Unable to assign BGP models to custom fields

[mraerino]

NetBox version

4.0.9 with BGP plugin 0.13.2

Describe the bug

When creating a new custom field via the Netbox UI it's not possible to select any of the BGP models for assignment.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to /extras/custom-fields/add/ on your Netbox install
2. Try selecting a BGP plugin model from the Object types dropdown
3. See that none of the BGP models can be selected

Expected behavior

I expect to be able to assign custom fields to some of the BGP models, mostly sessions where the custom fields are documented in the API.

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Additional context

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[pl0xym0r]

I'm not able to reproduce your issue, would you mind to share further information ?

[cruse1977]

I'm also not able to replicate this. I'm removing the label bug for now pending further information from @mraerino mraerino

[mraerino]

ok, this does indeed not happen on a fresh install, only on our existing install that has existed for many netbox versions

i wonder if there is some dirty database state causing this. it's very strange.

[rvtipper]

I have this problem too but it is inconsistent as @mraerino mentions.

Netbox: 4.0.11 Netbox BGP: 0.13.3

My local fresh-ish instance running these versions (with prod database imported) I don't experience this at all. I can make custom fields on the BGP plugin without any problem. However in our production and test environments I experience this problem as described - the BGP plugin objects are not searchable. For a workaround I could create the custom field using API without any issue.

[cruse1977]

I've set this to pending close (as is the primary issue) as there's no easy way to replicate it - it would literally need a copy of databases to see why this occurs - its something database related.

[cruse1977]

hi @mraerino and @rvtipper - could you please provide the PLUGINS=[] line from your configuration please when this is occurring ? - this is not a netbox-bgp issue but we have a potential candidate but I'll need this information to ascertain if this mirrors the occurrence I'm aware of

[rvtipper]

@cruse1977 ah interesting, the order I give the plugins matters for me. I am also running with the netbox secrets plugin (2.0.3), if that config line reads PLUGINS = ["netbox_bgp", "netbox_secrets"] then I can select BGP objects ok for tags and custom fields, if netbox secrets is given first then I can't. In both instances I can select netbox secrets objects ok.

[cruse1977]

So the other case I'm aware of - also had netbox-secrets as the penultimate plugin prior to the one with model issues, swap secrets to the latter and its fine. Thats two cases and the other plugin wasn't BGP - thanks for coming back @rvtipper

[cruse1977]

Closing this issue out - its not an issue with BGP, more likely secrets.

[Kani999]

Could be related to https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/discussions/17836