaněk <pevadev@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
---
 models/project/column.go              | 2 +-
 models/project/column_test.go         | 2 +-
 routers/web/shared/project/project.go | 4 ++--
 web_src/js/features/repo-projects.ts  | 6 ++++--
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/models/project/column.go b/models/project/column.go
index 6cf9d76792f..37802f256fa 100644
--- a/models/project/column.go
+++ b/models/project/column.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func createDefaultColumnsForProject(ctx context.Context, project *Project) error
 
 // maxProjectColumns max columns allowed in a project, this should not bigger than 127
 // because sorting is int8 in database
-const maxProjectColumns = 20
+const maxProjectColumns = 127
 
 // NewColumn adds a new project column to a given project
 func NewColumn(ctx context.Context, column *Column) error {
diff --git a/models/project/column_test.go b/models/project/column_test.go
index 731d3c42d87..d120930e825 100644
--- a/models/project/column_test.go
+++ b/models/project/column_test.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func Test_NewColumn(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 	}
 	err = NewColumn(t.Context(), &Column{
-		Title:     "column-21",
+		Title:     fmt.Sprintf("column-%d", maxProjectColumns+1),
 		ProjectID: project1.ID,
 	})
 	assert.Error(t, err)
diff --git a/routers/web/shared/project/project.go b/routers/web/shared/project/project.go
index 1664912013c..999e4ec62a1 100644
--- a/routers/web/shared/project/project.go
+++ b/routers/web/shared/project/project.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func AddColumnToProjectPost(ctx *context.Context) {
 		Color:     form.Color,
 		CreatorID: ctx.Doer.ID,
 	}); err != nil {
-		ctx.ServerError("NewProjectColumn", err)
+		ctx.JSONErrorAuto(err)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func EditProjectColumn(ctx *context.Context) {
 	}
 
 	if err := project_model.UpdateColumn(ctx, column); err != nil {
-		ctx.ServerError("UpdateProjectColumn", err)
+		ctx.JSONErrorAuto(err)
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/web_src/js/features/repo-projects.ts b/web_src/js/features/repo-projects.ts
index 99e1ac58c17..c9cd88a3bfb 100644
--- a/web_src/js/features/repo-projects.ts
+++ b/web_src/js/features/repo-projects.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {contrastColor} from '../utils/color.ts';
 import {createSortable} from '../modules/sortable.ts';
-import {POST, request} from '../modules/fetch.ts';
+import {POST} from '../modules/fetch.ts';
+import {performFetchActionRequest} from '../modules/fetch-action.ts';
 import {hideFomanticModal} from '../modules/fomantic/modal.ts';
 import {queryElemChildren, queryElems, toggleElem} from '../utils/dom.ts';
 import type {SortableEvent} from 'sortablejs';
@@ -113,7 +114,8 @@ function initRepoProjectColumnEdit(writableProjectBoard: Element): void {
 
     try {
       elForm.classList.add('is-loading');
-      await request(formLink, {method: formMethod, data: formData});
+      const resp = await performFetchActionRequest(elForm, {url: formLink, method: formMethod, data: formData});
+      if (!resp) return;
       if (!columnId) {
         window.location.reload(); // newly added column, need to reload the page
         return;