ansible/awx

project update fails because gitlab performs maintenance

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#12,828 opened on Sep 3, 2022

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Description

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  • I understand that AWX is open source software provided for free and that I might not receive a timely response.

Feature type

Enhancement to Existing Feature

Feature Summary

the project git refresh could be avoided if the url is not available. Most of the time it renders the AWX unusable. This time Giltab is performing a maintenance. It can be easily detected:

Failed to download remote objects and refs: fatal: unable to access 'https://gitlab.com/systems/inventory/01/': The requested URL returned error: 503\n",

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Steps to reproduce

refresh an AWX git based project

Current results

project refreshes ok, when git repository is available but it fails and nothing that is based on this repository cannot work anymore

Sugested feature result

it could detect various repo messages and avoid failure if EG maintenance, and keep the last working copy.

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Contributor guide

Research direction
Inspect the project update code in AWX to detect git error messages like '503' and handle them gracefully by keeping the last working copy. Implement fallback logic when the repository is temporarily unavailable.
Tech stack
python
Domain
backenddevops
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
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Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
GitPython
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65