From 42642ebd34f5b35bc42cf6e5ace0c7a6866a2426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Trllo <43494761+iLLiCiTiT@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:41:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] use graphql to get projects

---
 .../ayon_core/tools/common_models/projects.py | 29 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/client/ayon_core/tools/common_models/projects.py b/client/ayon_core/tools/common_models/projects.py
index 250c3b020d..3e090e18b8 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/tools/common_models/projects.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/tools/common_models/projects.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import json
 import contextlib
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from typing import Any, Optional
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 import ayon_api
+from ayon_api.graphql_queries import projects_graphql_query
 
 from ayon_core.style import get_default_entity_icon_color
 from ayon_core.lib import CacheItem, NestedCacheItem
@@ -290,6 +292,7 @@ def _get_project_items_from_entitiy(
     return [
         ProjectItem.from_entity(project)
         for project in projects
+        if project["active"]
     ]
 
 
@@ -538,8 +541,32 @@ class ProjectsModel(object):
             self._projects_cache.update_data(project_items)
         return self._projects_cache.get_data()
 
+    def _fetch_projects_bc(self) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Fetch projects using GraphQl.
+
+        This method was added because ayon_api had a bug in 'get_projects'.
+
+        Returns:
+            list[dict[str, Any]]: List of projects.
+
+        """
+        api = ayon_api.get_server_api_connection()
+        query = projects_graphql_query({"name", "active", "library", "data"})
+
+        projects = []
+        for parsed_data in query.continuous_query(api):
+            for project in parsed_data["projects"]:
+                project_data = project["data"]
+                if project_data is None:
+                    project["data"] = {}
+                elif isinstance(project_data, str):
+                    project["data"] = json.loads(project_data)
+                projects.append(project)
+        return projects
+
     def _query_projects(self) -> list[ProjectItem]:
-        projects = ayon_api.get_projects(fields=["name", "active", "library"])
+        projects = self._fetch_projects_bc()
+
         user = ayon_api.get_user()
         pinned_projects = (
             user

From 1cdde6d7779785deafd4996000e025af6dfa4bce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Trllo <43494761+iLLiCiTiT@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:03:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] fix typo

Thanks @BigRoy
---
 client/ayon_core/tools/common_models/projects.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/ayon_core/tools/common_models/projects.py b/client/ayon_core/tools/common_models/projects.py
index 3e090e18b8..d81b581894 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/tools/common_models/projects.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/tools/common_models/projects.py
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class ProductTypeIconMapping:
         return self._definitions_by_name
 
 
-def _get_project_items_from_entitiy(
+def _get_project_items_from_entity(
     projects: list[dict[str, Any]]
 ) -> list[ProjectItem]:
     """
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ class ProjectsModel(object):
             .get("pinnedProjects")
         ) or []
         pinned_projects = set(pinned_projects)
-        project_items = _get_project_items_from_entitiy(list(projects))
+        project_items = _get_project_items_from_entity(list(projects))
         for project in project_items:
             project.is_pinned = project.name in pinned_projects
         return project_items

From be9b476151b455408d8d076ac944ebbe7bc1e3a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Trllo <43494761+iLLiCiTiT@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:03:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] use better method name

---
 client/ayon_core/tools/common_models/projects.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/ayon_core/tools/common_models/projects.py b/client/ayon_core/tools/common_models/projects.py
index d81b581894..0c1f912fd1 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/tools/common_models/projects.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/tools/common_models/projects.py
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ class ProjectsModel(object):
             self._projects_cache.update_data(project_items)
         return self._projects_cache.get_data()
 
-    def _fetch_projects_bc(self) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+    def _fetch_graphql_projects(self) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
         """Fetch projects using GraphQl.
 
         This method was added because ayon_api had a bug in 'get_projects'.
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ class ProjectsModel(object):
         return projects
 
     def _query_projects(self) -> list[ProjectItem]:
-        projects = self._fetch_projects_bc()
+        projects = self._fetch_graphql_projects()
 
         user = ayon_api.get_user()
         pinned_projects = (