PATCH identity fails with "name is must be unique"

[qrkourier]

PATCH https://3.211.201.105:443/identities/1b7b2b9c-ea35-49eb-92b9-0371eaaffaf4

{
    "id": "1b7b2b9c-ea35-49eb-92b9-0371eaaffaf4",
    "name": "kenneth_bingham-laptop",
    "roleAttributes": [
        "sandbox"
    ],
    "tags": null
}

responded with status 400 BAD_REQUEST and response body

{
    "error": {
        "args": {
            "urlVars": {
                "id": "1b7b2b9c-ea35-49eb-92b9-0371eaaffaf4"
            }
        },
        "cause": {
            "message": "name is must be unique",
            "field": "name",
            "value": "kenneth_bingham-laptop"
        },
        "causeMessage": "the value 'kenneth_bingham-laptop' for 'name' is invalid: name is must be unique",
        "code": "INVALID_FIELD",
        "message": "The field contains an invalid value",
        "requestId": "b3e120fc-d673-4746-8955-9025c2f20060"
    },
    "meta": {
        "apiEnrolmentVersion": "0.0.1",
        "apiVersion": "0.0.1"
    }
}

❯ ziti edge list identities
id: 1b7b2b9c-ea35-49eb-92b9-0371eaaffaf4    name: kenneth_bingham-mobile    type: Device    role attributes: ["sandbox"]
id: 7882724c-bd9c-455a-ae59-dddc4f10b16a    name: Default Admin    type: User    role attributes: {}
id: c2b4dcd4-7295-4932-b293-5af06d2e0c14    name: kenneth_bingham-laptop    type: Device    role attributes: ["defaultRouters"]
results: 1-3 of 3

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[dovholuknf]

Need steps to reproduce, please? There's not quite enough information here. Just looking at this it seems correct, kenneth_bingham-laptop already exists. Seems fine

[qrkourier]

I was attempting to update the role attributes on this identity and sent the same value for the name field as was already assigned. If I don't send the name field the error is "name is required".

[qrkourier]

Before the PATCH request shown, which attempts to replace current attributes with only sandbox, the only role attribute on that identity shown in the list from ziti CLI is defaultRouters.

[dovholuknf]

Try removing the name. I think in a patch you only send what changed

[qrkourier]

If I don't send the name field the error is "name is required".

[qrkourier]

Works with CLI v0.15.1 against the same controller where I observed the error.

❯ ziti edge list identities 'name="kenneth_bingham-laptop"'
id: c2b4dcd4-7295-4932-b293-5af06d2e0c14    name: kenneth_bingham-laptop    type: Device    role attributes: ["defaultRouters"]
results: 1-1 of 1

❯ ziti edge update identity kenneth_bingham-laptop --role-attributes sandbox

❯ ziti edge list identities 'name="kenneth_bingham-laptop"'
id: c2b4dcd4-7295-4932-b293-5af06d2e0c14    name: kenneth_bingham-laptop    type: Device    role attributes: ["sandbox"]

[andrewpmartinez]

Chatted with Paul who tested it on 0.15.1 via the CLI and he reported no issue. I tested it against 0.15.1 via Postman and encountered no issue.

My personal tests were:

1. create an identity named "a' w/ role attributes
2. patch identity named "a" with name = "b' - worked, updated name to "b"
3. patch identity named "b" w/ current name and new role attributes - worked, the name stayed the same, new attributes
4. patch identity named "b" with only new role attributes - worked, new attributes, the name stayed the same
5. patched identity name "b" with only name "a" - worked, renamed to "a"

I am inclined to close this issue.

[qrkourier]

The problem was that I was unintentionally renaming the identity to a name that was not unique.