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Jira issue: https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/AAP-87587

Advertise CleanTextMixin Tier 2 (validate_free_text) pattern / pattern_description on JSON sub-key schemas so API clients (AAP UI, AAP-87604) can show the same frontend hints used for top-level CharFields.

This change only adds metadata, gated by ENHANCED_INPUT_VALIDATION_ENABLED.

The only serializer affected is credential type:

  • Credential type list/detail: GET /api/eda/v1/credential-types/inputs.fields
  • Credential type detail: GET /api/eda/v1/credential-types/{id}/inputs.fields
  • Credential type OPTIONS: OPTIONS /api/eda/v1/credential-types/actions.POST.{field}

OPTIONS /eda-credentials/ and credential inputs stay opaque JSON. Those keys depend on credential_type, so the schema lives on the credential type, not the instance.

Secret / password-typed / non-string sub-keys are skipped. Field lists are shallow-copied before injection so shared module-level schema dicts are never mutated.

All other top-level input fields that are validation should also have the pattern and patternDescription.

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Prerequisites
• aap-dev environment set up and functional

Environment Setup

  • Configure your aap-dev sources to point at:

    • DAB → devel branch
    • EDA Server → PR branch (refs/pull/1668/head or the author's feature branch)
  • Start the environment and ensure the EDA UI is accessible.

  • Enable the feature gate — set this in your environment: ENHANCED_INPUT_VALIDATION_ENABLED=True

With ENHANCED_INPUT_VALIDATION_ENABLED=true:

  1. GET /api/eda/v1/credential-types/ — non-secret string inputs.fields entries include pattern, pattern_description, and flags: i. Secret fields (e.g. password, ssh key, token) do not.
  2. GET /api/eda/v1/credential-types/{id}/ for a credential type with string fields — same keys on inputs.fields string entries.
  3. OPTIONS /api/eda/v1/credential-types/ — top-level string fields (e.g. description) under [actions.POST](http://actions.post/) include pattern and patternDescription.
  4. As this also provides the pattern and patternDescription in top-level input fields, they should also be visible in the OPTIONS response for resource names and descriptions.

With the toggle off, none of those schemas include pattern / pattern_description.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added enhanced input validation guidance for credential type fields.
    • Non-secret text fields can display validation patterns and descriptions to clarify acceptable input.
    • Credential type metadata and options details can include clean-text validation guidance when supported and enabled.
    • Credential type creation and editing now use dedicated request handling.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Secret fields remain excluded from enhanced pattern guidance.
    • Validation details correctly appear or remain hidden based on the enhanced validation setting.

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The change adds conditional tier-2 clean-text patterns to credential fields and top-level metadata. Write requests use the create serializer. Tests cover enabled, disabled, unsupported, and unavailable-helper paths.

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Credential validation patterns

Layer / File(s) Summary
Pattern injection helpers
src/aap_eda/api/validation_patterns.py, tests/unit/test_credential_type_patterns.py
Helpers inject patterns into eligible non-secret string fields. They preserve unsupported inputs and copy credential field lists before mutation.
Serializer and metadata wiring
src/aap_eda/api/serializers/credential_type.py, src/aap_eda/api/views/credential_type.py, src/aap_eda/api/metadata.py, tests/unit/test_credential_type_patterns.py
The serializer copies model-owned input data before injection. Write requests select CredentialTypeCreateSerializer. Top-level metadata delegates to the new helper.
API validation coverage
tests/integration/api/test_credential_type.py
Integration tests verify credential and OPTIONS metadata when enhanced validation is enabled or disabled. Pattern-specific tests skip when DAB metadata is unavailable.

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Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant APIClient
  participant CredentialTypeViewSet
  participant CredentialTypeSerializer
  participant validation_patterns
  APIClient->>CredentialTypeViewSet: send credential request
  CredentialTypeViewSet->>CredentialTypeSerializer: select serializer
  CredentialTypeSerializer->>validation_patterns: inject patterns into copied inputs
  validation_patterns-->>CredentialTypeSerializer: return updated field metadata
  CredentialTypeSerializer-->>APIClient: return credential representation
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I agree with the code rabbit issue identified above.

