Omit the system filepath north of the installation root

netbox/core/tables/jobs.py

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import django_tables2 as tables
+from django.utils.html import conditional_escape
+from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from core.constants import JOB_LOG_ENTRY_LEVELS
@@ -82,3 +84,9 @@ class JobLogEntryTable(BaseTable):
     class Meta(BaseTable.Meta):
         empty_text = _('No log entries')
         fields = ('timestamp', 'level', 'message')
+
+    def render_message(self, record, value):
+        if record.get('level') == 'error' and '\n' in value:
+            value = conditional_escape(value)
+            return mark_safe(f'<pre class="p-0">{value}</pre>')
+        return value

netbox/netbox/jobs.py

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import logging
+import os
+import traceback
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from datetime import timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.utils import timezone
@@ -21,6 +24,11 @@ __all__ = (
     'system_job',
 )
 
+# The installation root, e.g. "/opt/netbox/". Used to strip absolute path
+# prefixes from traceback file paths before recording them in the job log.
+# jobs.py lives at <root>/netbox/netbox/jobs.py, so parents[2] is the root.
+_INSTALL_ROOT = str(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]) + os.sep
+
 
 def system_job(interval):
     """
@@ -107,6 +115,13 @@ class JobRunner(ABC):
             job.terminate(status=JobStatusChoices.STATUS_FAILED)
 
         except Exception as e:
+            tb_str = traceback.format_exc().replace(_INSTALL_ROOT, '')
+            tb_record = logging.makeLogRecord({
+                'levelno': logging.ERROR,
+                'levelname': 'ERROR',
+                'msg': tb_str,
+            })
+            job.log(tb_record)
             job.terminate(status=JobStatusChoices.STATUS_ERRORED, error=repr(e))
             if type(e) is JobTimeoutException:
                 logger.error(e)

netbox/netbox/tests/test_jobs.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from core.models import DataSource, Job
 from utilities.testing import disable_warnings
 
 from ..jobs import *
+from ..jobs import _INSTALL_ROOT
 
 
 class TestJobRunner(JobRunner):
@@ -83,6 +84,12 @@ class JobRunnerTest(JobRunnerTestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(job.status, JobStatusChoices.STATUS_ERRORED)
         self.assertEqual(job.error, repr(ErroredJobRunner.EXP))
+        self.assertEqual(len(job.log_entries), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(job.log_entries[0]['level'], 'error')
+        tb_message = job.log_entries[0]['message']
+        self.assertIn('Traceback', tb_message)
+        self.assertIn('Test error', tb_message)
+        self.assertNotIn(_INSTALL_ROOT, tb_message)
 
 
 class EnqueueTest(JobRunnerTestCase):