splunk / splunk/contentctl

[BUG] alert.suppress parameter is locked in by the Splunk GUI (ES Content Management)

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Description

Describe the bug

When a detection which has throttling enabled, is edited with ES Content Management, the value for alert.suppress will be set to 1, instead to true which the jinja2 template sets here.

As a result, the parameter is set in local/savedsearches.conf which locks why further updates that might come through default/savedsearches.conf, using DaC methodology.

Expected behavior

contentctl should follow the "preferences" of whatever the Spunk GUI wants to set.

contentctl Version:

v5.5.9

ES Version:

v7.3.4

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Research direction

Start at contentctl/output/templates/savedsearches_detections.j2 line 82 and inspect how throttled detections are rendered into default/savedsearches.conf and local/savedsearches.conf. Compare the generated alert.suppress value with the Splunk ES GUI representation; done means contentctl preserves the GUI-compatible value without locking later DaC updates.

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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
48/100

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