From b20949a133619a079382c1eaa5bdb576623bdd63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitry Rybakov <160598371+comandeo-mongo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:10:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] MONGOID-5825 Do not update timestamp on destroyed (#5939)
 (#5945)

---
 lib/mongoid/timestamps/created.rb       |  9 ++++++++-
 spec/mongoid/timestamps/created_spec.rb | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/mongoid/timestamps/created.rb b/lib/mongoid/timestamps/created.rb
index f0983c6764..6e2f817b69 100644
--- a/lib/mongoid/timestamps/created.rb
+++ b/lib/mongoid/timestamps/created.rb
@@ -22,13 +22,20 @@ module Created
       # @example Set the created at time.
       #   person.set_created_at
       def set_created_at
-        if !timeless? && !created_at
+        if able_to_set_created_at?
           time = Time.configured.now
           self.updated_at = time if is_a?(Updated) && !updated_at_changed?
           self.created_at = time
         end
         clear_timeless_option
       end
+
+      # Is the created timestamp able to be set?
+      #
+      # @return [ true, false ] If the timestamp can be set.
+      def able_to_set_created_at?
+        !frozen? && !timeless? && !created_at
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/mongoid/timestamps/created_spec.rb b/spec/mongoid/timestamps/created_spec.rb
index f2e56d1f6d..c41bdb5884 100644
--- a/spec/mongoid/timestamps/created_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mongoid/timestamps/created_spec.rb
@@ -43,4 +43,27 @@
       expect(quiz.created_at).to be_within(10).of(Time.now.utc)
     end
   end
+
+  context "when the document is destroyed" do
+    let(:book) do
+      Book.create!
+    end
+
+    before do
+      Cover.before_save do
+        destroy if title == "delete me"
+      end
+    end
+
+    after do
+      Cover.reset_callbacks(:save)
+    end
+
+    it "does not set the created_at timestamp" do
+      book.covers << Cover.new(title: "delete me")
+      expect {
+        book.save
+      }.not_to raise_error
+    end
+  end
 end