This bug seems to be fixed a while back from this post. Custom_fields simultaneous save with json becomes an array Unfortunately, I am now dealing with simultaneous endpoints being called that update the user custom_fields at the same time, making the values set by me as :text to turn into arrays. …

Could this be the issue i’m facing ? Differences between transactions and locking - makandra dev Note that when two transaction run concurrently in two threads, each thread doesn’t see the other transaction’s changes until they are committed successfully. It does however see its own changes (this …

def self.cast_custom_field(key, value, types, return_array = true) Shows normal values, which makes me think multiple rows were created.

[imagen] Inconsistent behaviour in UserUpdater class dev Ok, so this one is merged. This should have fixed it. It was a long standing bug.

Yes I saw it :frowning: Unfortunately I am now faced with updating sensitive data potentially at the same time. I think this happens because I am doing it via endpoints, but this is the only way I can do it and I do no have control over the calls. It can be 1 call, it can be 10. I can try to minim…

This sounds like the existing behaviour of custom fields and not a regression. There are a few ways to fix it: You can add a unique index on the custom field (name, user_id) You can surround your code with a DistributedMutex You can use a table design rather than custom fields

something like this? Seems to work. DistributedMutex.synchronize("user_data_update_#{user.id}") do user.save_custom_fields(true) end

On top of this, I will change the logic to run the calls one by one instead of all at once, hopefully preventing any issues. Thanks guys @eviltrout @fzngagan

Custom_fields actualizado: el valor se convierte simultáneamente en un array.

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fzngagan (Faizaan Gagan) 25 Agosto, 2020 16:09 4

Esto debería haberlo solucionado. Era un error de larga data.

Tema		Respuestas	Vistas
Custom_fields simultaneous save with json becomes an array Bug	4	1202	9 Julio 2018
Custom fields concurrency issue Development	0	58	6 Mayo 2025
Inconsistent behaviour in UserUpdater class Development	4	866	25 Agosto 2020
[API] data loss caused by changed behaviour of custom user_field update Bug	3	801	25 Diciembre 2017
Custom field casting affected by recent update? Development	5	1157	25 Agosto 2020

Custom_fields actualizado: el valor se convierte simultáneamente en un array.

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