FieldError upon sorting by contact group #1183

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MrUnknownDE · 2026-04-05T21:33:23+02:00

MrUnknownDE commented

2026-04-05 21:33:23 +02:00

Originally created by @tacerus on 9/29/2025

NetBox Edition

NetBox Community

NetBox Version

v4.4.1

Python Version

3.11

Steps to Reproduce

Open the contacts view of any device (/dcim/devices/xxx/contacts)
Use "Configure Table" to add the "Group" column
Click "GROUP" to sort by Contact Group
- this does not work reliably, it seems sometimes it is rendered with href="" instead of href="#"
- alternatively manually add the query parameter ?sort=contact_group

Note that whilst reproduced and reported against the latest version of NetBox at the time of writing, the problem was already observed with earlier versions.

Expected Behavior

No error should be returned, the list of contacts should be sorted by contact group.
The broken preference should not be persisted into the database.

Observed Behavior

FieldError at /dcim/devices/37122/contacts/

Cannot resolve keyword 'group' into field. Choices are: address, assignments, bookmarks, comments, created, custom_field_data, description, email, groups, id, journal_entries, last_updated, link, name, phone, subscriptions, tagged_items, tags, title

Find the traceback here.

Worse, the user is now locked out from loading the /contacts view, as the problem was also written into the database:

SELECT users_userconfig.id, data->'tables'->'ContactAssignmentTable' AS x FROM users_userconfig INNER JOIN users_user ON users_user.id = user_id WHERE username = 'myuser';
1|{"columns": ["object_type", "object", "contact", "role", "priority", "contact_email", "contact_phone", "contact_group"], "ordering": ["contact_group"]}

To "repair" the user, an administrator needs to manually remove the offending entry from the JSON (as there is only one entry in the list, I just delete the whole ordering key for simplicity):

UPDATE users_userconfig SET data = data #- '{tables, ContactAssignmentTable, ordering}' WHERE id = 1;
UPDATE 1

This lasts until the user clicks "GROUP" again. ;-)

*Originally created by @tacerus on 9/29/2025* ### NetBox Edition NetBox Community ### NetBox Version v4.4.1 ### Python Version 3.11 ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Open the contacts view of any device (/dcim/devices/xxx/contacts) 2. Use "Configure Table" to add the "Group" column 3. Click "GROUP" to sort by Contact Group - this does not work reliably, it seems sometimes it is rendered with `href=""` instead of `href="#"` - alternatively manually add the query parameter `?sort=contact_group` Note that whilst reproduced and reported against the latest version of NetBox at the time of writing, the problem was already observed with earlier versions. ### Expected Behavior - No error should be returned, the list of contacts should be sorted by contact group. - The broken preference should not be persisted into the database. ### Observed Behavior ``` FieldError at /dcim/devices/37122/contacts/ Cannot resolve keyword 'group' into field. Choices are: address, assignments, bookmarks, comments, created, custom_field_data, description, email, groups, id, journal_entries, last_updated, link, name, phone, subscriptions, tagged_items, tags, title ``` Find the [traceback here](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/22598048/traceback.txt). Worse, the user is now locked out from loading the /contacts view, as the problem was also written into the database: ``` SELECT users_userconfig.id, data->'tables'->'ContactAssignmentTable' AS x FROM users_userconfig INNER JOIN users_user ON users_user.id = user_id WHERE username = 'myuser'; 1|{"columns": ["object_type", "object", "contact", "role", "priority", "contact_email", "contact_phone", "contact_group"], "ordering": ["contact_group"]} ``` To "repair" the user, an administrator needs to manually remove the offending entry from the JSON (as there is only one entry in the list, I just delete the whole `ordering` key for simplicity): ``` UPDATE users_userconfig SET data = data #- '{tables, ContactAssignmentTable, ordering}' WHERE id = 1; UPDATE 1 ``` This lasts until the user clicks "GROUP" again. ;-)

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Reference: github/netbox#1183