Default PDF submission field cannot be turned off

[bahlgren]

We fail to turn off the default PDF submission field, that is, setting the "PDF requirement" to "No PDF allowed" isn't saved properly. It reverts to the previous setting after saving.

This is present in version a46a846 of Aug 22nd 2024. But we have other instances running the same version with the "No PDF allowed" setting that works as expected. So I'm puzzled.

[kohler]

Hi @bahlgren sorry for leaving this. I don't have an explanation and I haven't heard of any problems on hotcrp.com. But advanced settings (JSON) might help debug it.

[bahlgren]

Thanks for the reply! I was also thinking that the json settings got in a strange state. Attaching the snippet that I believe is relevant, let me know if you would like to see more! One more thing, I think that the json settings have been carried over from an earlier version of hotcrp.

submission-pdf-issue-site-config.json

[bahlgren]

In an instance where the default PDF is disabled, I see "condition": false for "id": "Submission" in the JSON config.

[kohler]

There is nothing unusual in those settings. Things to try: (1) Set the “PDF requirement” to “PDF required”, save, and then set it again to “No PDF allowed”. Does that help? (2) Change the JSON for sf/submission to have "condition": false. Does that help?

[bahlgren]

I tried first setting "PDF required to complete submission", but that didn't help. Regardless of whether set to this or "PDF optional", choosing "No PDF allowed" results in "No changes" when pressing save, and the setting returns to what it was.

Setting "condition": false however does help, it then says "No PDF Allowed", but then this setting cannot be changed to anything else instead!

[kohler]

Setting "condition": false however does help, it then says "No PDF Allowed", but then this setting cannot be changed to anything else instead!

FWIW, you should be able to change the JSON settings again.

This is annoying behavior, and I might be able to make progress if I knew your options.php or your database contents. If you are comfortable doing so, you can send me (1) the content of options.php, and (2) a database dump restricted to your settings (edit the output of php batch/backupdb.php to remove everything but Settings, or send the result of lib/runsql.sh "select * from Settings"), over email.