Unable to PATCH job Status

[wildhart]

This is an intermittent problem, but often when I PATCH a job to change the Status, the job's status does not get changed.

Here's an example:

sending the PATCH

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GET the job:

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As you can see, the job Status is still 75.

[wildhart]

I can prove the rest of the PATCH is working by changing the Name:

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The Status still hasn't changed:

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Please can you investigate this issue?

[Sindre]

Hi wildhart,
Thank you for the examples and for reporting this.

I was able to reproduce the behaviour you describe. It wasn't consistent so some statuses were updated and others not. I will do some more investigations on this issue so we can raise a ticket for this.

Regards

[wildhart]

Hi @Sindre,

How are you getting on with this? Do you have a timeframe for getting this fixed?

It's a fairly fundamental bug and is blocking us from releasing new features to our users, and possibly causing your other API users issues they may not be aware of...

[Sindre]

Hi,
We are not able to give a specific time frame for when a fix is being released. We are continually prioritising our work based on what will give the greatest benefit to our API users.

Regards

[paul-fortix]

Hi,

We are also experiencing the same issue when updating quotes where the status updates are ignored with we get back the 204 response. The worst part is we get a webhook event back which causes our software to revert the status internally. Overall this is causing the users affected by this issue a lot of problems and frustration.

Any fix or workaround would be appreciated.

Thanks

[Sindre]

Hi wildhart,
The status codes in simPRO are ordered in a hierarchy in which they usually progress from top to bottom in the setup.

If you try to patch a job with a status to one with a lower status you can't do this unless the option "Ignore status priority" has been activated on the status code.

If you patch to a status code higher in the hierarchy you should have no problems.

The API is currently returning 204 even if a status code is not being updated which I understand is not expected behaviour for the user and we will look at this.

If you want me to give some examples and do some more tests please send me a private message with your build details.

Regards

[wildhart]

Hi Sindre,

Thank you for the explanation. Now we know the rules, we can change the "Ignore status priority" on that status and it works.

Yes, I agree that the 204 response is not expected in this circumstance - it would be helpful if it responded with an error and a helpful message.