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Fixes #6951

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Testing instructions

  • on a local instance, setup a local asset server
  • start specify
  • verify all attachment functions work properly
  • kill the asset server container
  • reload specify
  • verify that the attachment gallery page displays a warning message if reached (reach with url)
  • verify that the attachment menu item is disabled with a tooltip explaining the reason
  • open a CO form
  • add a new attachment
  • select an image on your machine
  • verify a warning message is being displayed
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Bug Fixes

  • Improved attachment loading with an automatic thumbnail retry.
  • Added clear unavailable-state messaging when the attachment service cannot be reached.
  • Attachment previews, full-size views, and gallery content now respond to service availability.
  • Disabled attachment navigation, imports, downloads, and opening attachments during service outages.
  • Added automatic availability checks to reflect restored service status.
  • Improved detection and handling of attachment-server connection failures.
  • Added configurable request timeouts for more reliable attachment requests.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Attachment components now monitor attachment-server availability and poll for recovery. Galleries and viewers render localized unavailable messages during outages. Image failures report server errors with one thumbnail fallback attempt. The attachments menu remains visible and becomes disabled when unavailable.

Changes

Attachment server availability

Layer / File(s) Summary
Provide attachment server health and recovery
specifyweb/backend/attachment_gw/urls.py, specifyweb/backend/attachment_gw/views.py, specifyweb/settings/specify_settings.py
The backend provides an authenticated health endpoint, configurable request timeouts, and bounded initialization retries.
Track attachment server status
specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Attachments/attachments.ts, specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Attachments/__tests__/attachmentServerStatus.test.ts
The frontend checks and polls the endpoint, publishes status changes, logs transitions, and tests polling cleanup.
Render unavailable attachment states
specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Attachments/index.tsx, specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Attachments/Cell.tsx, specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Attachments/Viewer.tsx, specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Attachments/__tests__/AttachmentsView.test.tsx
Attachment URL loading and gallery rendering now depend on server status. The view disables Import and replaces unavailable content with AttachmentServerUnavailable.
Report attachment loading failures
specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Attachments/Preview.tsx, specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Attachments/Viewer.tsx, specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Attachments/__tests__/Preview.test.tsx, specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Attachments/__tests__/fetchThumbnail.test.ts
HTTP thumbnail and image failures report server unavailability. Server-backed thumbnails carry isServerBacked, and transformed images try a thumbnail fallback once before rendering the unavailable state.
Disable unavailable attachment navigation
specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Header/index.tsx, specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Header/menuItemDefinitions.ts, specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Header/__tests__/Header.test.tsx, specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WorkBench/__tests__/WbAttachmentsPreview.test.tsx
The attachments menu remains visible when the user has table permission and becomes non-interactive when the server is unavailable. MenuButton exposes disabled ARIA attributes and descriptive text.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant HeaderItems
  participant StatusStore
  participant HealthEndpoint
  participant AttachmentsView
  participant AttachmentUnavailable
  HeaderItems->>StatusStore: subscribe to server status
  StatusStore->>HealthEndpoint: poll attachment health
  HealthEndpoint-->>StatusStore: return availability
  StatusStore-->>HeaderItems: publish status
  StatusStore-->>AttachmentsView: publish status
  alt server available
    AttachmentsView->>AttachmentsView: render gallery and attachment content
  else server unavailable
    HeaderItems->>HeaderItems: disable attachments menu item
    AttachmentsView->>AttachmentUnavailable: render localized outage message
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Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 2b450

This change can still allow attachment actions during an asset-server outage, block backend workers on stalled health checks, or leave the application stuck until reload; invalid settings may also cause startup or recovery failures. The PR should not merge until these bounded availability and correctness issues, along with the failing unavailable-state test setup, are fixed or explicitly accepted.

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Automatic Tests ⚠️ Warning The PR introduces significant backend functionality without corresponding automatic tests. The custom check requires automatic tests "if necessary" when changes are made. This PR adds: **Backend funct… Add automatic tests for backend functionality: 1. Create tests for the health() endpoint covering: unconfigured state (404), unavailable state (503), and healthy state (204) 2. Create tests for retry_initialization() covering: exponential b…
Testing Instructions ⚠️ Warning The instructions cover the outage state on the Attachments page, the disabled Attachments menu item, and the new-attachment warning. They do not cover the pull request's automatic recovery behavior. T… Add a recovery scenario. Keep Specify open while the asset server is unavailable, then restart the asset server. Within the polling interval, verify that the Attachments menu becomes enabled, the gallery replaces the unavailable message, an…
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Check name Status Explanation
Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the primary change: preventing attachment failures when the asset server is unavailable.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #6951. They add health polling with recovery, keep Attachments visible but disabled during outages, provide localized unavailable feedback and disabled-control explanations, …
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The reviewed changes are within scope for issue #6951. The backend health endpoint, timeout setting, attachment status tracking, UI changes, and related tests support unavailable-server handling and r…
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Explanation

