posit-dev / posit-dev/rsconnect-python
deploy fails to redeploy due to global config
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Description
Replaces https://github.com/posit-dev/connect/issues/30437
System details
OS Version : OSX Sonoma
Problem Statement
Creating it as a "bug" because it could be perceived as one from the users.
Steps to Reproduce
- Deploy an application (I'm using a streamlit dashboard, but shouldn't matter)
- The application is deployed with an ID, for example:
87a2d580-58fd-4e85-9027-c7946958806c
- The application is deployed with an ID, for example:
- Delete the application
Removed application 87a2d580-58fd-4e85-9027-c7946958806c ("main")
- Deploy the same application again
- The deploy fails with an error:
Posit Connect reported an error (calling /__api__/applications/87a2d580-58fd-4e85-9027-c7946958806c): The requested object does not exist.
- The deploy fails with an error:
Actual Behavior
The deploy fails because it tries to reuse an application that was deleted.
This happens even when the user deletes the rsconnect-python directory from the application itself.
That is caused by rsconnect-python saving a global state in /Users/{ME}/Library/Application Support/rsconnect-python where the application ID is stored.
There are 3 problems that I see:
- The user is unable to deploy the application again after deleting it
rsconnect-pythonbehaviour is different based on the computer where it gets run as the global state is different- Moving the project directory around causes a mismatch between the global state and the project state (because the global state stores the PATH) even though the project is the same and its state didn't change.
Expected Behavior
- Doing the deploy again succeeds and creates a new application
- There is no global state.
- I think it's perfectly reasonable to store the state in the application itself (as it already does within the
$PROJECT_DIR/rsconnect-pythonsubdirectory) so that it can be committed.
- I think it's perfectly reasonable to store the state in the application itself (as it already does within the
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how the deploy command reads and writes state in the project’s rsconnect-python directory and the global /Users/{ME}/Library/Application Support/rsconnect-python location. Reproduce the delete-and-redeploy sequence with the example application ID, then determine how state should behave when the project moves. Done means redeploying creates a new application without relying on global state.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100