There have been multiple bug reports for the events plugin in the last two days that all seem to be type-casting issues with custom fields. The events plugin hasn’t been substantively updated in a few months. [image] Events Plugin calendar Plugin Is the b…

In case this is indeed the bug causing problems, here I explain the consequences (it may make your site unusable): [image] Events Plugin calendar Plugin This patch seems to work! I can tell that the difference between having this patch or not for us meant…

[image] angus: The error itself follows this format: NoMethodError (undefined method `nonzero?' for [1563127206, 1563127206]:Array) This was a known bug with custom fields. In very specific conditions, it would save the value multiple times, thus creating an Array, when you only want an Int…

[image] zogstrip: This was a known bug with custom fields. Yes, it’s cropped up a few times in the past. This latest rash seems to coincide with recent work on the has_custom_fields.rb concern, so there may be something to review there. This doesn’t fix it, but helps to address it if it aris…

[image] angus: NoMethodError (undefined method `nonzero?’ for [1563127206, 1563127206]:Array) My general recommendation here is that as a plugin author you should always add indexes in a migration to properly enforce the constraint. In fact majority of plugins we right these days avoid custom…

[image] zogstrip: In very specific conditions, it would save the value multiple times, thus creating an Array, when you only want an Integer. Sorry for bumping this up but one of the conditions is when you use a symbol index i.e. custom_fields[:hello] while updating the existing value, it add…

Custom field casting affected by recent update?

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In case this is indeed the bug causing problems, here I explain the consequences (it may make your site unusable):

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Custom field casting affected by recent update?

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