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Brings the changes of #8559 to main.

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Testing instructions generally taken from #8559 (comment).
Section for QueryBuilder general testing omitted.

If needed, the following Query can be imported and used for testing!
It should cause the "to many tables in JOIN" error in most databases that is present in v7.12.1 but should be fixed in this PR:
Too Many Joins.json

  • On Specify v7.12.1.1, import the above Too Many Joins Query into the QueryBuilder
  • Run the Query and ensure an error happens
    • If an error does not occur, you can add a few more relationships to the Query until it does cause an error
    • If any Tree Rank is unmapped, map it to an existing Rank in the database
  • In the same database on this branch, import the above Too Many Joins Query into the QueryBuilder (or use the existing Query from the aforementioned step)
  • Run the Query and ensure no error happens
  • (Optional) You can build and use your own Query in place of and/or in addition to the above test. Ensure it causes the "too many tables" error on v7.12.1.1 and does not error on this branch. Some tips for building the Query:
    • Add as many ranks as possible to a Taxon tree, and/or include more than one Taxon tree in the same Discipline within the Query
    • Include at least one mapping to a specific rank of as many Taxon relationships as possible:
      • Determination -> taxon
      • Determination -> preferredTaxon
      • CollectingEventAttribute -> HostTaxon

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved stored-query handling of full-date values and user names for more consistent results.
    • Reduced redundant joins in taxonomy queries, helping avoid unnecessary query work.
    • Kept displayed result columns aligned when a queried field is unavailable; unavailable fields no longer affect filtering or sorting.
    • Preserved expected behavior for recordset filtering, field predicates, grouping, and synonym searches.

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Walkthrough

Stored-query execution now accepts query_fields, applies QueryField transformations through a shared function, and uses helper functions to build queries. Tree-rank join-cache entries now use a table-name key. The geology-time query modifier no longer logs its generated query.

Changes

Stored-query processing

Layer / File(s) Summary
QueryField transformations
specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/field_spec_maps.py, specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/relative_date_utils.py, specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/tests/test_relative_date_utils.py
Full Date conversion and user-name transformation are applied through field_spec_maps.py. The relative-date test imports apply_absolute_date from that module.
Query construction and tree-rank handling
specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/query_construct.py, specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/execution.py, specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/tests/test_build_query.py
Query construction is split into helper functions and uses transformed QueryFields. The tree-rank join cache uses a table-name key. The test checks the join-cache entries and tree-rank count. Displayed fields that resolve to None retain a NULL result column and skip filter and sort behavior.
QueryField execution integration
specifyweb/backend/inheritance/api.py, specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/{batch_edit.py,execution.py,views.py}, specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/tests/test_execution/test_execute.py
Execution and inheritance processors accept query_fields. Saved-query callers and execution tests use the renamed argument. Execution moves SQL query logging before the count-only branch.

Geology query logging

Layer / File(s) Summary
Remove query logging
specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/geology_time.py
The geology-time query modifier no longer imports or calls log_sqlalchemy_query.

Suggested reviewers: carolinedenis

Priority: ➖ Normal

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 2a74c

Some stored queries can return incorrect values or unrelated rows. These query-correctness issues should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 2a74c

