Stop the audit log from being what fails the write

Wave 4, second half. PUT /api/machines/<id> returned 500 and rolled the whole
edit back for any machine with a maintenance date recorded - including a rename
that never touched the date. The Machine edit form could not save such a
machine at all, which is most of them once a maintenance schedule exists.

The route builds {'old': getattr(row, field)} straight off the model, so the
changes dict carries whatever the column holds: a date, a datetime, a Decimal.
AuditLog.changes serialised it with a bare json.dumps, which raises on all
three, and nothing caught it. The audit entry and the edit share a transaction,
so the failure took the edit with it.

json.dumps now has a fallback encoder: dates and datetimes become ISO strings,
Decimals become floats, sets and bytes get something readable, and anything
else becomes its repr rather than an exception. An audit entry that reads a
little awkwardly is worth more than a failed write - the alternative, and what
happened, is losing the change AND the record of it.

Fixed at the audit log rather than in the machines route: every audited route
builds its changes dict the same way, so the next one to audit a date field
would have hit the same wall.

Four tests, including the exact shape the machines route produces. Verified by
planting the bare dumps back: two fail.

Scope: product
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cproudlock
2026-09-03 14:25:55 -04:00
parent 13e992d863
commit 5d81f50c33
3 changed files with 266 additions and 159 deletions

