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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-63960

Sometimes deletion data requests fail because of invalid simple key in cache

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    • Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Icon: Minor Minor
    • 3.3.9, 3.4.6, 3.5.3
    • 3.3.8, 3.4.5, 3.5.2, 3.6
    • Caching, Privacy
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      Testing MDL-62564, I had a problem with one of the testing sites (master). I did not reproduce it in stables (because I had way simpler/minimal configuration there).

      The details are, more or less like:

      • Had a couple of purposes, one without retention and another with 50y of retention. Both with the "protect" bit set.
      • Also a some categories.
      • Both the purpose with 50y of retention and one of the categories were set @ site level. Think that everybody else was set to inherit everywhere.

      Then, when processing the deletion request (aka, approved => deleted), I got:

      Adhoc task failed: tool_dataprivacy\task\process_data_request_task,Coding error detected, it must be fixed by a programmer: Cache definition tool_dataprivacy/purpose requires simple keys. Invalid key provided.
      Debug info:
      -1
      Backtrace:
      * line 958 of /cache/classes/loaders.php: call to cache_helper::hash_key()
      * line 392 of /cache/classes/loaders.php: call to cache->parse_key()
      * line 1546 of /cache/classes/loaders.php: call to cache->get()
      * line 62 of /admin/tool/dataprivacy/classes/purpose.php: call to cache_application->get()
      * line 353 of /admin/tool/dataprivacy/classes/data_registry.php: call to tool_dataprivacy\purpose->__construct()
      * line 254 of /admin/tool/dataprivacy/classes/data_registry.php: call to tool_dataprivacy\data_registry::get_element_instance()
      * line 1002 of /admin/tool/dataprivacy/classes/api.php: call to tool_dataprivacy\data_registry::get_effective_context_value()
      * line 1093 of /admin/tool/dataprivacy/classes/api.php: call to tool_dataprivacy\api::get_effective_context_purpose()
      * line 99 of /admin/tool/dataprivacy/classes/task/process_data_request_task.php: call to tool_dataprivacy\api::get_approved_contextlist_collection_for_collection()
      * line 185 of /lib/cronlib.php: call to tool_dataprivacy\task\process_data_request_task->execute()
      * line 74 of /lib/cronlib.php: call to cron_run_inner_adhoc_task()
      * line 61 of /admin/cli/cron.php: call to cron_run()
      

      So, somehow, "-1" was being passed and breaking the simple keys the cache is expected to have.

      After some trials, I ended removing the retention periods in the purpose, cleaning the "protected" bit, purging caches and then the deletion was able to finish properly.

      This describes de situation under I got the error. Will try to reproduce it again to see if I can give more detailed steps or find the exact point leading to the problem.

      Only reproduced with master but, as far as the configuration is potentially the same in stables, I imagine it will be also reproducible there.

      Will comment if I find any other detail. That's all for now.

            dobedobedoh Andrew Lyons
            stronk7 Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)
            Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)
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