`DashboardPage.gotoBySlug/gotoById` still navigated to
`superset/dashboard/<id>/`. After `Superset.route_base = ""` in commit
d8335c0e1b, those routes live at `/dashboard/<id>/`, so every Playwright
dashboard test that called these helpers (clear-all-filters, export×2,
theme) consistently timed out waiting for `dashboard-header-container`
to appear on what was actually a 404. Drop the prefix to match the
post-migration path — same pattern that fix already applied to the
Cypress and Playwright URL constants.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
CI 25898464041 (Python-Integration, postgres + mysql) failed
`test_slices` and `test_slice_id_is_always_logged_correctly_on_web_request`
with werkzeug.test.ClientRedirectError: Loop detected: A 302 redirect to
/explore/?slice_id=216&form_data={"slice_id": 216} was already made.
`Slice.slice_url` builds /explore/?slice_id=X&form_data={"slice_id": X},
i.e. no datasource. The ExploreView.root redirect added in d8335c0e1b
fires unconditionally when form_data is present, but
Superset.get_redirect_url() only rewrites the URL when
parsed_form_data["datasource"] exists (the form_data → form_data_key
caching path is gated on a datasource). Without one, the redirect target
equals the source and the test client follows itself in circles.
Fix: pre-parse form_data and only delegate to get_redirect_url when a
datasource is present; otherwise fall through to render_app_template.
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CI pre-commit failed on 25898464022. The `describe('brand link single-prefix
regressions (subdirectory deployment)', ...)` block from b7c4d1e999 was
under-indented; prettier corrected it to nest under the describe.
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Three CI failures rooted in the route_base="" migration:
* Backend `test_explore_redirect`: `Superset.explore` and `ExploreView.root`
both register at `/explore/`; ExploreView wins, leaving the form_data →
form_data_key cache-and-redirect contract dead. Move that early-return
into `ExploreView.root` (delegates to `Superset.get_redirect_url()`).
* Cypress `actions.test.js` / `editmode.test.ts`: `cypress/utils/urls.ts`
still hardcoded `/superset/dashboard/...` for 4 dashboard constants;
drop the prefix.
* Playwright `auth/login.spec.ts`: `playwright/utils/urls.ts` `WELCOME`
was `'superset/welcome/'`; login redirects to `/welcome/` now.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
After Superset.route_base="" (c531185d0a) and the FAB-link migration
(28b845ead4), `url_for` for the core blueprint emits `/dashboard/...`,
`/explore/...`, `/explore_json/...`, `/welcome/...` etc. (no `/superset/`
segment). Likewise the Tag component renders `/all_entities/?id=<id>`,
and rewritePermalinkOrigin substitutes window.location.origin into
backend permalinks at the frontend boundary.
Update test expectations to match:
* Python unit: tests/unit_tests/commands/report/execute_test.py drops
`superset/` from the 12 `dashboard/p/...` expected paths and the
`superset/dashboard/` membership check (kept assertion meaningful
via the existing `dashboard/p/` negative check).
* Python integration: drop `/superset/` from URLs hit by tests and
from URLs asserted against API payloads in core_tests, dashboard_tests,
dashboards/api_tests, event_logger_tests, log_api_tests, security_tests,
strategy_tests, utils_tests, reports/commands_tests,
reports/commands/execute_dashboard_report_tests. Fixed the regex in
test_new_dashboard to match the new Location header shape.
* Jest: ChartList tag-link assertion drops `/superset/`, and
URLShortLinkButton tests assert the rewritten URL
(`${window.location.origin}/123`) the component renders after
rewritePermalinkOrigin, instead of the raw backend `http://fakeurl.com/123`.
These were called out in PROJECT.md as the queued "integration test sweep
for old `/superset/<endpoint>/` shapes" — this commit closes that item.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
PROJECT.md and the appRoot-dedupe memory both describe Layer-2 invariants
that didn't actually exist yet — only the pathUtils-import and raw-href
scans were enforced. Add the three missing scans (each paired with a
stale-allowlist check, matching the established pattern) so the migration
allow-lists actively police progress:
- applicationRoot() callsite scan — 5 sanctioned modules + 2 migration
targets (FilterBar, useStreamingExport).
- Direct window.open/window.location/window.history navigation scan —
9 violator files allow-listed.