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"""Audit log model for tracking changes."""
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from shopdb.extensions import db
def _utcnow():
# naive UTC for DB columns (stored without tzinfo)
return datetime.now(timezone.utc).replace(tzinfo=None)
class AuditLog(db.Model):
"""
Audit log for tracking user actions.
Records who did what, when, from where, and what changed.
"""
__tablename__ = 'auditlogs'
auditlogid = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
# Who
userid = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('users.userid'), nullable=True)
username = db.Column(db.String(100), nullable=True) # Denormalized for history
# When
timestamp = db.Column(db.DateTime, default=_utcnow, nullable=False, index=True)
# Where (client info)
ipaddress = db.Column(db.String(45), nullable=True) # IPv6 max length
useragent = db.Column(db.String(255), nullable=True)
# What
action = db.Column(db.String(20), nullable=False, index=True) # created, updated, deleted
entitytype = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False, index=True) # Asset, Printer, Setting, etc.
entityid = db.Column(db.Integer, nullable=True) # ID of the affected record
entityname = db.Column(db.String(255), nullable=True) # Human-readable identifier
# Changes (stored as JSON text)
_changes = db.Column('changes', db.Text, nullable=True) # {"field": {"old": x, "new": y}, ...}
@property
def changes(self):
"""Get changes as dict."""
if self._changes:
import json
try:
return json.loads(self._changes)
except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
return None
return None
@changes.setter
def changes(self, value):
"""Set changes from dict."""
if value is not None:
import json
self._changes = json.dumps(value)
else:
self._changes = None
# Additional context
details = db.Column(db.Text, nullable=True) # Optional description
# Relationship
user = db.relationship('User', backref=db.backref('auditlogs', lazy='dynamic'))
def to_dict(self):
return {
'auditlogid': self.auditlogid,
'userid': self.userid,
'username': self.username,
'timestamp': self.timestamp.isoformat() + 'Z' if self.timestamp else None,
'ipaddress': self.ipaddress,
'useragent': self.useragent,
'action': self.action,
'entitytype': self.entitytype,
'entityid': self.entityid,
'entityname': self.entityname,
'changes': self.changes,
'details': self.details
}
@classmethod
def log(cls, action: str, entitytype: str, entityid: int = None,
entityname: str = None, changes: dict = None, details: str = None,
user=None, request=None):
"""
Create an audit log entry.
Args:
action: 'created', 'updated', 'deleted'
entitytype: Type of entity (e.g., 'Asset', 'Printer', 'Setting')
entityid: ID of the affected record
entityname: Human-readable name/identifier
changes: Dict of field changes {"field": {"old": x, "new": y}}
details: Optional description
user: Current user object (or will try to get from flask-jwt-extended)
request: Flask request object (or will try to get current request)
"""
from flask import request as flask_request
from flask_jwt_extended import current_user, verify_jwt_in_request
# Get user info
if user is None:
try:
verify_jwt_in_request(optional=True)
user = current_user
except:
pass
userid = user.userid if user else None
username = user.username if user else None
# Get request info
request_obj = request or flask_request
ipaddress = None
useragent = None
if request_obj:
# First-hop client IP, port stripped (ARR forwards clientip:port).
from shopdb.utils.clientip import client_ip
ipaddress = client_ip(request_obj)
useragent = request_obj.headers.get('User-Agent', '')[:255]
entry = cls(
userid=userid,
username=username,
ipaddress=ipaddress,
useragent=useragent,
action=action,
entitytype=entitytype,
entityid=entityid,
entityname=entityname,
changes=changes,
details=details
)
db.session.add(entry)
# Don't commit here - let the caller handle transaction
return entry
@classmethod
def log_create(cls, entitytype: str, entity, name_field: str = 'name'):
"""Log a create action."""
entityname = getattr(entity, name_field, None) or str(entity)
entityid = getattr(entity, f'{entitytype.lower()}id', None) or getattr(entity, 'id', None)
return cls.log('created', entitytype, entityid=entityid, entityname=entityname)
@classmethod
def log_update(cls, entitytype: str, entity, changes: dict, name_field: str = 'name'):
"""Log an update action with changes."""
entityname = getattr(entity, name_field, None) or str(entity)
entityid = getattr(entity, f'{entitytype.lower()}id', None) or getattr(entity, 'id', None)
return cls.log('updated', entitytype, entityid=entityid, entityname=entityname, changes=changes)
@classmethod
def log_delete(cls, entitytype: str, entityid: int, entityname: str = None):
"""Log a delete action."""
return cls.log('deleted', entitytype, entityid=entityid, entityname=entityname)
"""Audit log model for tracking changes."""
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from shopdb.extensions import db
def _utcnow():
# naive UTC for DB columns (stored without tzinfo)
return datetime.now(timezone.utc).replace(tzinfo=None)
def _jsonsafe(value):
"""Last-resort encoder for a value the audit log was handed.
Dates and datetimes become ISO strings, Decimals become floats, and
anything else becomes its repr rather than an exception. An audit entry
that reads a little awkwardly is worth more than a failed write: the
alternative, and what happened, is losing the change AND the record of it.
"""
from datetime import date, datetime, time
from decimal import Decimal
if isinstance(value, (datetime, date, time)):
return value.isoformat()
if isinstance(value, Decimal):
return float(value)
if isinstance(value, (set, frozenset)):
return sorted(str(item) for item in value)
if isinstance(value, bytes):
return value.decode('utf-8', 'replace')
return repr(value)
class AuditLog(db.Model):
"""
Audit log for tracking user actions.
Records who did what, when, from where, and what changed.
"""
__tablename__ = 'auditlogs'
auditlogid = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
# Who
userid = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('users.userid'), nullable=True)
username = db.Column(db.String(100), nullable=True) # Denormalized for history
# When
timestamp = db.Column(db.DateTime, default=_utcnow, nullable=False, index=True)
# Where (client info)
ipaddress = db.Column(db.String(45), nullable=True) # IPv6 max length
useragent = db.Column(db.String(255), nullable=True)
# What
action = db.Column(db.String(20), nullable=False, index=True) # created, updated, deleted
entitytype = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False, index=True) # Asset, Printer, Setting, etc.
entityid = db.Column(db.Integer, nullable=True) # ID of the affected record
entityname = db.Column(db.String(255), nullable=True) # Human-readable identifier
# Changes (stored as JSON text)
_changes = db.Column('changes', db.Text, nullable=True) # {"field": {"old": x, "new": y}, ...}
@property
def changes(self):
"""Get changes as dict."""
if self._changes:
import json
try:
return json.loads(self._changes)
except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
return None
return None
@changes.setter
def changes(self, value):
"""Set changes from dict.
Serialised with a fallback for the types a model actually holds. A bare
json.dumps raises on a date, a datetime or a Decimal, and the caller is
a route building {'old': getattr(row, field)} straight off the model -
so the moment an audited field held a date, the whole request died.
That is not hypothetical: PUT /api/machines/<id> returned 500 and rolled
the edit back for ANY machine with a maintenance date recorded,
including a rename that never touched the date. The audit log refusing
to record a change must not be what stops the change.
"""
if value is not None:
import json
self._changes = json.dumps(value, default=_jsonsafe)
else:
self._changes = None
# Additional context
details = db.Column(db.Text, nullable=True) # Optional description
# Relationship
user = db.relationship('User', backref=db.backref('auditlogs', lazy='dynamic'))
def to_dict(self):
return {
'auditlogid': self.auditlogid,
'userid': self.userid,
'username': self.username,
'timestamp': self.timestamp.isoformat() + 'Z' if self.timestamp else None,
'ipaddress': self.ipaddress,
'useragent': self.useragent,
'action': self.action,
'entitytype': self.entitytype,
'entityid': self.entityid,
'entityname': self.entityname,
'changes': self.changes,
'details': self.details
}
@classmethod
def log(cls, action: str, entitytype: str, entityid: int = None,
entityname: str = None, changes: dict = None, details: str = None,
user=None, request=None):
"""
Create an audit log entry.
Args:
action: 'created', 'updated', 'deleted'
entitytype: Type of entity (e.g., 'Asset', 'Printer', 'Setting')
entityid: ID of the affected record
entityname: Human-readable name/identifier
changes: Dict of field changes {"field": {"old": x, "new": y}}
details: Optional description
user: Current user object (or will try to get from flask-jwt-extended)
request: Flask request object (or will try to get current request)
"""
from flask import request as flask_request
from flask_jwt_extended import current_user, verify_jwt_in_request
# Get user info
if user is None:
try:
verify_jwt_in_request(optional=True)
user = current_user
except:
pass
userid = user.userid if user else None
username = user.username if user else None
# Get request info
request_obj = request or flask_request
ipaddress = None
useragent = None
if request_obj:
# First-hop client IP, port stripped (ARR forwards clientip:port).
from shopdb.utils.clientip import client_ip
ipaddress = client_ip(request_obj)
useragent = request_obj.headers.get('User-Agent', '')[:255]
entry = cls(
userid=userid,
username=username,
ipaddress=ipaddress,
useragent=useragent,
action=action,
entitytype=entitytype,
entityid=entityid,
entityname=entityname,
changes=changes,
details=details
)
db.session.add(entry)
# Don't commit here - let the caller handle transaction
return entry
@classmethod
def log_create(cls, entitytype: str, entity, name_field: str = 'name'):
"""Log a create action."""
entityname = getattr(entity, name_field, None) or str(entity)
entityid = getattr(entity, f'{entitytype.lower()}id', None) or getattr(entity, 'id', None)
return cls.log('created', entitytype, entityid=entityid, entityname=entityname)
@classmethod
def log_update(cls, entitytype: str, entity, changes: dict, name_field: str = 'name'):
"""Log an update action with changes."""
entityname = getattr(entity, name_field, None) or str(entity)
entityid = getattr(entity, f'{entitytype.lower()}id', None) or getattr(entity, 'id', None)
return cls.log('updated', entitytype, entityid=entityid, entityname=entityname, changes=changes)
@classmethod
def log_delete(cls, entitytype: str, entityid: int, entityname: str = None):
"""Log a delete action."""
return cls.log('deleted', entitytype, entityid=entityid, entityname=entityname)

