From c2d33639302188614d0b14a620387b0106d9726b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@netboxlabs.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:04:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Closes #18399: Refactor logic for marking data source syncing
 as queued (#19960)

---
 netbox/core/api/views.py | 19 ++++++++-----------
 netbox/core/jobs.py      | 11 +++++++++++
 netbox/core/views.py     |  7 +------
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/netbox/core/api/views.py b/netbox/core/api/views.py
index 4e5b148fc..fc4b85e61 100644
--- a/netbox/core/api/views.py
+++ b/netbox/core/api/views.py
@@ -1,29 +1,28 @@
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+from django_rq.queues import get_redis_connection
+from django_rq.settings import QUEUES_LIST
+from django_rq.utils import get_statistics
 from drf_spectacular.types import OpenApiTypes
 from drf_spectacular.utils import extend_schema
+from rest_framework import viewsets
 from rest_framework.decorators import action
 from rest_framework.exceptions import PermissionDenied
+from rest_framework.permissions import IsAdminUser
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.routers import APIRootView
 from rest_framework.viewsets import ReadOnlyModelViewSet
+from rq.job import Job as RQ_Job
+from rq.worker import Worker
 
 from core import filtersets
-from core.choices import DataSourceStatusChoices
 from core.jobs import SyncDataSourceJob
 from core.models import *
 from core.utils import delete_rq_job, enqueue_rq_job, get_rq_jobs, requeue_rq_job, stop_rq_job
-from django_rq.queues import get_redis_connection
-from django_rq.utils import get_statistics
-from django_rq.settings import QUEUES_LIST
 from netbox.api.metadata import ContentTypeMetadata
 from netbox.api.pagination import LimitOffsetListPagination
 from netbox.api.viewsets import NetBoxModelViewSet, NetBoxReadOnlyModelViewSet
-from rest_framework import viewsets
-from rest_framework.permissions import IsAdminUser
-from rq.job import Job as RQ_Job
-from rq.worker import Worker
 from . import serializers
 
 
@@ -50,10 +49,8 @@ class DataSourceViewSet(NetBoxModelViewSet):
         if not request.user.has_perm('core.sync_datasource', obj=datasource):
             raise PermissionDenied(_("This user does not have permission to synchronize this data source."))
 
-        # Enqueue the sync job & update the DataSource's status
+        # Enqueue the sync job
         SyncDataSourceJob.enqueue(instance=datasource, user=request.user)
-        datasource.status = DataSourceStatusChoices.QUEUED
-        DataSource.objects.filter(pk=datasource.pk).update(status=datasource.status)
 
         serializer = serializers.DataSourceSerializer(datasource, context={'request': request})
 
diff --git a/netbox/core/jobs.py b/netbox/core/jobs.py
index b3dfaf1e7..5806d7d42 100644
--- a/netbox/core/jobs.py
+++ b/netbox/core/jobs.py
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ class SyncDataSourceJob(JobRunner):
     class Meta:
         name = 'Synchronization'
 
+    @classmethod
+    def enqueue(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+        job = super().enqueue(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # Update the DataSource's synchronization status to queued
+        if datasource := job.object:
+            datasource.status = DataSourceStatusChoices.QUEUED
+            DataSource.objects.filter(pk=datasource.pk).update(status=datasource.status)
+
+        return job
+
     def run(self, *args, **kwargs):
         datasource = DataSource.objects.get(pk=self.job.object_id)
 
diff --git a/netbox/core/views.py b/netbox/core/views.py
index ef52147f1..8ae8e82d8 100644
--- a/netbox/core/views.py
+++ b/netbox/core/views.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ from utilities.json import ConfigJSONEncoder
 from utilities.query import count_related
 from utilities.views import ContentTypePermissionRequiredMixin, GetRelatedModelsMixin, register_model_view
 from . import filtersets, forms, tables
-from .choices import DataSourceStatusChoices
 from .jobs import SyncDataSourceJob
 from .models import *
 from .plugins import get_catalog_plugins, get_local_plugins
@@ -78,12 +77,8 @@ class DataSourceSyncView(BaseObjectView):
 
     def post(self, request, pk):
         datasource = get_object_or_404(self.queryset, pk=pk)
-
-        # Enqueue the sync job & update the DataSource's status
+        # Enqueue the sync job
         job = SyncDataSourceJob.enqueue(instance=datasource, user=request.user)
-        datasource.status = DataSourceStatusChoices.QUEUED
-        DataSource.objects.filter(pk=datasource.pk).update(status=datasource.status)
-
         messages.success(
             request,
             _("Queued job #{id} to sync {datasource}").format(id=job.pk, datasource=datasource)