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[JENKINS-71737] Fix redirect when submitting cloud changes #8310

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Discovered in jenkinsci/ec2-plugin#875
Changing the cloud node name returns a 404. The cloud node name does get changed successfully, it is just the redirect is bad because it is trying to go to the old cloud name.

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Added test changing cloud name. Test fails with the existing implementation and now passes in this PR.
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  • Fix redirect when renaming a cloud

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(amending #7658)

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jtnord commented Jul 28, 2023

Can you file a Jira ticker and mark as an LTS candidate?

@car-roll car-roll changed the title Fix redirect when submitting cloud changes [JENKINS-71737] Fix redirect when submitting cloud changes Jul 29, 2023
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basil commented Jul 31, 2023

Can this not be tested with e.g. DummyCloudImpl and HtmlUnit?

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Converting to draft as there is more work to be done here.

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@timja timja added the regression-fix Pull request that fixes a regression in one of the previous Jenkins releases label Aug 15, 2023
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car-roll commented Aug 16, 2023

So I was in the process of implementing the dedicated name page, but I was wondering if just blocking the user from clicking "apply" would do the trick as well whenever there is a detected name change?

cc @mawinter69 @timja

if that doesn't work either, I'm fine with another dedicated page. I just thought it was nicer to keep everything on one page.

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Vlatombe commented Aug 17, 2023

I just thought it was nicer to keep everything on one page.

On the long run, having consistency is better than having a local optimum. This is probably an opportunity to generalize the current "rename" concept that currently only applies to AbstractItem, so that it becomes an interface you can apply to anything (AbstractItem, Cloud, Node, etc.) you wish to rename.

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timja commented Aug 17, 2023

So I was in the process of implementing the dedicated name page, but I was wondering if just blocking the user from clicking "apply" would do the trick as well whenever there is a detected name change?

Not great UX, they could have already done a bunch of changes, if apply isn't possible it shouldn't be there, i.e. imo better to be consistent and use a different page.

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I have been able to manually confirm the changes are working for docker-plugin, kubernetes-plugin, ec2-plugin, and azure-vm-agents-plugin. mesos-plugin I am uncertain as I do not use gradle, and have been having difficulty getting a working environment to test my changes.

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After confirming the downstream plugin behaviors with the incremental, I believe this PR is ready for review again.

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now that jenkinsci/azure-vm-agents-plugin#462 and jenkinsci/ec2-plugin#892 have been merged, I updated all the incrementals of the downstream plugins and confirmed cloud creation, renaming, updating, and deletion are working as expected.

* @since TODO
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@Restricted(ProtectedExternally.class)
public interface Renamable {
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Having a hard time understanding the relationship between this interface and Node/Slave. Should they implement this interface or not? If so, why don't they? If not, why does renaming work without issue there?

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The idea was to make them implement this interface as well: #8310 (comment)

I had originally tried to do it the same way as Computer, but it always failed testing it in other plugins such as ec2 and azure-vm-agents.
Looking back now, I realize the problem was always the cloudName vs name issue that was finally identified and corrected. I have just pushed up a second, simpler, version of a fix for this bug. See #8505

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@timja reminded me that one of the big issues was that apply does not work correctly when changing names and other config parts: #8505 (review)

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To fully answer the original comment, I guess it is more a matter of being consistent across our UIs? Changing the name of a Node isn't an issue because there is no Apply button. Should we implement this interface in Node, the apply button could be added back in.
Given how this PR affected a bunch of downstream PRs, it's probably best to implement this interface one component at a time.

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On the flip side, why not remove the Apply button from Cloud to make it consistent with Node? That's inconsistent with AbstractItem, but so is the status quo where Node is inconsistent with AbstractItem. And at least it fixes the bug.

A request to defer implementing this interface in Node is effectively a request to introduce debt. I would not automatically reject such a request, but I think it needs to be justified, and merely mentioning "how this PR affected a bunch of downstream PRs" does not seem like a valid justification to me. And I think the intention behind the request is to implement in stages (which is fine, if the rest of the stages are actually finished in a timely fashion, something which almost never happens in my experience whenever someone makes such a request), but an unintentional consequence is that the design of the interface might turn out worse.

When defining a new interface, it is important to consume it in at least three places before shipping it to ensure the design is correct. If you implement it only once, it probably won't support a second implementation. If you implement it only twice, it will probably support a third implementation with difficulty. If you implement it three or more times, the interface will probably work fine. Will Tracz calls this "The Rule of Threes" (Confessions of a Used Program Salesman, Addison-Wesley, 1995).

So my perspective is that the third implementation should be in scope for this PR not only in order to make the implementation complete but also to validate the design of the interface.


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public boolean isNameEditable() {
return true;
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I must be missing something, because I can't see how renaming is exposed in the GUI for, say, the Docker plugin. I have a Docker cloud created against a core before this PR and the current release of Docker plugin, and I have another Docker cloud created against a core after this PR and jenkinsci/docker-plugin#1016. I can visit confirm-rename manually and rename the cloud there, but I can't get the link to show up anywhere in the GUI for either of my two clouds. Please forgive me if I am doing something wrong on my side.

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The rename page gets exposed via TransientActionFactoryImpl, which is hidden in RenameAction. I had to get pointed in the right direction as well when I was first looking into this.
I was able to create an old docker cloud and then when I changed to jenkinsci/docker-plugin#1016, was able to see the old docker cloud name and then rename it though. But to be fair, I didn't really have any parameters filled in my cloud.

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I still couldn't find where RenameAction is visible in the UI on Cloud with these changes even after looking on several pages. I must be missing something.

if (validationError.kind != FormValidation.Kind.OK) {
throw new Failure(validationError.getMessage());
}
this.name = newName;
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Shouldn't we be doing something to persist this change to disk, the same way it would be persisted immediately if we changed it via the configure page?

formData.put("name", name);
Cloud result = cloud.reconfigure(req, formData);
if (!(result.name).equals(this.name)) {
// Do not rename the cloud in the config page. Use doConfirmRename()
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Who is the intended audience for this imperative statement? If this is temporary logic to support some sort of migration period, then a warning should be logged that the cloud is using an unsupported mechanism that will be eventually removed in the future. (And if so, that also raises the question, why support this but not creating a new cloud with a plugin that still uses the configure page during the same migration period?)

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Well, originally I had it as a form exception and I just wanted to block old/incorrect implementations in the downstream plugins' config.jelly. My rationale for a quiet ignore was that there is a large sidebar link that says rename so if hopefully no one would get too frustrated before noticing that. I couldn't find a nice way to pop up a warning message for someone who clicked save. Apply, was possible, but I couldn't figure out when you clicked saved.

Another attempt I tried to disable the save button if the name was changed, but it looked like i couldn't do that with the submit button, and I would have to do something with the regular button. At that point I stopped since I did not think it was worth the risk doing changes I wasn't very sure of doing in the first place.

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car-roll commented Sep 19, 2023

Now that cloudName and name have been sorted out, I have pushed up a much simpler fix for the redirect bug in #8505 . Thanks to @basil 's comment that made me revisit some of my earlier attempts.

If the simpler fix is accepted, I guess this PR might be considered a proposed UI enhancement? If there is a consensus to continue it, that is.

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timja commented Sep 19, 2023

Now that cloudName and name have been sorted out, I have pushed up a much simpler fix for the redirect bug in #8505 . Thanks to @basil 's comment that made me revisit some of my earlier attempts.

If the simpler fix is accepted, I guess this PR might be considered a proposed UI enhancement? If there is a consensus to continue it, that is.

(reviewed the other change it has an issue that I don't think you can solve with it)

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closing in favor of #8505

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