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@@ -97,3 +97,44 @@ def test_the_strict_sql_mode_is_actually_set_on_the_mysql_connection():
connect_args = Config.SQLALCHEMY_ENGINE_OPTIONS['connect_args']
assert 'STRICT_TRANS_TABLES' in connect_args['init_command']
# --- the audit log must never be what fails the write ------------------------
def test_audit_changes_serialise_the_types_a_model_actually_holds():
"""A route builds {'old': getattr(row, field)} straight off the model, so
the changes dict carries dates, datetimes and Decimals. json.dumps raises
on all three, and the exception took the whole request down: PUT
/api/machines/<id> 500d and rolled back for any machine with a maintenance
date, including a rename that never touched it."""
import datetime
import decimal
from shopdb.core.models.auditlog import AuditLog
entry = AuditLog()
entry.changes = {
'nextmaintenancedate': {'old': datetime.date(2026, 12, 15),
'new': '2027-01-05'},
'lastseen': {'old': datetime.datetime(2026, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5),
'new': None},
'cost': {'old': decimal.Decimal('12.50'), 'new': 13},
}
stored = entry.changes
assert stored['nextmaintenancedate']['old'] == '2026-12-15'
assert stored['lastseen']['old'] == '2026-01-02T03:04:05'
assert stored['cost']['old'] == 12.5
def test_an_unserialisable_value_is_recorded_rather_than_raising():
"""An audit entry that reads awkwardly beats a failed write: the
alternative is losing the change AND the record of it."""
from shopdb.core.models.auditlog import AuditLog
class Odd:
def __repr__(self):
return '<Odd value>'
entry = AuditLog()
entry.changes = {'thing': {'old': Odd(), 'new': None}}
assert entry.changes['thing']['old'] == '<Odd value>'

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@@ -553,3 +553,36 @@ def test_a_mistyped_date_is_refused_at_create_too(client, auth_headers):
listed = client.get('/api/measuringtools?search=MT-DATE-3',
headers=auth_headers).get_json()['data']
assert listed == [], 'nothing may be created by a refused request'
# --- an audited field holding a date must not kill the request ---------------
#
# PUT /api/machines/<id> returned 500 and rolled the whole edit back for any
# machine with a maintenance date: the route builds
# {'old': getattr(row, field)} straight off the model, and json.dumps raises on
# a date. A rename that never touched the date failed too. The audit log
# refusing to record a change must not be what stops the change.
def test_an_edit_is_saved_even_when_an_audited_field_holds_a_date(
client, auth_headers):
created = client.post('/api/measuringtools', headers=auth_headers, json={
'assetnumber': 'MT-AUDIT-1',
'name': 'Before rename',
'statusid': _status_id(client),
'lastcalibrationdate': '2026-01-15',
'nextcalibrationdate': '2027-01-15',
})
assert created.status_code == 201, created.get_json()
toolid = created.get_json()['data']['measuringtool']['measuringtoolid']
# A rename that does not touch the dates. The date is only in the CHANGES
# dict because the interval moves with it.
renamed = client.put(f'/api/measuringtools/{toolid}', headers=auth_headers,
json={'name': 'After rename',
'nextcalibrationdate': '2028-01-15'})
assert renamed.status_code == 200, renamed.get_json()
after = client.get(f'/api/measuringtools/{toolid}',
headers=auth_headers).get_json()['data']
assert after['name'] == 'After rename'
assert after['measuringtool']['nextcalibrationdate'] == '2028-01-15'