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Brings the changes of #8559 to main.

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Testing instructions

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

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Full-date values and user names are handled consistently in saved queries.
    • Taxonomy queries avoid redundant joins, reducing unnecessary query work.
    • Result columns remain aligned when a queried field is unavailable; unavailable fields do not affect filtering or sorting.
    • Recordset filtering, field predicates, grouping, and synonym searches retain their existing behavior.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Stored-query execution and inheritance processors now accept QueryField objects through the query_fields argument. Query construction uses extracted helpers, and tree-rank join caching uses 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 Specify-user-name transformation are applied through field_spec_maps.py. The 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 cache entries and the tree-rank count. Missing displayed fields 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.

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.

Frontend test formatting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Reformat frontend tests
specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/BatchEdit/__tests__/*, specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WbUtils/__tests__/datasetVariants.test.ts
Formatting changes do not alter the tested behavior or assertions.

Suggested reviewers: g1rly-c0d3r

Priority: ➖ Normal

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e8e95

Some saved queries can show ranks from the wrong taxon path or return unrelated records when a rank filter is unavailable. These are bounded but material query-result errors; resolve the open issues before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e8e95

A change intended to reduce tree joins can cause a query field to use the wrong tree relationship. That can affect query results and workflows built from them. The reviewed paths retain their existing collection and table-permission checks; an authorization bypass was not established.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · architecture · inferred: The new table-keyed tree-rank cache can reuse the first relationship's ancestor joins for a different relationship to the same tree table. A displayed value or value predicate can then refer to a different relationship from that field's tree-definition filter, potentially changing query results used to prepare recordsets or batch edits.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The identified mismatch is reachable through query fields supplied to the query-execution path and can affect results used to create persistent recordset membership or prepare a batch-edit dataset. The reviewed controls constrain those paths to checked tables and a collection; cross-collection exposure was not established.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The ephemeral-query entrypoint checks query-execution permission for the selected collection. Query construction separately checks table read permissions; the changed cache key does not remove either check.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — The join cache starts anew for each QueryConstruct. If a requested rank is absent, the tree-field handler returns the pre-join query rather than its newly added ancestor joins; neither behavior resolves collisions between two valid relationships in one query.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Preserve relationship-alias identity in cached ancestor joins, and compare results for two distinct relationships to the same tree table before relying on query-derived recordsets or batch-edit datasets.
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Testing Instructions ⚠️ Warning The instructions clearly target the Tree Rank JOIN regression, but they do not cover all functional paths changed by this pull request. The diff changes shared query execution used by Batch Edit, CSV/… Expand the testing section. Keep the old-version/new-version QueryBuilder comparison, and require the query to return correct rows and field values, not only to avoid a JOIN error. Add the backend test command and identify the new `test_bui…
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Explanation

The instructions clearly target the Tree Rank JOIN regression, but they do not cover all functional paths changed by this pull request. The diff changes shared query execution used by Batch Edit, CSV/KML/web-portal exports, relative-date fields, and catalog-number inheritance processors. The instructions only require a manual QueryBuilder comparison and do not require checking result correctness or these paths. The frontend changes are formatting-only, and the geology change only removes logging.

Resolution

Expand the testing section. Keep the old-version/new-version QueryBuilder comparison, and require the query to return correct rows and field values, not only to avoid a JOIN error. Add the backend test command and identify the new test_build_query.py regression test. Add targeted checks for Batch Edit, CSV/KML/web-portal exports, relative Full Date values, and catalog-number inheritance when enabled. State the required database setup, expected results, and the exact success condition for each check.

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- Line 42: Update the TreeRanks cache key used by handle_tree_field to
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🟠 Major · Preserve filters when a tree rank is unavailable. · query_construct.py:80

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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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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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