From 2005b7d874bb80c6ace59fe8a658ee7672b62780 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Huber <chris.huber@automattic.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:09:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Keep the stored name and URL of connected sites gone from
 WordPress.com

---
 packages/common/lib/sync/tests/transform-sites.test.ts | 9 +++++++--
 packages/common/lib/sync/transform-sites.ts            | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/common/lib/sync/tests/transform-sites.test.ts b/packages/common/lib/sync/tests/transform-sites.test.ts
index 185e609696..0ba5082397 100644
--- a/packages/common/lib/sync/tests/transform-sites.test.ts
+++ b/packages/common/lib/sync/tests/transform-sites.test.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe( 'transformSitesResponse', () => {
 } );
 
 describe( 'withWpcomDetails', () => {
-	it( 'takes details from the site list, keeps the stored sync times, and flags missing sites', () => {
+	it( 'takes details from the site list, keeps the stored sync times, and keeps the stored name and URL of sites gone from WordPress.com', () => {
 		const atomic = { ...simpleBusinessSite(), ID: 3, is_wpcom_atomic: true, jetpack: true };
 		const [ business, free ] = transformSitesResponse( [ atomic, freeSite() ] );
 		const stored = ( id: number ) => ( {
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ describe( 'withWpcomDetails', () => {
 			lastPushTimestamp: '2026-10-01T09:00:00.000Z',
 		} );
 		expect( downgraded.syncSupport ).toBe( 'needs-upgrade' );
-		expect( gone ).toMatchObject( { id: 99, name: '', syncSupport: 'deleted' } );
+		expect( gone ).toMatchObject( {
+			id: 99,
+			name: 'Old name',
+			url: business.url,
+			syncSupport: 'deleted',
+		} );
 	} );
 } );
diff --git a/packages/common/lib/sync/transform-sites.ts b/packages/common/lib/sync/transform-sites.ts
index c4cc1b0181..620a56792f 100644
--- a/packages/common/lib/sync/transform-sites.ts
+++ b/packages/common/lib/sync/transform-sites.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ export function transformSitesResponse(
  * access to it.
  */
 export function withWpcomDetails( connections: SyncSite[], wpcomSites: SyncSite[] ): SyncSite[] {
-	return connections.map( ( { id, localSiteId, lastPullTimestamp, lastPushTimestamp } ) => {
+	return connections.map( ( connection ) => {
+		const { id, localSiteId, lastPullTimestamp, lastPushTimestamp } = connection;
 		const site = wpcomSites.find( ( candidate ) => candidate.id === id );
 		const syncSupport = ! site
 			? 'deleted'
@@ -84,7 +85,8 @@ export function withWpcomDetails( connections: SyncSite[], wpcomSites: SyncSite[
 			? 'already-connected'
 			: site.syncSupport;
 		return {
-			...( site ?? { id, name: '', url: '', isStaging: false, isPressable: false } ),
+			// A site gone from WordPress.com keeps the name and URL it was connected under.
+			...( site ?? connection ),
 			localSiteId,
 			syncSupport,
 			lastPullTimestamp,