Contact group assignments are not recorded in changelog #11149

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adam · 2025-12-29T21:40:59+01:00

adam commented

2025-12-29 21:40:59 +01:00

Originally created by @jeremystretch on GitHub (May 8, 2025).

Originally assigned to: @jeremystretch on GitHub.

Deployment Type

Self-hosted

NetBox Version

v4.3.0

Python Version

3.10

Steps to Reproduce

Create a contact group named Group 1
Create a contact named Contact 1 and assign it to the group
Inspect the creation record for the contact in the changelog

Expected Behavior

The assigned group should appear in a groups list in the serialized representation of the contact.

Observed Behavior

There is no groups field in the changelog data:

{
    'link': '',
    'name': 'Contact 1',
    'tags': [],
    'email': '',
    'phone': '',
    'title': '',
    'address': '',
    'created': '2025-05-08T19:14:40.686Z',
    'comments': '',
    'description': '',
    'custom_fields': {}
}

Originally created by @jeremystretch on GitHub (May 8, 2025). Originally assigned to: @jeremystretch on GitHub. ### Deployment Type Self-hosted ### NetBox Version v4.3.0 ### Python Version 3.10 ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Create a contact group named Group 1 2. Create a contact named Contact 1 and assign it to the group 3. Inspect the creation record for the contact in the changelog ### Expected Behavior The assigned group should appear in a `groups` list in the serialized representation of the contact. ### Observed Behavior There is no `groups` field in the changelog data: ``` { 'link': '', 'name': 'Contact 1', 'tags': [], 'email': '', 'phone': '', 'title': '', 'address': '', 'created': '2025-05-08T19:14:40.686Z', 'comments': '', 'description': '', 'custom_fields': {} } ```

adam added the type: bug status: accepted severity: medium labels 2025-12-29 21:40:59 +01:00

adam closed this issue

2025-12-29 21:40:59 +01:00

adam commented

2025-12-29 21:41:00 +01:00

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (May 8, 2025):

The root cause here is that Django's PythonSerializer doesn't know how to handle many-to-many fields which use a custom through model (see handle_m2m_field()).

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (May 8, 2025): The root cause here is that Django's [PythonSerializer](https://github.com/django/django/blob/84e91262d6b94d35b381d0a46ff5402eaac7c996/django/core/serializers/python.py#L14) doesn't know how to handle many-to-many fields which use a custom through model (see [`handle_m2m_field()`](https://github.com/django/django/blob/84e91262d6b94d35b381d0a46ff5402eaac7c996/django/core/serializers/python.py#L67)).

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Reference: starred/netbox#11149