The changes satisfy issue #6951. They add health polling with recovery, keep Attachments visible but disabled during outages, provide localized unavailable feedback and disabled-control explanations, and log server connection transitions.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

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The reviewed changes are within scope for issue #6951. The backend health endpoint, timeout setting, attachment status tracking, UI changes, and related tests support unavailable-server handling and recovery.

Full details: Automatic Tests

Explanation

The PR introduces significant backend functionality without corresponding automatic tests. The custom check requires automatic tests "if necessary" when changes are made. This PR adds: Backend functionality without tests: - New health() endpoint function (+87/-21 lines in views.py) - returns HTTP status codes for server health - New retry_initialization() function - handles bounded, backoff-limited asset server initialization with exponential backoff up to 60 seconds - Modified test_key(urls=None) function signature and implementation - New configuration variable WEB_ATTACHMENT_TIMEOUT in settings The backend test file (specifyweb/backend/attachment_gw/tests.py) remains unchanged and contains only a placeholder test (SimpleTest.test_basic_addition()). No tests were added for: - The health endpoint functionality - The retry_initialization logic and backoff behavior - The timeout configuration and its integration - Error handling in initialization (XML parse errors, request failures, clearing invalid server_urls) Frontend testing is more comprehensive: The PR includes 4 new test files (attachmentServerStatus.test.ts, AttachmentsView.test.tsx, Header.test.tsx, Preview.test.tsx) with 12+ test cases covering server status detection and UI updates. Gaps identified: 1. No backend tests for the new health endpoint 2. No tests for the retry_initialization function with exponential backoff logic 3. Viewer.tsx significant changes (+85/-33 lines) are not directly tested by dedicated tests 4. Cell.tsx was modified to use useAttachmentServerStatus but its existing test was not updated to verify this integration The backend health endpoint and retry initialization are critical components for the feature that allows the application to automatically detect and recover from asset server outages.

Resolution

Add automatic tests for backend functionality: 1. Create tests for the health() endpoint covering: unconfigured state (404), unavailable state (503), and healthy state (204) 2. Create tests for retry_initialization() covering: exponential backoff behavior, nonblocking lock behavior, state reset on success 3. Create tests for test_key() with the new urls parameter 4. Add test coverage for the new WEB_ATTACHMENT_TIMEOUT configuration Additionally, consider adding direct tests for Viewer.tsx changes to ensure attachment server unavailability is properly handled during image display.

Full details: Testing Instructions

Explanation

The instructions cover the outage state on the Attachments page, the disabled Attachments menu item, and the new-attachment warning. They do not cover the pull request's automatic recovery behavior. The frontend starts a 30-second health poll and re-enables the menu and gallery when the server becomes available again. The instructions stop the server and reload Specify, but never restart the server, wait for a poll, or verify recovery and restoration logging.

Resolution

Add a recovery scenario. Keep Specify open while the asset server is unavailable, then restart the asset server. Within the polling interval, verify that the Attachments menu becomes enabled, the gallery replaces the unavailable message, and attachment preview/open/download functions work again without a page reload. Also verify that the loss and restoration events appear in the logs with timestamps. State the expected unavailable message and tooltip text, and specify that the test must wait for the health check to complete.

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In `@specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Attachments/attachments.ts`:
- Around line 90-102: Update startAttachmentServerHealthPolling so every
subscriber receives the shared cleanup function, including when healthCheckTimer
is already active. Ensure cleanup stops the interval only when
serverStatusListeners is empty, while preserving the existing polling setup and
status handling.
- Around line 71-73: Update reportAttachmentServerFailure to call
checkAttachmentServer immediately and set the attachment server status to
unavailable only when that health check fails; do not mark global availability
unavailable solely from an individual attachment error.
- Around line 52-56: Update setAttachmentServerStatus to log only transitions
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connection-loss or restoration event; preserve the existing early return for
unchanged statuses and listener notification behavior.

