From dc35bf8bb5280eb74196161df8587a4e163e0469 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:41:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: getCategoryById to return shallow clone of object

---
 src/categories/index.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/categories/index.js b/src/categories/index.js
index 54346d5a6409..5e5efd921a6b 100644
--- a/src/categories/index.js
+++ b/src/categories/index.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Categories.getCategoryById = async function (data) {
 		category: category,
 		...data,
 	});
-	return result.category;
+	return { ...result.category };
 };
 
 Categories.getAllCidsFromSet = async function (key) {