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No GUI activity indication if HTMX rendering is enabled #9498

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opened 2025-12-29 20:50:40 +01:00 by adam · 7 comments
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Originally created by @peteeckel on GitHub (Apr 18, 2024).

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Self-hosted

NetBox Version

v4.0-beta1

Python Version

3.11

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Enable "HTMX Rendering" in the user preferences
  2. Restart NetBox
  3. Click on any navigation item in the sidebar

Expected Behavior

The display in the main view panel changes immediately. If that isn't possible (as is currently the case because of the extremely long schema load times after restart that are probably caused by a strawberry-django bug, see Art's comment in #15520), at least there should be some indication that something is happening in the background.

Observed Behavior

Nothing whatsoever happens for a long time, then the UI is updated.

The user does not have any indication that the mouse click has been accepted, which is no good UX. For long-running background activity there should at least be some kind of indication that there is something happening in the background.

This is not directly linked to the strawberry-django issue, it's just a good way to reproduce it.

Originally created by @peteeckel on GitHub (Apr 18, 2024). ### Deployment Type Self-hosted ### NetBox Version v4.0-beta1 ### Python Version 3.11 ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Enable "HTMX Rendering" in the user preferences 2. Restart NetBox 3. Click on any navigation item in the sidebar ### Expected Behavior The display in the main view panel changes immediately. If that isn't possible (as is currently the case because of the extremely long schema load times after restart that are probably caused by a `strawberry-django` bug, see Art's comment in #15520), at least there should be some indication that something is happening in the background. ### Observed Behavior Nothing whatsoever happens for a long time, then the UI is updated. The user does not have any indication that the mouse click has been accepted, which is no good UX. For long-running background activity there should at least be some kind of indication that there is something happening in the background. This is not directly linked to the `strawberry-django` issue, it's just a good way to reproduce it.
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adam commented 2025-12-29 20:50:41 +01:00
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@arthanson commented on GitHub (Apr 18, 2024):

Actually after discussion, this can remain a bug - really a global spinner / activity indicator for HTMX requests. However, I don't think the restart NetBox case is valid as it is actually not running then (it is trying to start up) so it can't do anything until it actually starts.

@arthanson commented on GitHub (Apr 18, 2024): Actually after discussion, this can remain a bug - really a global spinner / activity indicator for HTMX requests. However, I don't think the restart NetBox case is valid as it is actually not running then (it is trying to start up) so it can't do anything until it actually starts.
adam commented 2025-12-29 20:50:41 +01:00
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@peteeckel commented on GitHub (Apr 19, 2024):

However, I don't think the restart NetBox case is valid as it is actually not running then (it is trying to start up) so it can't do anything until it actually starts.

Fair point. The problem is that with a clean out of the box install it might be difficult to reproduce ... I'll try to find a simple way to create an UI delay where the backend actually does something.

@peteeckel commented on GitHub (Apr 19, 2024): > However, I don't think the restart NetBox case is valid as it is actually not running then (it is trying to start up) so it can't do anything until it actually starts. Fair point. The problem is that with a clean out of the box install it might be difficult to reproduce ... I'll try to find a simple way to create an UI delay where the backend actually does something.
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@peteeckel commented on GitHub (Apr 19, 2024):

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Create /opt/netbox/netbox/validators/delay.py with the following content:
import time

from extras.validators import CustomValidator

class Delay(CustomValidator):

    def validate(self, instance):
        time.sleep(10)
  1. Configure this code as a custom validator for ipam.ipaddress:
from validators.delay import Delay

CUSTOM_VALIDATORS = {
    "ipam.ipaddress": [
        Delay(),
    ]
}
  1. Restart NetBox
  2. Enable HTMX navigation for the current user
  3. Create a new IP address object and click on Create

Same results as above.

@peteeckel commented on GitHub (Apr 19, 2024): Steps to reproduce: 1. Create `/opt/netbox/netbox/validators/delay.py` with the following content: ```python import time from extras.validators import CustomValidator class Delay(CustomValidator): def validate(self, instance): time.sleep(10) ``` 2. Configure this code as a custom validator for `ipam.ipaddress`: ```python from validators.delay import Delay CUSTOM_VALIDATORS = { "ipam.ipaddress": [ Delay(), ] } ``` 3. Restart NetBox 4. Enable HTMX navigation for the current user 5. Create a new IP address object and click on `Create` Same results as above.
adam commented 2025-12-29 20:50:41 +01:00
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@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Apr 19, 2024):

We should be able to implement a "spinner" easily using hx-indicator.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Apr 19, 2024): We should be able to implement a "spinner" easily using [`hx-indicator`](https://htmx.org/attributes/hx-indicator/).
adam commented 2025-12-29 20:50:42 +01:00
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@abhi1693 commented on GitHub (May 15, 2024):

I tried but I'm not yet familiar with htmx. If I can come up with a solution at a later date, I'll pick this up again until then another developer can try this

@abhi1693 commented on GitHub (May 15, 2024): I tried but I'm not yet familiar with htmx. If I can come up with a solution at a later date, I'll pick this up again until then another developer can try this
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