From ea043f50b0ff72b7ac770e919b514bc96d06f0a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tijs Moree <tijsmoree@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 04:40:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix missing call to str.strip() in get_next_reference
 (#12966)

The missing call would throw a TypeError, but that was later on swallowed, so the code would fall back to `reference_int` and never used the configured reference pattern

Co-authored-by: Matthias Mair <code@mjmair.com>
Co-authored-by: Oliver <oliver.henry.walters@gmail.com>
---
 src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/models.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/models.py b/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/models.py
index 33b8f0958e..bc67bbde7c 100644
--- a/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/models.py
+++ b/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/models.py
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ class ReferenceIndexingMixin(models.Model):
             # No existing items
             return 1
 
-        reference = latest.reference.strip
+        reference = latest.reference.strip()
 
         try:
             reference = InvenTree.format.extract_named_group(