From e21ea942141120b6793b1af2d2886c2739351842 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gerni <47844854+mgerni@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 21:33:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] get first instance of task when generating

---
 task_database.py | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/task_database.py b/task_database.py
index 44df064..c074013 100644
--- a/task_database.py
+++ b/task_database.py
@@ -442,6 +442,13 @@ def get_incomplete_tasks(tier: str) -> list[TaskData]:
         completed_task_ids = list(map(lambda x: x.id, user.get_task_list(tier).completed_tasks))
         return list(filter(lambda x: x.id not in completed_task_ids, all_tasks))
 
+    def get_first_task_instance(generated_task: TaskData, incomplete_tasks: list[TaskData]) -> TaskData:
+        if generated_task.verification:
+            first_task_instance = min([task for task in incomplete_tasks if task.name == generated_task.name],
+                                key=lambda task: getattr(task.verification, "count", 0))
+            return first_task_instance
+        return generated_task
+    
     tasks_easy = get_incomplete_tasks('easy')
     tasks_medium = get_incomplete_tasks('medium')
     tasks_hard = get_incomplete_tasks('hard')
@@ -450,27 +457,34 @@ def get_incomplete_tasks(tier: str) -> list[TaskData]:
 
     if len(tasks_easy) != 0:
         generated_task = random.choice(tasks_easy)
-        __set_current_task(username, 'easyTasks', generated_task.id, True)
-        return generated_task
+        first_task_instance = get_first_task_instance(generated_task, tasks_easy)
+        __set_current_task(username, 'easyTasks', first_task_instance.id, True)
+        return first_task_instance
+    
     elif len(tasks_medium) != 0:
         generated_task = random.choice(tasks_medium)
-        __set_current_task(username, 'mediumTasks', generated_task.id, True)
-        return generated_task
+        first_task_instance = get_first_task_instance(generated_task, tasks_medium)
+        __set_current_task(username, 'mediumTasks', first_task_instance.id, True)
+        return first_task_instance
+    
     elif len(tasks_hard) != 0:
         generated_task = random.choice(tasks_hard)
-        __set_current_task(username, 'hardTasks', generated_task.id, True)
-        return generated_task
+        first_task_instance = get_first_task_instance(generated_task, tasks_hard)
+        __set_current_task(username, 'hardTasks', first_task_instance.id, True)
+        return first_task_instance
+    
     elif len(tasks_elite) != 0:
         generated_task = random.choice(tasks_elite)
-        __set_current_task(username, 'eliteTasks', generated_task.id, True)
-        return generated_task
+        first_task_instance = get_first_task_instance(generated_task, tasks_elite)
+        __set_current_task(username, 'eliteTasks', first_task_instance.id, True)
+        return first_task_instance
+    
     elif len(tasks_master) != 0:
-        if tasks_master[0].id == "6b09384d-c06b-44ac-8a07-b7038cd30710":
-            generated_task = tasks_master[0]
-        else:
-            generated_task = random.choice(tasks_master)
-        __set_current_task(username, 'masterTasks', generated_task.id, True)
-        return generated_task
+        generated_task = random.choice(tasks_master)
+        first_task_instance = get_first_task_instance(generate_task, tasks_master)
+        __set_current_task(username, 'masterTasks', first_task_instance.id, True)
+        return first_task_instance
+    
     return None
 
 # If user has just completed a task of the given tier and the progress is 100, then they've just completed the last task