Fixes #19415: Increased Circuit/WirelessLink absolute distance upper limit

Also adds form validation that provides a useful message to the user
rather than a 500 error with potentially little information.

netbox/circuits/forms/model_forms.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from utilities.forms import get_field_value
 from utilities.forms.fields import (
     CommentField, ContentTypeChoiceField, DynamicModelChoiceField, DynamicModelMultipleChoiceField, SlugField,
 )
+from utilities.forms.mixins import DistanceValidationMixin
 from utilities.forms.rendering import FieldSet, InlineFields
 from utilities.forms.widgets import DatePicker, HTMXSelect, NumberWithOptions
 from utilities.templatetags.builtins.filters import bettertitle
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ class CircuitTypeForm(NetBoxModelForm):
         ]
 
 
-class CircuitForm(TenancyForm, NetBoxModelForm):
+class CircuitForm(DistanceValidationMixin, TenancyForm, NetBoxModelForm):
     provider = DynamicModelChoiceField(
         label=_('Provider'),
         queryset=Provider.objects.all(),

netbox/netbox/models/mixins.py

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class WeightMixin(models.Model):
 class DistanceMixin(models.Model):
     distance = models.DecimalField(
         verbose_name=_('distance'),
-        max_digits=8,
+        max_digits=16,
         decimal_places=2,
         blank=True,
         null=True
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class DistanceMixin(models.Model):
     )
     # Stores the normalized distance (in meters) for database ordering
     _abs_distance = models.DecimalField(
-        max_digits=10,
+        max_digits=18,
         decimal_places=4,
         blank=True,
         null=True

netbox/utilities/forms/mixins.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import time
 from django import forms
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
+from utilities.conversion import to_meters
+
 __all__ = (
     'CheckLastUpdatedMixin',
 )
@@ -44,3 +46,35 @@ class CheckLastUpdatedMixin(forms.Form):
                 "This object has been modified since the form was rendered. Please consult the object's change "
                 "log for details."
             ))
+
+
+class DistanceValidationMixin(forms.Form):
+    def clean(self):
+        super().clean()
+
+        # validate max distance in meters based on model
+        # breakpoint()
+        distance = self.cleaned_data.get('distance', None)
+        unit = self.cleaned_data.get('distance_unit', None)
+        if distance and unit:
+            model_class = self._meta.model
+            distance_field = model_class._meta.get_field('distance')
+            max_digits = distance_field.max_digits - distance_field.decimal_places
+            max_distance = 10 ** max_digits
+
+            abs_distance = to_meters(distance, unit)
+
+            if abs_distance > max_distance:
+                raise forms.ValidationError(_(
+                    "{distance} {unit} ({abs_distance} m) exceeds the maximum allowed distance for "
+                    "{model._meta.verbose_name} distance. Distance must normalize to no more than "
+                    "{max_distance} meters.".format(
+                        distance=distance,
+                        unit=unit,
+                        abs_distance=abs_distance,
+                        model=model_class,
+                        max_distance=max_distance
+                    )
+                ))
+
+            self.cleaned_data['_abs_distance'] = abs_distance

netbox/wireless/forms/model_forms.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from ipam.models import VLAN
 from netbox.forms import NetBoxModelForm
 from tenancy.forms import TenancyForm
 from utilities.forms.fields import CommentField, DynamicModelChoiceField, SlugField
+from utilities.forms.mixins import DistanceValidationMixin
 from utilities.forms.rendering import FieldSet, InlineFields
 from wireless.models import *
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ class WirelessLANForm(ScopedForm, TenancyForm, NetBoxModelForm):
         }
 
 
-class WirelessLinkForm(TenancyForm, NetBoxModelForm):
+class WirelessLinkForm(DistanceValidationMixin, TenancyForm, NetBoxModelForm):
     site_a = DynamicModelChoiceField(
         queryset=Site.objects.all(),
         required=False,