- Hard-coded /superset/ path literal scan — 16 violator files allow-
listed (frontend + superset-ui-core), with a small comment-line filter
so explanatory JSDoc/inline comments don't false-positive.
Also pin the protocol-relative URL branch of `isAllowedScheme` in
RedirectWarning/utils.ts: the `//host` guard had no test even though the
catch branch would otherwise pass `//evil.example.com` as "relative."
27 tests green (9 invariants + 18 RedirectWarning); pre-commit clean.
Sharing an embed code on docker-light produced an iframe pointing at the
internal container hostname:
<iframe src="http://superset-light:8088/superset/explore/p/<key>/?...">
Anyone copying that iframe outside the container network gets a broken
embed.
Root cause is upstream: the permalink endpoints build the URL with
`url_for(..., _external=True)`, which uses Flask's `request.host_url`.
With `ENABLE_PROXY_FIX=False` (default) or any proxy that doesn't pass
`X-Forwarded-Host`, that's the internal hostname Flask saw — not the
user's browsing origin.
Fix is frontend-only and deployment-agnostic. New helper
`rewritePermalinkOrigin` replaces the URL's origin with
`window.location.origin`, preserving path + query + hash so the
subdirectory prefix survives. `resolvePermalinkUrl` calls it on the
non-embedded branch (chart and dashboard permalinks both flow through
here). Embedded-mode path is unchanged: the host SDK's Switchboard
callback is the authoritative override there, and the iframe's origin
is not necessarily reachable from where the user will paste the embed.
Defensive guards:
- Falsy `window.location.origin` (some test stubs replace `location`
with `{ href: '' }`) returns input unchanged rather than emitting
`"undefined/..."`.
- `new URL()` throw (relative path, garbage) returns input unchanged.
Pin the new behaviour with 5 cases in `urlUtils.test.ts` (docker-light
repro, query+hash preservation, same-origin no-op, unparseable input,
missing origin). 78 tests across `urlUtils`, `EmbedCodeContent`,
`ShareMenuItems`, and dashboard `Header` suites stay green.
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DashboardsSubMenu rendered each "dashboards this chart belongs to" entry as
`<Link to="/superset/dashboard/<id>?focused_chart=<chartId>">`, which the
React Router `basename={applicationRoot()}` then re-prepended on a
/superset/ deployment. The resulting `/superset/superset/dashboard/9` URL
fell through to the JSON 404 handler. This is the same class of bug as
c531185d's SPA route alignment; this call site was missed by that sweep.
Drop the `/superset/` prefix so the Link resolves to `/dashboard/<id>...`
once the Router applies the basename. Regression test pins both the
focused-chart and bare hrefs (covers the user's exact URL: dashboard 9,
chart 102). Surrounding "Complex Label" placeholder removed from the test
harness so React Router's anchor is rendered and queryable.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adversarial review surfaced six classes of subdirectory-deployment gaps not
covered by the existing TDD scaffold. Each is fixed where it lives, with
pinning tests added beside the change:
Helpers
- navigationUtils: drop `//` from the navigation safety regex so
`openInNewTab('//evil.com')` can no longer open a cross-origin tab
- pathUtils.stripAppRoot: greedy strip so an upstream `/superset/superset/x`
payload survives one strip + react-router basename re-prepend
- RedirectWarning.isAllowedScheme: explicit `//` guard; the `new URL(...)`
catch branch was silently allowing protocol-relative URLs through
- SupersetClientClass.getUrl: implement the runtime appRoot dedupe the
project memory was already documenting. Flips the contract test from
pinning the doubled shape under a misleading name to asserting single-
prefix emission with segment-boundary + bare-root coverage
Frontend literals and sinks
- loggerMiddleware: `/superset/log/` -> `/log/` (matches the live route
after `Superset.route_base = ""`); updated three test fixtures
- DatasetPanel: raw `window.open(explore_url)` -> `openInNewTab` with null guard
- RedirectWarning: raw `window.location.href = targetUrl` -> `redirect()`
so the helpers' validation applies
Backend literals and sinks
- Slice.explore_json_url: `/superset/explore_json` -> `/explore_json`
- Database.sql_url: `/superset/sql/<id>/` (route no longer exists) ->
`/sqllab/?dbid=<id>` (the live SQL Lab deep-link)
- tasks/async_queries.result_url: same `/superset/` strip
- initialization Home menu: hardcoded `href="/superset/welcome/"` ->
`f"{app_root}/welcome/"` so it works under any application_root
FAB list-view raw HTML
- dashboard_link / slice_link render raw `<a href=...>` strings, which do
not receive SCRIPT_NAME at render time. Migrated both to `url_for`
(`Superset.dashboard` / `ExploreView.root`) so subdir deployments emit
single-prefix hrefs. The model properties themselves keep their
router-relative shape for frontend callers using ensureAppRoot
Tests
- test_subdirectory_url_for.py grew from 7 to 11 cases pinning
Slice.explore_json_url, Database.sql_url, dashboard_link, and slice_link
under SCRIPT_NAME=/superset
- 82 helper Jest tests + 71 touched component tests green; pre-commit clean
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Round-4 follow-up to 756458f031. Four user-reported symptoms on /superset/
deployments — blank welcome, blank dashboard edit mode, doubled explore
copy-permalink, JSON 404 on dashboard discard — all trace to round-2
leftovers:
- superset-frontend/src/views/routes.tsx: six SPA routes still hard-coded
the /superset/ prefix on top of <Router basename={applicationRoot()}>.
