Update ObjectChangeLogView to use "object" context var

netbox/dcim/urls.py

@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('devices/<int:pk>/device-bays/', views.DeviceDeviceBaysView.as_view(), name='device_devicebays'),
     path('devices/<int:pk>/inventory/', views.DeviceInventoryView.as_view(), name='device_inventory'),
     path('devices/<int:pk>/config-context/', views.DeviceConfigContextView.as_view(), name='device_configcontext'),
-    path('devices/<int:pk>/changelog/', ObjectChangeLogView.as_view(), name='device_changelog', kwargs={'model': Device}),
+    path('devices/<int:pk>/changelog/', views.DeviceChangeLogView.as_view(), name='device_changelog', kwargs={'model': Device}),
     path('devices/<int:pk>/status/', views.DeviceStatusView.as_view(), name='device_status'),
     path('devices/<int:pk>/lldp-neighbors/', views.DeviceLLDPNeighborsView.as_view(), name='device_lldp_neighbors'),
     path('devices/<int:pk>/config/', views.DeviceConfigView.as_view(), name='device_config'),

netbox/dcim/views.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.views.generic import View
 
 from circuits.models import Circuit
-from extras.views import ObjectConfigContextView
+from extras.views import ObjectChangeLogView, ObjectConfigContextView
 from ipam.models import IPAddress, Prefix, Service, VLAN
 from ipam.tables import InterfaceIPAddressTable, InterfaceVLANTable
 from netbox.views import generic
@@ -1288,6 +1288,10 @@ class DeviceConfigContextView(ObjectConfigContextView):
     base_template = 'dcim/device/base.html'
 
 
+class DeviceChangeLogView(ObjectChangeLogView):
+    base_template = 'dcim/device/base.html'
+
+
 class DeviceEditView(generic.ObjectEditView):
     queryset = Device.objects.all()
     model_form = forms.DeviceForm

netbox/extras/views.py

@@ -228,7 +228,10 @@ class ObjectChangeView(generic.ObjectView):
 class ObjectChangeLogView(View):
     """
     Present a history of changes made to a particular object.
+
+    base_template: The name of the template to extend. If not provided, "<app>/<model>.html" will be used.
     """
+    base_template = None
 
     def get(self, request, model, **kwargs):
 
@@ -259,19 +262,13 @@ class ObjectChangeLogView(View):
         RequestConfig(request, paginate).configure(objectchanges_table)
 
         # Check whether a header template exists for this model
-        base_template = '{}/{}.html'.format(model._meta.app_label, model._meta.model_name)
+        if self.base_template is None:
-        try:
+            self.base_template = f"{model._meta.app_label}/{model._meta.model_name}.html"
-            template.loader.get_template(base_template)
-            object_var = model._meta.model_name
-        except template.TemplateDoesNotExist:
-            base_template = 'base.html'
-            object_var = 'obj'
 
         return render(request, 'extras/object_changelog.html', {
-            object_var: obj,
+            'object': obj,
-            'instance': obj,  # We'll eventually standardize on 'instance` for the object variable name
             'table': objectchanges_table,
-            'base_template': base_template,
+            'base_template': self.base_template,
             'active_tab': 'changelog',
         })
 

netbox/templates/extras/object_changelog.html

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 {% extends base_template %}
 
-{% block title %}{% if obj %}{{ obj }}{% else %}{{ block.super }}{% endif %} - Change Log{% endblock %}
+{% block title %}{{ block.super }} - Change Log{% endblock %}
 
 {% block content %}
-    {% if obj %}<h1>{{ obj }}</h1>{% endif %}
     {% include 'panel_table.html' %}
     {% include 'inc/paginator.html' with paginator=table.paginator page=table.page %}
     <div class="text-muted">