"Unexpected error encountered" loading dashboard for some users

[jbarson47]

Hi there - we're seeing an odd issue when attempting to edit a dashboard, and some users report seeing this issue on login as well when loading up the dashboard, resulting in an "Unexpected error encountered" screen displaying the following message:
Validation failed: MiqWidgetSet: Set data Unable to find widget ids: 23, 25 [dashboard/show]

from production.log:
[----] I, [2023-08-29T06:22:43.125452 #1737390:131f0] INFO -- production: Started GET "/dashboard/show" for 127.0.0.1 at 2023-08-29 06:22:43 +0000
[----] I, [2023-08-29T06:22:43.129525 #1737390:131f0] INFO -- production: Processing by DashboardController#show as HTML
[----] F, [2023-08-29T06:22:43.171369 #1737390:131f0] FATAL -- production: Error caught: [ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid] Validation failed: MiqWidgetSet: Set data Unable to find widget ids: 23, 25

However, we confirmed that no miq_widget_set exists in the VMDB with miq_widget 23 or 25 in their miq_widgets, so we're having some trouble identifying what's referring to these widgets. Is there another way to determine what could be referencing the widget in the validation errors?

[Fryguy]

If I recall, the widget references are in a serialized column under the dashboard (not the best but it is what it is). @jeffibm do you recall where those lived exactly.

[jeffibm]

If I recall, the widget references are in a serialized column under the dashboard (not the best but it is what it is). @jeffibm do you recall where those lived exactly.

The widgets are stored in MiqWidgetSet.

MiqWidgetSet.last.set_data
 => {:col1=>[5, 19, 17], :col2=>[16, 6], :reset_upon_login=>false, :locked=>false} 

[Fryguy]

@jeffibm Can you take a look at this one or assign to someone?

[jeffibm]

@jeffibm Can you take a look at this one or assign to someone?

Hey @Fryguy

In which branch should we test this?

I believe this case has been fixed In the master branch though.

[Fryguy]

@jbarson47 Which version?

[jbarson47]

@Fryguy We are running Najdorf 1.3.

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[jeffibm]

is there an environment where we can test/reproduce this issue?
if possible, a screen video would help narrow this down..