Hostgroup search fails when use "class" for filtering

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Problem:
When I use hostgroup search, and try to use keyword “class” for filtering my hostgroups, Foreman crashes with next error. This keyword is suggested by tooltip that appears, when I start to search

Oops, we're sorry but something went wrong undefined method `klass' for nil:NilClass

Expected outcome:
Be able to filter hostgroups by puppetclass

Foreman and Proxy versions:
3.2.1

Distribution and version:
We run both Foreman and Puppet on Centos 8 Stream

Other relevant data:
We also noticed that if we get info about hostgroup via API, there is no information about Puppet classes and search is also generate the same error as I have described above.
We faced this issue afrer we had updated Foreman to version 3.2. In Foreman 1.24 and 2.5 everything works good.

p.s. Also I wonder if we can use Foreman API to manage puppetclasses? In API documentation for Foreman v3.2 there are no endpoints for puppetclasses.

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Looks like a bug to me. The same happens on my foreman server with 3.5.2 and foreman_puppet 5.0.0 plugin.

Check the apidocs of your server: https://foreman.example.com/apidoc/ It should include apidocs of all your plugins.

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Thanks for confirming this issue on newer version of Foreman.
But /apidoc shows nothing, only blank page. Maybe something is broken. I will take a closer look, thanks for advice.

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Did you run foreman-rake apipie:cache on your machine?

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Yeah, I try it but it didn’t change anything.
It’s not big problem to be honest. I wonder how to fix the search.

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We fixed an error related to this which will be part of the new release. But if you want to try if it fixes your error, you can have a look at Fixes Host view permissions to search by puppetclass · theforeman/foreman_puppet@3722ec5 · GitHub

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Thanks, I’ll try to apply this patch to our environmet. If this will help I’ll mark your reply as solution as soon as possible :slightly_smiling_face:

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Unfortunately this patch didn’t help. At least search for hostgroups by using keyword “class” throws the same error.

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I opened a new issue for this: Hostgroup search fails when use “class” for filtering · Issue #360 · theforeman/foreman_puppet · GitHub

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Great! Thanks! Please, let me know if you will need an extra information for this issue.

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I patch my test environment (Foreman 3.2.1) with your changes from this issue and can confirm that everything works fine now. Thanks!

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