Clarify access model in ReviewRequest.get_draft().

Review Request #14011 — Created July 3, 2024 and submitted

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release-7.x

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Our get_draft() method has two modes. If no arguments are given, it
will always return the existing draft. If a user was passed in, we'd
return the draft only if the review request was owned by that user.

In some places, we were fetching the draft using the no-args version and
then doing our own access control checks. We also had at least one bug
that I remember where we were passing the user in and it broke the
ability for admins to reassign review requests, because we weren't
fetching the draft for them in the publish operation. This inconsistency
was also making it so we were showing admins the draft data, but they
were unable to load draft diff fragments.

This change makes it so when passing a user in to get_draft(), we will
return the draft if that user has access to the draft, not just if it
matches the owner of the review request.

  • Ran js-tests.
  • Verified that as an admin I could now view all draft data on a
    review request owned by another user.
  • Audited calls to get_draft() to ensure that everything was using it in
    the correct way.
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Clarify access model in ReviewRequest.get_draft().
Our `get_draft()` method has two modes. If no arguments are given, it will always return the existing draft. If a user was passed in, we'd return the draft only if the review request was owned by that user. In some places, we were fetching the draft using the no-args version and then doing our own access control checks. We also had at least one bug that I remember where we were passing the user in and it broke the ability for admins to reassign review requests, because we weren't fetching the draft for them in the publish operation. This inconsistency was also making it so we were showing admins the draft data, but they were unable to load draft diff fragments. This change makes it so when passing a user in to get_draft(), we will return the draft if that user has access to the draft, not just if it matches the owner of the review request. Testing Done: - Ran js-tests. - Verified that as an admin I could now view *all* draft data on a review request owned by another user. - Audited calls to get_draft() to ensure that everything was using it in the correct way.
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reviewbotreviewbot

For these calls, can we start passing in user= on these? Might be nice to transition all access check methods …

chipx86chipx86

**kwargs

chipx86chipx86

The "for modify" kinda reads strangely.

chipx86chipx86

Is this something that we should document further with a "Version Changed"?

maubinmaubin

Missing type.

maubinmaubin

Missing *args and **kwargs docs.

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david
chipx86
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    For these calls, can we start passing in user= on these?

    Might be nice to transition all access check methods to keyword-only arguments too, to make those calls very explicit and make it easier for us to alter them in the future if needed.

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    The "for modify" kinda reads strangely.

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david
maubin
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  2. reviewboard/reviews/models/review_request.py (Diff revision 3)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    Is this something that we should document further with a "Version Changed"?

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    Missing type.

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    Missing *args and **kwargs docs.

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david
maubin
  1. Ship It!
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    **kwargs

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Change Summary:
Pushed to release-7.x (8ea48b9)