splunk / splunk/contentctl

improve validation of risk_message fields

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Description

One of the errors that is seen during integration testing is the tokenized field $field$ is not present in the search output. Lets add check this in validate so that we can catch this earlier before integration testing.

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Research direction

Start by locating the validate logic for risk_message fields in contentctl and trace how the search output is checked. Done means validation reports when a tokenized field such as $field$ is absent, before integration testing reaches this error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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