Notes not randomized anymore?

src/main/java/com/example/demo/controller/RecipeUploadController.java

@@ -106,11 +106,13 @@ public class RecipeUploadController {
 				String unit = getListValue(form.getIngredientUnit(), i);
 				String notes = getListValue(form.getIngredientNotes(), i);
 
-				ingredientDtos.add(new RecipeIngredientDto(
+				RecipeIngredientDto riDto = new RecipeIngredientDto(
 				        ingredientName.trim(),
 				        quantity,
 				        unit != null ? unit.trim() : "",
-						notes != null ? notes.trim() : ""));
+				        notes != null ? notes.trim() : "");
+				riDto.setIndex(i);
+				ingredientDtos.add(riDto);
 			}
 		}
 		dto.setIngredients(ingredientDtos);

src/main/java/com/example/demo/dto/RecipeIngredientDto.java

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ public class RecipeIngredientDto {
 	private String quantity;
 	private String unit;
 	private String notes;
+	private Integer orderIndex;
 
 	public RecipeIngredientDto() {
 		super();
@@ -53,4 +54,12 @@ public class RecipeIngredientDto {
 		this.notes = notes;
 	}
 	
+	public Integer getIndex() {
+		return orderIndex;
+	}
+
+	public void setIndex(Integer index) {
+		this.orderIndex = index;
+	}
+
 }

src/main/java/com/example/demo/service/Impl/RecipeServiceImpl.java

@@ -317,21 +317,33 @@ public class RecipeServiceImpl implements RecipeService {
 		List<Tag> tagsToRemove = new ArrayList<>();
 
 		if (updatedIngredients != null) {
-			for (RecipeIngredient ri : existingRecipe.getRecipeIngredients()) {
 			
-				boolean existsInUpdatedList = false;
+			for (int i = 0; i < updatedIngredients.size(); i++) {
-				for (RecipeIngredientDto dto : updatedIngredients) {
+			    RecipeIngredientDto riDto = updatedIngredients.get(i);
-					String updatedName = dto.getIngredientName();
-					String existingName = ri.getIngredient().getName();
 
-					if (java.util.Objects.equals(updatedName, existingName)) {
+			    RecipeIngredient existingRI = existingRecipe.getRecipeIngredients().stream()
-						existsInUpdatedList = true;
+			            .filter(ri -> java.util.Objects.equals(ri.getIngredient().getName(), riDto.getIngredientName()))
-						break;
+			            .findFirst()
-					}
+			            .orElse(null);
+
+			    if (existingRI != null) {
+			        existingRI.setQuantity(riDto.getQuantity());
+			        existingRI.setUnit(riDto.getUnit());
+			        existingRI.setNotes(riDto.getNotes());
+			        existingRI.setOrderIndex(i);
+			    } else {
+			        Ingredient ingredient = ingredientRepository.findByNameIgnoreCase(riDto.getIngredientName())
+			                .orElseGet(() -> new Ingredient(riDto.getIngredientName()));
+
+			        if (ingredient.getId() == null) {
+			            ingredientRepository.save(ingredient);
 			        }
 
-				if (!existsInUpdatedList) {
+			        RecipeIngredient newRI = new RecipeIngredient(existingRecipe, ingredient, riDto.getQuantity(),
-					ingredientsToRemove.add(ri);
+			                riDto.getUnit(), riDto.getNotes());
+			        newRI.setOrderIndex(i);
+
+			        existingRecipe.getRecipeIngredients().add(newRI);
 			    }
 			}
 

src/main/resources/templates/update-recipe.html

@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ document.getElementById('publish-btn').addEventListener('click', async function(
   formData.append('cost', document.getElementById('cost').value.trim());
   formData.append('removeImage', String(imageRemoved));
 
-  document.querySelectorAll('#ingredients-container .dynamic-row').forEach(row => {
+document.querySelectorAll('#ingredients-container .dynamic-row').forEach((row, index) => {
     const ingredientName = row.querySelector('.ing-name').value.trim();
     if (!ingredientName) return;
 
@@ -555,6 +555,7 @@ document.getElementById('publish-btn').addEventListener('click', async function(
     formData.append('ingredientQuantity', qty);
     if (unit) formData.append('ingredientUnit', unit);
     if (notes) formData.append('ingredientNotes', notes);
+    formData.append('ingredientOrder', index);
 });
 
   document.querySelectorAll('#steps-container textarea').forEach(textarea => {