A query using two different relationships to the same tree can reuse a join from the first relationship for the second. That can change displayed values and which records match, including records prepared for batch editing. Existing collection and permission checks remain in place; a privilege escalation has not been established.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · reliability · inferred: Table-keyed tree-rank cache entries can reuse aliases from a different relationship path, changing query values and potentially the record IDs selected for batch-edit preparation.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — A user able to execute a query with two paths to the same tree table can encounter wrong-path results within that query, including results consumed by exports or batch-edit preparation. The inspected code does not establish a cross-request cache or a bypass of collection and table-read controls.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Request-supplied query fields reach query construction only after the inspected execution-permission check; query construction applies table-read and collection controls before adding field expressions. These controls do not establish that cached aliases match each field's requested relationship path.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — The batch-edit planning path derives its candidate rows from the constructed query, so wrong-path predicates can weaken containment of the intended edit selection even though no unauthorized edit or privilege gain was demonstrated.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Preserve relationship-path identity when sharing tree-rank joins, and verify returned IDs and values for two distinct paths to the same tree table—not only the number of joins—before relying on those results for batch-edit selection.
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Automatic Tests ✅ Passed The PR includes automatic tests. It adds specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/tests/test_build_query.py with TestBuildQuery.test_no_extra_tree_joins, which exercises the changed tree-rank join-cache …
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- Line 42: Update the TreeRanks cache key used by handle_tree_field to
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from specifyweb.backend.inheritance.utils import get_cat_num_inheritance_setting, get_parent_cat_num_inheritance_setting
from specifyweb.specify.models import Collectionobjectgroupjoin, Component
from specifyweb.backend.stored_queries.queryfield import QueryField
from .query_construct import QueryConstruct
from .relative_date_utils import apply_absolute_date
from .field_spec_maps import apply_specify_user_name
from .field_spec_maps import transform_field_specs
from .field_spec_maps import apply_specify_user_name
from .field_spec_maps import transform_field_specs
from .web_portal_export import query_to_web_portal_zip as _query_to_web_portal_zip, WebportalQueryResultProcessors
from specifyweb.backend.stored_queries.queryfield import QueryField
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🟠 Major · Preserve filters when a tree rank is unavailable. · query_construct.py:80

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Preserve filters when a tree rank is unavailable.

This return provides no field or predicate for the missing rank. The add_fields_to_query consumer in specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/execution.py skips filter handling when field is None. A saved query that filters on this rank can therefore run without that condition and return unrelated rows. Preserve the filter semantics, such as by making the missing-rank filter match no rows or failing explicitly, while retaining the NULL display column.

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🟡 Minor · Guard None before transforming Full Date values. · field_spec_maps.py:30-36

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Guard None before transforming Full Date values.

The batch-edit saved-query path hydrates fields from JSON and accepts a missing or null startvalue as QueryField.value=None. build_query then applies apply_absolute_date before execution. For a Full Date field, .split(',') raises AttributeError and aborts the query.

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 def apply_absolute_date(query_field: QueryField):
-    if query_field.fieldspec.date_part is None or query_field.fieldspec.date_part != 'Full Date':
+    if (
+        query_field.fieldspec.date_part is None
+        or query_field.fieldspec.date_part != 'Full Date'
+        or query_field.value is None
+    ):
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Testing instructions

7.12.1.1

  • Run the Query and ensure an error happens

This PR

  • Run the Query and ensure no error happens

looks good! Didn't see any new errors on this branch. I would like to see the security concerns resolved one way or another before this is merged though. If they are determined to be non-issues that is fine, but they should be addressed in some way.

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Testing instructions

  • Run the Query and ensure an error happens
  • Run the Query and ensure no error happens

As I reported in #8559, running the too_many_joins.json query results in a 504 error on 7.12.1.1. I will note here, however, that unless I let the query run until it gives me that 504 error, it crashes the database instance and also prevents me from accessing the test panel interface itself for five minutes or so afterwards.

@jason_melton gave the reasoning for the 504 error in that PR:

Those would happen when the Query took too long to run and exceeded the timeout limit set by Nginx.
Contrary to what I previously thought, the database manager can actually get stuck (i.e., take a long time) in the optimization stage before it can determine the number of JOINs in the Query.


Overall this seems to be fine with me! Both the too_many_joins.json query and my created query work just fine in this PR/version, so I see no issues with importing it to main.

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Testing instructions

7.12.1.1

  • Run the Query and ensure an error happens

This PR

  • Run the Query and ensure no error happens

@grantfitzsimmons grantfitzsimmons changed the title Bring changes from v7.12.1.2 to main chore: bring changes from v7.12.1.2 to main Sep 26, 2026
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