Update only the primary/OOB IP fields when saving the parent object

netbox/dcim/apps.py

@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ class DCIMConfig(AppConfig):
         denormalized.register(CableTermination, '_location', {
             '_site': 'site',
         })
+        denormalized.register(Device, 'virtual_chassis', {
+            '_virtual_chassis_name': 'name',
+        })
+        denormalized.register(Device, 'primary_ip4', {
+            '_primary_ip4_address': 'address',
+        })
+        denormalized.register(Device, 'primary_ip6', {
+            '_primary_ip6_address': 'address',
+        })
 
         # Register counters
         connect_counters(Device, DeviceType, ModuleType, RackType, VirtualChassis)

netbox/dcim/filtersets.py

@@ -1331,13 +1331,14 @@ class DeviceFilterSet(
             return queryset
         return queryset.filter(
             Q(name__icontains=value) |
-            Q(virtual_chassis__name__icontains=value) |
             Q(serial__icontains=value.strip()) |
             Q(asset_tag__icontains=value.strip()) |
             Q(description__icontains=value.strip()) |
             Q(comments__icontains=value) |
-            Q(primary_ip4__address__startswith=value) |
+            # Denormalized fields
-            Q(primary_ip6__address__startswith=value)
+            Q(_virtual_chassis_name__icontains=value) |
+            Q(_primary_ip4_address__startswith=value) |
+            Q(_primary_ip6_address__startswith=value)
         ).distinct()
 
     def _has_primary_ip(self, queryset, name, value):

netbox/dcim/graphql/types.py

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class ConsoleServerPortTemplateType(ModularComponentTemplateType):
 
 @strawberry_django.type(
     models.Device,
-    fields='__all__',
+    exclude=['_virtual_chassis_name', '_primary_ip4_address', '_primary_ip6_address'],
     filters=DeviceFilter,
     pagination=True
 )

netbox/dcim/migrations/0226_denormalize_search_attrs.py

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+from django.db import migrations, models
+from django.db.models import Q
+
+import ipam.fields
+
+
+def backfill_denormalized_fields(apps, schema_editor):
+    Device = apps.get_model('dcim', 'Device')
+
+    # TODO: Optimize for bulk operations
+    for device in Device.objects.filter(
+        Q(virtual_chassis__isnull=False) | Q(primary_ip4__isnull=False) | Q(primary_ip6__isnull=False)
+    ):
+        device._virtual_chassis_name = device.virtual_chassis.name if device.virtual_chassis else ''
+        device._primary_ip4_address = device.primary_ip4.address if device.primary_ip4 else None
+        device._primary_ip6_address = device.primary_ip6.address if device.primary_ip6 else None
+        device.save()
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('dcim', '0225_gfk_indexes'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='device',
+            name='_primary_ip4_address',
+            field=ipam.fields.IPAddressField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='device',
+            name='_primary_ip6_address',
+            field=ipam.fields.IPAddressField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='device',
+            name='_virtual_chassis_name',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.RunPython(
+            code=backfill_denormalized_fields,
+            reverse_code=migrations.RunPython.noop
+        ),
+    ]

netbox/dcim/models/devices.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from dcim.fields import MACAddressField
 from dcim.utils import create_port_mappings, update_interface_bridges
 from extras.models import ConfigContextModel, CustomField
 from extras.querysets import ConfigContextModelQuerySet
+from ipam.fields import IPAddressField
 from netbox.choices import ColorChoices
 from netbox.config import ConfigItem
 from netbox.models import NestedGroupModel, OrganizationalModel, PrimaryModel
@@ -673,6 +674,19 @@ class Device(
         related_query_name='device',
     )
 
+    # Denormalized fields
+    _virtual_chassis_name = models.CharField(
+        blank=True,
+    )
+    _primary_ip4_address = IPAddressField(
+        blank=True,
+        null=True,
+    )
+    _primary_ip6_address = IPAddressField(
+        blank=True,
+        null=True,
+    )
+
     # Counter fields
     console_port_count = CounterCacheField(
         to_model='dcim.ConsolePort',

netbox/ipam/forms/model_forms.py

@@ -424,34 +424,40 @@ class IPAddressForm(TenancyForm, PrimaryModelForm):
     def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
         ipaddress = super().save(*args, **kwargs)
 
-        # Assign/clear this IPAddress as the primary for the associated Device/VirtualMachine.
         interface = self.instance.assigned_object
         if type(interface) in (Interface, VMInterface):
             parent = interface.parent_object
             parent.snapshot()
+            update_fields = []
+
+            # Assign/clear this IPAddress as the primary for the associated Device/VirtualMachine.
             if self.cleaned_data['primary_for_parent']:
                 if ipaddress.address.version == 4:
                     parent.primary_ip4 = ipaddress
+                    update_fields.append('primary_ip4')
                 else:
                     parent.primary_ip6 = ipaddress
-                parent.save()
+                    update_fields.append('primary_ip6')
             elif ipaddress.address.version == 4 and parent.primary_ip4 == ipaddress:
                 parent.primary_ip4 = None
-                parent.save()
+                update_fields.append('primary_ip4')
             elif ipaddress.address.version == 6 and parent.primary_ip6 == ipaddress:
                 parent.primary_ip6 = None
-                parent.save()
+                update_fields.append('primary_ip6')
 
-        # Assign/clear this IPAddress as the OOB for the associated Device
+            # Assign/clear this IPAddress as the OOB for the associated Device
-        if type(interface) is Interface:
+            if type(interface) is Interface:
-            parent = interface.parent_object
+                if self.cleaned_data['oob_for_parent']:
-            parent.snapshot()
+                    parent.oob_ip = ipaddress
-            if self.cleaned_data['oob_for_parent']:
+                    update_fields.append('oob_ip')
-                parent.oob_ip = ipaddress
+                elif parent.oob_ip == ipaddress:
-                parent.save()
+                    parent.oob_ip = None
-            elif parent.oob_ip == ipaddress:
+                    update_fields.append('oob_ip')
-                parent.oob_ip = None
+
-                parent.save()
+            # Save the parent object if appropriate. Update only the relevant fields to avoid conflicts with e.g.
+            # denormalized data on the parent object.
+            if update_fields:
+                parent.save(update_fields=update_fields)
 
         return ipaddress