From 26faed3d9a3dbfe319626051a5fed775c68bdc0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Elvers <jim@van-ons.nl>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 14:55:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat: add
 `it_localizes_null_values_for_non_direct_descendants` test to `EntryTest`

---
 tests/Entries/EntryTest.php | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/Entries/EntryTest.php b/tests/Entries/EntryTest.php
index 81862cf1..975962c6 100644
--- a/tests/Entries/EntryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Entries/EntryTest.php
@@ -287,6 +287,54 @@ public function it_localizes_null_fields()
         $this->assertEquals('baz', $entry->descendants()->get('es')->foo ?? null);
     }
 
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_localizes_null_values_for_non_direct_descendants()
+    {
+        $this->setSites([
+            'en' => ['name' => 'English', 'locale' => 'en_US', 'url' => 'http://test.com/'],
+            'nl' => ['name' => 'Dutch', 'locale' => 'nl_NL', 'url' => 'http://nl.test.com/'],
+            'nl-BE' => ['name' => 'Flemish', 'locale' => 'nl_BE', 'url' => 'http://test.com/nl-be/'],
+        ]);
+
+        $blueprint = Facades\Blueprint::makeFromFields(['foo' => ['type' => 'text', 'localizable' => true]])->setHandle('test');
+        $blueprint->save();
+
+        BlueprintRepository::shouldReceive('in')->with('collections/pages')->andReturn(collect(['test' => $blueprint]));
+
+        $collection = (new Collection)
+            ->handle('pages')
+            ->propagate(true)
+            ->sites(['en', 'nl', 'nl-BE'])
+            ->save();
+
+        /** @var Entry $originEntry */
+        $originEntry = (new Entry)
+            ->id(1)
+            ->locale('en')
+            ->collection($collection)
+            ->blueprint('test')
+            ->data(['foo' => 'bar']);
+        $originEntry->save();
+
+        /** @var Entry $directLocalizationEntry */
+        $directLocalizationEntry = $originEntry->in('nl');
+        $directLocalizationEntry->toModel()->save();
+        $indirectLocalizationEntry = $directLocalizationEntry->in('nl-BE');
+        $indirectLocalizationEntry->origin($directLocalizationEntry);
+
+        $this->assertSame($originEntry, $directLocalizationEntry->origin());
+        $this->assertSame($directLocalizationEntry, $indirectLocalizationEntry->origin());
+
+        $indirectLocalizationEntry->data(['foo' => null]);
+        $indirectLocalizationEntry->toModel()->save();
+
+        $directLocalizationEntry = Entry::fromModel($directLocalizationEntry->model()->fresh());
+        $indirectLocalizationEntry = Entry::fromModel($indirectLocalizationEntry->model()->fresh());
+
+        $this->assertEquals('bar', $directLocalizationEntry->value('foo'));
+        $this->assertEquals(null, $indirectLocalizationEntry->value('foo'));
+    }
+
     #[Test]
     public function it_stores_and_retrieves_mapped_data_values()
     {

From a4606491d9b966b2559692552a71b2cef3c430a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Elvers <jim@van-ons.nl>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:19:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix: use closest origin that has field localized to
 determine if a field can be forgotten in `makeModelFromContract` method of
 `Entry`

---
 src/Entries/Entry.php | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Entries/Entry.php b/src/Entries/Entry.php
index f2c0d05e..37e78bf5 100644
--- a/src/Entries/Entry.php
+++ b/src/Entries/Entry.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public static function makeModelFromContract(EntryContract $source)
 
         $date = $source->hasDate() ? $source->date() : null;
 
-        $origin = $source->origin();
+        $directOrigin = $source->origin();
 
         if ($source->hasOrigin()) {
             if ($blueprint = $source->blueprint()) {
@@ -73,13 +73,23 @@ public static function makeModelFromContract(EntryContract $source)
                     ->handle()
                     ->all();
 
-                $originData = $origin->data();
+                $directOriginData = $directOrigin->data();
 
                 // remove any fields in entry data that are marked as localized but value is present, and does not match origin
                 $localizedFields = [];
                 foreach ($localizedBlueprintFields as $blueprintField) {
                     if ($data->has($blueprintField)) {
-                        if ($data->get($blueprintField) === $originData->get($blueprintField)) {
+                        $fieldOrigin = $directOrigin;
+                        $fieldOriginData = $directOriginData;
+                        while (
+                            $fieldOrigin->hasOrigin()
+                            && ! in_array($blueprintField, $fieldOriginData->get('__localized_fields') ?? [])
+                        ) {
+                            $fieldOrigin = $fieldOrigin->origin();
+                            $fieldOriginData = $fieldOrigin->data();
+                        }
+
+                        if ($data->get($blueprintField) === $fieldOriginData->get($blueprintField)) {
                             $data->forget($blueprintField);
                         } else {
                             $localizedFields[] = $blueprintField;
@@ -87,12 +97,12 @@ public static function makeModelFromContract(EntryContract $source)
                     }
                 }
 
-                $data = $originData->merge($data);
+                $data = $directOrigin->data()->merge($data);
 
                 $data->put('__localized_fields', $localizedFields);
 
                 if (! in_array('date', $localizedFields)) {
-                    $date = $origin->hasDate() ? $origin->date() : null;
+                    $date = $directOrigin->hasDate() ? $directOrigin->date() : null;
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -117,7 +127,7 @@ public static function makeModelFromContract(EntryContract $source)
 
         $attributes = [
             ...$attributes,
-            'origin_id' => $origin?->id(),
+            'origin_id' => $directOrigin?->id(),
             'site' => $source->locale(),
             'slug' => $source->slug(),
             'uri' => $source->uri() ?? $source->routableUri(),