Increase character limit from 500 for extras_customlink link_url & link_text #6497

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opened 2025-12-29 19:41:34 +01:00 by adam · 3 comments
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Originally created by @ryanmerolle on GitHub (May 18, 2022).

Originally assigned to: @jeremystretch on GitHub.

NetBox version

v3.2.3

Feature type

Change to existing functionality

Proposed functionality

Increase character limit from 500 for extras_customlink link_url & link_text.

Use case

When leveraging jinja to conditionally generate links, it would be ideal to extend out the link limits to allow for more complex jinja templates.

Database changes

Increase varchar limit to something like 5k or 10k.

External dependencies

N/A

Originally created by @ryanmerolle on GitHub (May 18, 2022). Originally assigned to: @jeremystretch on GitHub. ### NetBox version v3.2.3 ### Feature type Change to existing functionality ### Proposed functionality Increase character limit from 500 for extras_customlink link_url & link_text. ### Use case When leveraging jinja to conditionally generate links, it would be ideal to extend out the link limits to allow for more complex jinja templates. ### Database changes Increase varchar limit to something like 5k or 10k. ### External dependencies N/A
adam added the status: acceptedtype: featurebeta labels 2025-12-29 19:41:34 +01:00
adam closed this issue 2025-12-29 19:41:34 +01:00
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@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (May 24, 2022):

We can probably just change these to TextFields.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (May 24, 2022): We can probably just change these to TextFields.
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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Jul 24, 2022):

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@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jul 27, 2022):

Going to tackle this in v3.3 just to avoid disrupting existing migrations.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jul 27, 2022): Going to tackle this in v3.3 just to avoid disrupting existing migrations.
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Reference: starred/netbox#6497