[fix] Handle username collision during registration - #780
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Hi maintainers, I opened PR #780 for #685 after reproducing the username-collision case locally and adding regression coverage. The OpenWISP companion bot marked the PR invalid because #685 is not currently assigned to a project board. Could someone please validate/add #685 to the appropriate project board so the PR can proceed? |
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In `@openwisp_radius/api/serializers.py`:
- Around line 601-604: Update the username-versus-email local-part comparison in
the serializer branch around User.objects.filter so it is case-insensitive,
while preserving the stored username value and existing suffix-generation
behavior.
- Around line 598-600: Update the email extraction in the registration
serializer to perform local-part parsing only when the raw self.initial_data
email value is a string; otherwise leave it unset or empty so DRF validation
returns a user-facing 400 response instead of raising TypeError. Add a
regression test covering non-string email input such as null and assert the
endpoint returns 400.
- Around line 606-608: Update custom_signup and the find_available_username flow
so username allocation remains safe under concurrent registrations: catch a
database uniqueness failure from user.save(), retry with the next available
username, and preserve normal validation behavior. Add a regression test that
performs concurrent registrations requesting the same base username and verifies
they receive distinct usernames without an avoidable registration failure.
In `@openwisp_radius/tests/test_api/test_api.py`:
- Around line 210-257: Extend test_register_same_username_different_email to
create or reserve a user with username johndae1 before registering the
duplicate-email accounts, then verify the generated usernames skip that occupied
suffix and remain unique for subsequent registrations, updating the expected
user count and assertions accordingly.
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| email = self.initial_data.get("email", "") | ||
| local_part = email.rsplit("@", 1)[0] if "@" in email else "" | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Guard the raw email value before parsing it.
self.initial_data contains unvalidated input. If a request sends email=None or another non-string JSON value, this code raises TypeError before DRF can return a validation error. The registration endpoint can therefore return HTTP 500 for malformed input. Restrict local-part extraction to string values and add a 400 regression test.
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- email = self.initial_data.get("email", "")
- local_part = email.rsplit("@", 1)[0] if "@" in email else ""
+ email = self.initial_data.get("email")
+ local_part = (
+ email.rsplit("@", 1)[0]
+ if isinstance(email, str) and "@" in email
+ else ""
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| email = self.initial_data.get("email", "") | |
| local_part = email.rsplit("@", 1)[0] if "@" in email else "" | |
| email = self.initial_data.get("email") | |
| local_part = ( | |
| email.rsplit("@", 1)[0] | |
| if isinstance(email, str) and "@" in email | |
| else "" | |
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In `@openwisp_radius/api/serializers.py` around lines 598 - 600, Update the email
extraction in the registration serializer to perform local-part parsing only
when the raw self.initial_data email value is a string; otherwise leave it unset
or empty so DRF validation returns a user-facing 400 response instead of raising
TypeError. Add a regression test covering non-string email input such as null
and assert the endpoint returns 400.
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| if ( | ||
| username == local_part | ||
| and User.objects.filter(username=username).exists() | ||
| and not User.objects.filter(username=username, email__iexact=email).exists() |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Compare the email local-part case-insensitively.
The new branch uses email__iexact, but username == local_part remains case-sensitive. A request with username="johndae" and email="JohnDae@yahoo.com" bypasses suffix generation and still fails on the existing username. Use a case-insensitive comparison only for this email-derived collision check. Keep the stored username unchanged.
As per coding guidelines, email addresses must be treated as case-insensitive when identifying or searching users.
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In `@openwisp_radius/api/serializers.py` around lines 601 - 604, Update the
username-versus-email local-part comparison in the serializer branch around
User.objects.filter so it is case-insensitive, while preserving the stored
username value and existing suffix-generation behavior.
Source: Coding guidelines
| username = find_available_username(username, []) | ||
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| return super().validate_username(username) |
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In OpenWISP Users, the User model inherits from an AbstractUser class [1][2]. The username field is defined with a unique constraint, set as unique=True [3]. This ensures that each username must be unique within the database [3]. The User model is provided by the openwisp-users package [4][5]. Developers who need to extend or customize this behavior can do so by creating their own User model that inherits from the provided AbstractUser and configuring swapper to use their custom model, as the package is designed for software reusability [5][6]. The source code for the project is hosted on GitHub [4].
