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Allow direct undo for single or batch of changelog entries #6526

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opened 2025-12-29 19:42:00 +01:00 by adam · 1 comment
adam commented 2025-12-29 19:42:00 +01:00
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Originally created by @DavidSouther on GitHub (Jun 2, 2022).

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v3.2.4

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Proposed functionality

The netbox changelog is excellent for auditing changes. Having a "Revert change" and "Revert Change Batch" button would allow rapid error recovery for a number of potential user-error destructive database changes.

On a Change details page, there would be a "Revert" button which would apply the opposite operation. On a Change List page, the list would have a batch select and batch-revert button.

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User-error edits & deletes are a potential data issue. Allowing a quick and easy way to revert localized changes would be a useful rollback / data recovery strategy.

Database changes

None

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None

Originally created by @DavidSouther on GitHub (Jun 2, 2022). ### NetBox version v3.2.4 ### Feature type New functionality ### Proposed functionality The netbox changelog is excellent for auditing changes. Having a "Revert change" and "Revert Change Batch" button would allow rapid error recovery for a number of potential user-error destructive database changes. On a Change details page, there would be a "Revert" button which would apply the opposite operation. On a Change List page, the list would have a batch select and batch-revert button. ### Use case User-error edits & deletes are a potential data issue. Allowing a quick and easy way to revert localized changes would be a useful rollback / data recovery strategy. ### Database changes None ### External dependencies None
adam added the type: feature label 2025-12-29 19:42:00 +01:00
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adam commented 2025-12-29 19:42:00 +01:00
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@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jun 2, 2022):

I'm afraid this isn't really feasible given how the object serialization works. An object's representation in the changelog doesn't convey its previous state with 100% accuracy, nor was this a design goal when it was implemented. There are many "background" fields and operations that NetBox performs which are opaque to the user and not conveyed in a change record. Attempting to blindly revert an object based on this data will quickly lead to at best validation errors and at worst database corruption.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jun 2, 2022): I'm afraid this isn't really feasible given how the object serialization works. An object's representation in the changelog doesn't convey its previous state with 100% accuracy, nor was this a design goal when it was implemented. There are many "background" fields and operations that NetBox performs which are opaque to the user and not conveyed in a change record. Attempting to blindly revert an object based on this data will quickly lead to at best validation errors and at worst database corruption.
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Reference: starred/netbox#6526
Delete Branch "%!s()"

Deleting a branch is permanent. Although the deleted branch may continue to exist for a short time before it actually gets removed, it CANNOT be undone in most cases. Continue?