In `@specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Attachments/index.tsx`:
- Around line 246-268: Gate attachment actions on attachmentServerStatus: in
Attachments/index.tsx, disable the Import button when the server is unavailable
and expose the unavailable reason via its tooltip or nearby message; in
Attachments/Viewer.tsx, hide or disable Download and Open in new tab when
originalUrl targets an unavailable server. Preserve normal action behavior when
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specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Header/index.tsx (1)

173-189: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Avoid polling for users without attachment access.

Line 173 subscribes every HeaderItems instance to useAttachmentServerStatus(). The hook starts startAttachmentServerHealthPolling() when subscribed. menuItemDefinitions.ts can omit the attachments item when hasTablePermission('Attachment', 'read') is false, but this header still starts polling. Gate the subscription on attachment-menu visibility, or move the hook into an attachments-only menu item component.

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In `@specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Header/index.tsx` around lines 173
- 189, The HeaderItems component should not subscribe to
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In `@specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Header/index.tsx`:
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unavailable, using visible text or an accessible description that does not
depend on hover; preserve the existing menu label and disabled styling while
ensuring the outage explanation is available to all users.

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- Around line 112-118: Update startAttachmentServerHealthPolling so it invokes
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setting the attachment server status to unavailable, then starts the existing
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server status as 'unknown' before rendering, then wait for result.current to
transition to 'available' after reporting the failure so the assertion observes
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In `@specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Attachments/attachments.ts`:
- Around line 113-123: Update the attachment health-check startup flow around
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  • verify that the attachment gallery page displays a warning message if reached (reach with url)
  • verify that the attachment menu item is disabled with a tooltip explaining the reason
  • verify a warning message is being displayed

Looks good! everything worked, then I killed the container, and still didn't have any errors. The unavailable messages worked correctly.

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specifyweb/backend/attachment_gw/views.py (1)

234-240: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Handle invalid X-Timestamp responses as unavailable.

When the 200 response omits X-Timestamp, update_time_delta() leaves server_time_delta as None. test_key() then raises TypeError during timestamp calculation. A non-numeric header raises ValueError in update_time_delta(). Neither failure reaches the current handlers, so startup or health() can return 500 instead of clearing server_urls and returning 503.

Validate the header and route invalid values through the existing AttachmentError failure path.

Also applies to: 261-266, 297-302

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In `@specifyweb/backend/attachment_gw/views.py` around lines 234 - 240, The
attachment configuration fetch flow around update_time_delta(), test_key(), and
the existing AttachmentError handler must treat missing or non-numeric
X-Timestamp responses as unavailable: validate the header before timestamp
calculation, route invalid values through the existing AttachmentError failure
path, and ensure server_urls is cleared so startup and health() return 503
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In `@specifyweb/backend/attachment_gw/views.py`:
- Around line 249-260: Keep the server URL mapping local within the
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In `@specifyweb/backend/attachment_gw/views.py`:
- Around line 234-240: The attachment configuration fetch flow around
update_time_delta(), test_key(), and the existing AttachmentError handler must
treat missing or non-numeric X-Timestamp responses as unavailable: validate the
header before timestamp calculation, route invalid values through the existing
AttachmentError failure path, and ensure server_urls is cleared so startup and
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  • verify that the attachment gallery page displays a warning message if reached (reach with url)
  • verify that the attachment menu item is disabled with a tooltip explaining the reason
  • verify a warning message is being displayed

Everything is working as expected! I was able to see the graceful warning message when reaching the gallery & also the form.

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  • verify that the attachment gallery page displays a warning message if reached (reach with url)
  • verify that the attachment menu item is disabled with a tooltip explaining the reason
  • verify a warning message is being displayed

👍 It works as expected, but consider this a UX review. I’ll need to conduct a more extensive review of the code changes, but I don’t want to hold this up and prevent the merge if all others are OK.

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`@specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Attachments/__tests__/AttachmentsView.test.tsx`:
- Around line 97-100: Move overrideAttachmentServerStatus('unavailable') from
the describe-body setup into an inner beforeEach or the affected test body,
after the outer setup runs, while preserving the existing mockReadUrl
server-error configuration and unavailable-heading assertion.

In `@specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Header/__tests__/Header.test.tsx`:
- Line 32: Add a successful mock for the /attachment_gw/health/ endpoint in the
HeaderItems test setup alongside the existing testSettings.read mock, so the
available-state test remains valid after health polling starts.

In `@specifyweb/settings/specify_settings.py`:
- Line 87: Update the WEB_ATTACHMENT_TIMEOUT configuration parsing and
initialization flow to reject non-finite or non-positive values before requests
uses the timeout, handling invalid configuration without allowing init() to
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