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-users/blob/master/tests/openwisp2/sample_users/models.py
- 2: https://openwisp.io/docs/dev/users/index.html
- 3: openwisp/openwisp-users@821b9bc
- 4: https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-users
- 5: https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-users/tree/1.0
- 6: https://openwisp.io/docs/stable/users/developer/extending.html
Make suffix allocation safe for concurrent registrations.
find_available_username(username, []) performs a non-atomic availability check before custom_signup calls user.save(). Concurrent registrations can select the same suffix, and the database uniqueness constraint then causes one registration to fail. Add retry handling around the save and a concurrent registration regression test.
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In `@openwisp_radius/api/serializers.py` around lines 606 - 608, Update
custom_signup and the find_available_username flow so username allocation
remains safe under concurrent registrations: catch a database uniqueness failure
from user.save(), retry with the next available username, and preserve normal
validation behavior. Add a regression test that performs concurrent
registrations requesting the same base username and verifies they receive
distinct usernames without an avoidable registration failure.
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| def test_register_same_username_different_email(self): | ||
| self._register_user( | ||
| extra_params={ | ||
| "username": "johndae", | ||
| "email": "johndae@gmail.com", | ||
| } | ||
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| self._register_user( | ||
| extra_params={ | ||
| "username": "johndae", | ||
| "email": "johndae@yahoo.com", | ||
| }, | ||
| expect_users=2, | ||
| ) | ||
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| self._register_user( | ||
| extra_params={ | ||
| "username": "johndae", | ||
| "email": "johndae@outlook.com", | ||
| }, | ||
| expect_users=3, | ||
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| users = User.objects.filter( | ||
| email__in=[ | ||
| "johndae@gmail.com", | ||
| "johndae@yahoo.com", | ||
| "johndae@outlook.com", | ||
| ] | ||
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| self.assertEqual(users.count(), 3) | ||
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| self.assertEqual( | ||
| users.get(email="johndae@gmail.com").username, | ||
| "johndae", | ||
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| self.assertEqual( | ||
| users.get(email="johndae@yahoo.com").username, | ||
| "johndae1", | ||
| ) | ||
| self.assertEqual( | ||
| users.get(email="johndae@outlook.com").username, | ||
| "johndae2", | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win
Add a test for an occupied generated suffix.
This test covers only the case where johndae1 and johndae2 are available. Reserve johndae1 before registration, then verify that the new account receives johndae2 and later accounts continue with unique suffixes.
As per path instructions, tests must cover relevant success, error, boundary, and unusual input scenarios.
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In `@openwisp_radius/tests/test_api/test_api.py` around lines 210 - 257, Extend
test_register_same_username_different_email to create or reserve a user with
username johndae1 before registering the duplicate-email accounts, then verify
the generated usernames skip that occupied suffix and remain unique for
subsequent registrations, updating the expected user count and assertions
accordingly.
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| local_part = email.rsplit("@", 1)[0] if "@" in email else "" | ||
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[WARNING]: Cross-organization registration behavior changes: this branch silently generates a new username, bypassing the cross-org duplicate detection that previously returned HTTP 409.
User.objects.filter(username=username) is global, so the new collision branch also triggers for registrations across organizations. Example: user johndae (email johndae@gmail.com) exists in org A; org B registers username johndae with a different email (johndae@yahoo.com). Before this change the parent validate_username raised a duplicate error and validate_cross_org_registration returned 409 ("A user like the one being registered already exists"), prompting the user to join the existing account. With this change the username is silently renamed to johndae1 and a separate account is created, which is exactly what the cross-org duplicate detection was designed to prevent. This also contradicts the PR description's claim that "cross-organization registration behavior is preserved" — that only holds when the submitted username differs from the email local part. test_register_duplicate_different_org does not cover this pattern (it uses the full email address as the username), and no cross-org regression test was added for the new behavior. Consider scoping the collision handling to the registering organization and adding a cross-org regression test.
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Reference to Existing Issue
Closes #685.
Description of Changes
When user registration uses the email local-part as the username, different email domains can produce the same username. For example:
johndae@gmail.com→johndaejohndae@yahoo.com→johndaeThe second registration was rejected because the generated username was already in use.
This change detects this specific collision during registration and generates the next available username using the existing
find_available_username()helper.For example:
johndae@gmail.com→johndaejohndae@yahoo.com→johndae1johndae@outlook.com→johndae2Existing duplicate-user and cross-organization registration behavior is preserved.
Tests
Added regression coverage for multiple registrations sharing the same email local-part with different domains.
Verified:
test_register_same_username_different_emailtest_register_400_duplicate_usertest_register_duplicate_different_orgAll three targeted tests pass.
git diff --checkpasses andrun-qa-checkscompletes successfully.Screenshot
N/A — this change affects backend registration behavior and does not introduce UI changes.