# limitations under the License.

from ansible_base.lib.serializers.mixins import CleanTextMixin
try:

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I am not sure about this change. I am concerned that an ImportError could hide a broken DAB installation and silently disable credential validation. Can you help me understand why this change is necessary?

from ansible_base.lib.serializers.mixins import CleanTextMixin
try:
from ansible_base.lib.serializers.mixins import CleanTextMixin
except ImportError: # pragma: no cover - DAB without AAP-85987

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Security concern: validation fallback fails open

If importing CleanTextMixin raises ImportError, this fallback defines a no-op replacement. CredentialTypeCreateSerializer then remains usable, but credential-type writes no longer receive the validation provided by CleanTextMixin.

This can silently disable input validation when DAB is missing, incompatible, partially broken, or when an import-time dependency error occurs. The current lockfile should provide the mixin in supported deployments, but the fallback still allows an invalid deployment to accept unvalidated credential-type input without an explicit error.

Please avoid replacing this security-relevant mixin with a no-op. Prefer making the dependency mandatory and failing clearly during startup/import. If backward compatibility is required, keep fallbacks limited to optional metadata helpers, not write-time validation.


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daphnemaeve and others added 11 commits September 21, 2026 10:37
Until django-ansible-base PR ansible#1119 (AAP-85987) lands, the new
ansible_base.lib.metadata module may not exist. Wrap all imports
from that module in try/except ImportError blocks so the feature
is a no-op when DAB hasn't been updated yet, following the same
pattern used in AWX (PR #16638).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Fix black, isort, ruff, and flake8 violations:
- Wrap long if-condition across multiple lines (E501)
- Rewrap long docstring line (E501)
- Parenthesise ternary in list comprehension for black
- Add missing blank lines before class and after class body (E302)
- Wrap long import into parenthesised form (E501)
- Wrap long @pytest.mark.skipif decorators (E501)
- Add blank line after import inside try block (isort)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…overage

Cover the defensive/edge-case branches that the existing integration
tests (which are gated behind DAB availability) do not exercise:

- _with_field_patterns: fields key missing, fields not a list,
  get_tier2_pattern is None, non-dict field items, non-string type,
  secret fields, and the happy-path pattern injection.
- CredentialTypeSerializer.to_representation: validation_enabled is
  None, returns False, inputs is not a dict, and the enabled path.
- EDAMetadata.get_field_info: inject_clean_text_patterns called when
  available and skipped when None.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Remove erroneous type() wrapper around CredentialTypeSerializer when
accessing __bases__[0]. The wrapper resolved to the metaclass's parent
(type) instead of serializers.ModelSerializer, causing the mock.patch
to target the wrong class.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reformat to comply with project black config (line-length=79,
target-version py39/py310). Main changes: parenthesized context
managers, simplified single-line assertions.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…s.py

Align EDA's validation-pattern implementation with the AWX approach
(ansible/awx#16638):

- Create src/aap_eda/api/validation_patterns.py centralizing all
  pattern injection logic (inject_free_text_pattern,
  inject_patterns_into_field_list, inject_top_level_clean_text_patterns)
- Use AWX-aligned DAB imports: build_tier2_frontend_pattern,
  inject_clean_text_patterns, TIER2_PATTERN_DESCRIPTION
- Use copy.copy() before mutating shared field dicts instead of
  immutable list-comprehension approach
- Add early-return gating (enhanced_input_validation_enabled) when
  validation is disabled
- Simplify metadata.py and credential_type.py to delegate to the
  new validation_patterns module
- Update unit and integration tests for the new module structure

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…r for OPTIONS metadata

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…eanTextMixin fallback

Address unresolved PR review feedback:

1. Copy inputs dict and fields list before pattern injection in
   CredentialTypeSerializer.to_representation so the model-owned JSON
   cached on the instance is never mutated by response-only metadata.

2. Remove the try/except ImportError no-op fallback around
   CleanTextMixin. The locked django-ansible-base version (2026.9.17)
   includes CleanTextMixin (merged in DAB PR ansible#1087), and every other
   serializer file imports it directly without a fallback. A broken
   DAB installation should fail loudly, not silently disable
   credential validation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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  • Fixed mutation issue noted by coderabbit and @AlexSCorey
  • Removed import fallback noted by @ttuffin and @wfealdel entirely
    • That fallback was an outdated implementation to allow testing and review on this PR before DAB 1119 was merged
    • DAB 1119 is now merged, meaning the try/catch block was no longer needed

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Total Tests 66
✅ Passed 50
❌ Failed 0
⚠️ Errors 0
⏭️ Skipped 16
⏱️ Duration 227.74s

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LGTM!

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