React Router never matched them post-basename. Drop the prefix on
welcome, file-handler, dashboard/:idOrSlug, explore/p, all_entities,
and tags. isFrontendRoute stripAppRoots its input so menu URLs that
carry the appRoot still resolve.
- Menu.tsx + RightMenu.tsx: SPA-route menu branches handed already-rooted
URLs to <NavLink>/<Link>, doubling them via basename. Mirror the
round-3 brand-link stripAppRoot pattern.
- superset/views/{explore,tags,all_entities}.py: three sibling view
classes still declared route_base = "/superset/...". Mirror
Superset.route_base="".
- superset/models/dashboard.py: Dashboard.url / get_url returned
"/superset/dashboard/<id>/", producing doubled DashboardList row hrefs
that caused the discard-edit 404. Return "/dashboard/<id>/" so
downstream ensureAppRoot-aware consumers prepend exactly once.
- superset/mcp_service/dashboard/{schemas,tool/*}.py: seven sibling
hard-codes of "/superset/dashboard/<id>/" updated identically.
Tests pin shapes for ExplorePermalinkView.permalink, TagModelView.list,
TaggedObjectsModelView.list, Dashboard.get_url, and the MCP dashboard
url emission. routes.test.tsx adds appRoot-prefixed lookup coverage and
documents the dict-lookup-no-pattern-match limitation.
UPDATING.md notes the new sibling route_base moves and the model URL
change alongside the round-2 Superset.route_base entry.
Live Playwright re-validation confirmed all four bugs fixed.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Addresses three minor findings from the /review-code pass on e6a58cb047:
- pathUtils.test.ts: cover `stripAppRoot('/superset/')` (trailing slash)
in addition to the no-slash variant — both branches now return '/'.
- Menu.test.tsx: wrap the three rooted-brand-path regressions in a
describe block with a beforeEach that resets `observedGenericLinkTo`,
so a future inserted test cannot leak stale state.
- Menu.test.tsx: add a regression for the theme.brandLogoHref branch —
asserts that when `theme.brandLogoUrl` is set and `brandLogoHref` is
already rooted, the resulting <a href> is single-prefix. Closes the
test-coverage gap noted by the reviewer (the branch's runtime
correctness was already covered by ensureAppRoot idempotence in
e6a58cb047, but had no dedicated test).
71/71 touched-suite Jest tests green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
QA on the local /superset/ stack found the navbar brand anchor and logo
image rendering with a doubled `/superset/superset/...` prefix, despite
round-2's backend `Superset.route_base = ""` fix. Two collaborating
defects in the frontend URL helpers:
1. `ensureStaticPrefix(brand.icon)` blindly prepended
`staticAssetsPrefix()` over a value the backend had already prefixed
via `url_for('static', ...)`, producing
`/superset/superset/static/.../superset-logo-horiz.png` and a broken
image (visible as alt text in the navbar).
2. `<GenericLink to={brand.path}>` in `Menu.tsx`'s SPA-route branch
handed an already-rooted path to `react-router-dom <Link>`, which
resolves `to` against the SPA's `<Router basename={applicationRoot()}>`
(src/views/App.tsx), producing a doubled anchor `href`.
Fixes:
- `ensureAppRoot` in `src/utils/pathUtils.ts`: idempotent against an
already-rooted path, segment-boundary aware. Cherry-picked from
upstream `86ba63b072` (PR #39534).
