From ecdd4bf076a65e891ea5a5228f9b5a67dce51438 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@netboxlabs.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:35:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add background_job toggle to BulkEditForm

---
 netbox/netbox/forms/base.py     | 7 +++----
 netbox/users/forms/bulk_edit.py | 6 +++---
 netbox/utilities/forms/forms.py | 9 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/netbox/netbox/forms/base.py b/netbox/netbox/forms/base.py
index 632d5ecb1..57cfd1801 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/forms/base.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/forms/base.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from core.models import ObjectType
 from extras.choices import *
 from extras.models import CustomField, Tag
-from utilities.forms import CSVModelForm
+from utilities.forms import BulkEditForm, CSVModelForm
 from utilities.forms.fields import CSVModelMultipleChoiceField, DynamicModelMultipleChoiceField
 from utilities.forms.mixins import CheckLastUpdatedMixin
 from .mixins import CustomFieldsMixin, SavedFiltersMixin, TagsMixin
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class NetBoxModelImportForm(CSVModelForm, NetBoxModelForm):
         return customfield.to_form_field(for_csv_import=True)
 
 
-class NetBoxModelBulkEditForm(CustomFieldsMixin, forms.Form):
+class NetBoxModelBulkEditForm(CustomFieldsMixin, BulkEditForm):
     """
     Base form for modifying multiple NetBox objects (of the same type) in bulk via the UI. Adds support for custom
     fields and adding/removing tags.
@@ -108,9 +108,8 @@ class NetBoxModelBulkEditForm(CustomFieldsMixin, forms.Form):
     Attributes:
         fieldsets: An iterable of two-tuples which define a heading and field set to display per section of
             the rendered form (optional). If not defined, the all fields will be rendered as a single section.
-        nullable_fields: A list of field names indicating which fields support being set to null/empty
     """
-    nullable_fields = ()
+    fieldsets = None
 
     pk = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
         queryset=None,  # Set from self.model on init
diff --git a/netbox/users/forms/bulk_edit.py b/netbox/users/forms/bulk_edit.py
index 52a022de3..7c50f1ed1 100644
--- a/netbox/users/forms/bulk_edit.py
+++ b/netbox/users/forms/bulk_edit.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ __all__ = (
 )
 
 
-class UserBulkEditForm(forms.Form):
+class UserBulkEditForm(BulkEditForm):
     pk = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
         queryset=User.objects.all(),
         widget=forms.MultipleHiddenInput
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class UserBulkEditForm(forms.Form):
     nullable_fields = ('first_name', 'last_name')
 
 
-class GroupBulkEditForm(forms.Form):
+class GroupBulkEditForm(BulkEditForm):
     pk = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
         queryset=Group.objects.all(),
         widget=forms.MultipleHiddenInput
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class GroupBulkEditForm(forms.Form):
     nullable_fields = ('description',)
 
 
-class ObjectPermissionBulkEditForm(forms.Form):
+class ObjectPermissionBulkEditForm(BulkEditForm):
     pk = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
         queryset=ObjectPermission.objects.all(),
         widget=forms.MultipleHiddenInput
diff --git a/netbox/utilities/forms/forms.py b/netbox/utilities/forms/forms.py
index d9bacbe8b..63ac1cdb1 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/forms/forms.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/forms/forms.py
@@ -31,9 +31,18 @@ class ConfirmationForm(forms.Form):
 class BulkEditForm(forms.Form):
     """
     Provides bulk edit support for objects.
+
+    Attributes:
+        nullable_fields: A list of field names indicating which fields support being set to null/empty
     """
     nullable_fields = ()
 
+    background_job = forms.BooleanField(
+        label=_('Background job'),
+        help_text=_("Process as a job to edit objects in the background"),
+        required=False,
+    )
+
 
 class BulkRenameForm(forms.Form):
     """