From 8793d42b7fb75ec2648c5290a13184ff877169bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@netboxlabs.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 10:34:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Establish render() method on ObjectAction

---
 netbox/netbox/object_actions.py          | 9 +++++++--
 netbox/utilities/templatetags/buttons.py | 8 +++-----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/netbox/netbox/object_actions.py b/netbox/netbox/object_actions.py
index 73315ce4c..7a21739b9 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/object_actions.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/object_actions.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from django.template import loader
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.urls.exceptions import NoReverseMatch
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
@@ -27,12 +28,14 @@ class ObjectAction:
     Params:
         name: The action name appended to the module for view resolution
         label: Human-friendly label for the rendered button
+        template_name: Name of the HTML template which renders the button
         multi: Set to True if this action is performed by selecting multiple objects (i.e. using a table)
         permissions_required: The set of permissions a user must have to perform the action
         url_kwargs: The set of URL keyword arguments to pass when resolving the view's URL
     """
     name = ''
     label = None
+    template_name = None
     multi = False
     permissions_required = set()
     url_kwargs = []
@@ -49,11 +52,13 @@ class ObjectAction:
             return
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_context(cls, context, obj):
-        return {
+    def render(cls, obj, **kwargs):
+        context = {
             'url': cls.get_url(obj),
             'label': cls.label,
+            **kwargs,
         }
+        return loader.render_to_string(cls.template_name, context)
 
 
 class AddObject(ObjectAction):
diff --git a/netbox/utilities/templatetags/buttons.py b/netbox/utilities/templatetags/buttons.py
index 404386910..1b43fa395 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/templatetags/buttons.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/templatetags/buttons.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from django import template
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
-from django.template import loader
 from django.urls import NoReverseMatch, reverse
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
@@ -29,11 +28,10 @@ __all__ = (
 register = template.Library()
 
 
-@register.simple_tag(takes_context=True)
-def action_buttons(context, actions, obj, multi=False):
+@register.simple_tag
+def action_buttons(actions, obj, multi=False, **kwargs):
     buttons = [
-        loader.render_to_string(action.template_name, action.get_context(context, obj))
-        for action in actions if action.multi == multi
+        action.render(obj, **kwargs) for action in actions if action.multi == multi
     ]
     return mark_safe(''.join(buttons))