- `ensureStaticPrefix` in `src/utils/assetUrl.ts`: mirror the same
idempotence pattern against `staticAssetsPrefix()`.
- New helper `stripAppRoot` in `src/utils/pathUtils.ts` (re-exported via
`navigationUtils.ts`): returns a path with its leading
application-root segment removed. Wired into `Menu.tsx`'s SPA-route
brand link so React Router's basename resolves cleanly.
Regression coverage:
- pathUtils.test.ts: 8 new cases (idempotence + stripAppRoot under
empty/single/nested/segment-boundary roots, plus absolute pass-through).
- assetUrl.test.ts: 6 new cases (mirror coverage for ensureStaticPrefix).
- Menu.test.tsx: 3 new cases — SPA-route brand link strips the root
before handing to GenericLink, non-SPA branch renders single-prefix,
nested-root variant.
69/69 touched-suite Jest tests green.
Out of scope (queued):
- DashboardList row hrefs and the broader `Dashboard.url` hard-coded
`/superset/...` literals (separate workstream documented in PROJECT.md).
- The four follow-on files in PR #39534
(Header/useHeaderActionsDropdownMenu.tsx, related tests) — those
address the fullscreen-toggle bug, not the navbar logo, and trip a
pre-existing toHaveStyleRule typecheck failure in this worktree.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Round-2 follow-up to the TDD scaffold. Two user-visible bugs in QA on
the local /superset deployment:
- Empty dashboard-tab "create a new chart" link opened a 404 tab under
/superset: raw <Typography.Link href="/chart/add?..."> with
target="_blank" bypasses React Router's basename, so the new tab
resolves the absolute path against the document origin without the
application root.
- "Copy permalink" produced /superset/superset/dashboard/p/<key>/ on
the clipboard. The same backend mechanism made the 18 routes on the
`Superset` view class unreachable at request time under subdirectory
deployment (404 for /superset/welcome/, /superset/dashboard/<id>/,
/superset/explore/, etc.).
Frontend:
- Tab.tsx — wrap the create-chart href with `ensureAppRoot()` from
navigationUtils so the application root is applied exactly once and
the new tab lands at the right path.
- New L2 invariant `RAW_HREF_ABSOLUTE_PATH_PATTERN` flags raw
absolute-from-root anchors (`href="/..."`, `href={`/...`}`, etc.) —
the bug class that bypasses both helpers and React Router basename.
Seeded with 7 remaining violator files paired with a
`toEqual([])` stale-allow-list check so each migration commit
shrinks the list in lockstep.
- Tab.subdirectory.test.tsx — empty / /superset / nested-root
regression pins via a jest.mock pattern on applicationRoot().
Backend (breaking change documented in UPDATING.md):
- Override `Superset.route_base = ""` so Flask-AppBuilder's
auto-derived `/superset` prefix no longer compounds with the
SCRIPT_NAME / basename that AppRootMiddleware sets. url_for now
emits single-prefix URLs and the routes are reachable under both
root and subdirectory deployments.
- Pin the new shape with four unit tests covering
Superset.dashboard_permalink (relative + external) and
Superset.welcome, with and without SCRIPT_NAME.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Records the contributor-facing rule that path prefixing should now go
through `src/utils/navigationUtils` rather than direct imports of
`pathUtils`, so the next person writing new code knows where to look.
The AppLink tests in navigationUtils.test.ts failed in CI because
withApplicationRoot's `jest.resetModules()` corrupts
@testing-library/react's module graph when its dist files are re-imported
across the reset.
Move AppLink coverage into navigationUtils.AppLink.test.tsx using the
file-level `jest.mock('src/utils/getBootstrapData', ...)` pattern
(same as SliceHeaderControls.subdirectory.test.tsx) so it works without
resetModules. JSX form is back, render is straightforward.
Codecov flagged 25 missing lines on the helper PR. The largest gaps were:
- navigationUtils.ts: only openInNewTab had Layer 1 coverage. Adds tests
for redirect (verifies window.location.href under empty / non-empty
appRoot, plus absolute-URL passthrough), getShareableUrl (origin +
prefix concatenation), and <AppLink> (anchor href prefixing, prop
passthrough, absolute-URL passthrough).
- normalizeBackendUrls.ts: Layer 3 covered top-level objects but missed
array recursion, nested objects, the reference-stable identity
guarantee, idempotence, the "value equals appRoot exactly" branch,
trailing-slash tolerance, and the class-instance bypass. Adds one
test per branch.
Wiring `normalizeBackendUrls` into every JSON response broke the
`/app/prefix` cypress dashboard editmode test — chart objects in
dashboard responses include `explore_url`, and at least one consumer
expects the field to come back already-prefixed (e.g. fed directly to
`window.open(dataset?.explore_url, ...)` in DatasetPanel).
The normaliser module stays in place — it's correct, conservative, and
already exercised by Layer 3 tests — but enabling it globally requires
a per-consumer audit of every site that uses `explore_url` (and any
field added later) so they migrate to a helper or strip the prefix
themselves. That audit is a follow-up; shipping the helpers + bug
fixes is the high-value part of this PR.
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The existing test asserted `window.open(url, '_blank')` with two args.
ViewQuery was migrated to `openInNewTab` which always passes the
mandatory `'noopener noreferrer'` features string. Update the assertion.
`SupersetClientClass.appRoot` is declared `string | undefined`. The
helper signature must match — the runtime guard `if (!appRoot)` already
covers the undefined case, so this is type-only.
Earlier amend used prettier 3.6.2 from a sibling worktree, which
disagreed with this repo's pinned 3.8.3 on `extends Omit<...>` line
wrapping. Reverts the formatting to what 3.8.3 produces (and CI expects).
Drains the PATH_UTILS_IMPORT_ALLOWLIST to empty by routing every direct
caller of `ensureAppRoot` / `makeUrl` through `src/utils/navigationUtils`,
either via the focused helpers (`openInNewTab`, `redirect`,
`getShareableUrl`, `<AppLink>`) or via the re-exported `ensureAppRoot` /
`makeUrl` for legitimate raw-prefix needs (native fetch, navigator
.sendBeacon, image src, third-party `href` props).
Changes by category:
Bug fixes (double-prefix removed)
- src/components/Chart/DrillDetail/DrillDetailPane.tsx — drop
`ensureAppRoot` wrap from `SupersetClient.postForm` (the client adds
appRoot internally)
- src/components/Chart/chartAction.ts — same fix on `redirectSQLLab`
postForm path
Bug fix (missing prefix added)
- src/pages/RedirectWarning/index.tsx — `handleReturn` was
`window.location.href = '/'`; now uses `redirect('/')` which prefixes
the application root
Migrations to focused helpers
- src/SqlLab/components/QueryTable/index.tsx — `window.open` →
`openInNewTab`
- src/explore/components/controls/ViewQuery.tsx — `window.open` →
`openInNewTab`
- src/pages/SavedQueryList/index.tsx — `${origin}${makeUrl}` →
`getShareableUrl`; `window.open(makeUrl)` → `openInNewTab`
- src/views/CRUD/hooks.ts — `${origin}${ensureAppRoot}` →
`getShareableUrl`
Migration to navigationUtils import path (raw prefix legitimately needed)
- src/SqlLab/components/ResultSet/index.tsx
- src/components/Datasource/components/DatasourceEditor/DatasourceEditor.tsx
- src/components/FacePile/index.tsx
- src/components/StreamingExportModal/useStreamingExport.ts
- src/explore/exploreUtils/index.ts
- src/features/datasets/AddDataset/LeftPanel/index.tsx
- src/features/home/Menu.tsx
- src/features/home/RightMenu.tsx
- src/features/home/SavedQueries.tsx
- src/middleware/loggerMiddleware.ts
- src/preamble.ts
SupersetClient now wires `normalizeBackendUrls` into the response path
so backend-supplied URL fields (currently `explore_url`) are stripped of
the configured root before they reach consumers — consumers re-prefix
via the helpers, never by hand.
The static-invariant test in `navigationUtils.invariants.test.ts` is
tightened from "any mention of ensureAppRoot/makeUrl" to "any direct
import from src/utils/pathUtils". The allow-list is empty —
navigationUtils.ts is the single sanctioned re-export point.
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The first iteration carried a lot of conversation context as inline
prose — section banners, "Layer N example", reinstatement plans for
parallel files that don't exist yet, multi-paragraph rationale for
single-line decisions. Code that lives in master should explain only
what's not obvious from the code itself.
This commit removes ~350 lines of comments from 9 files. Behaviour is
unchanged. Notable trims:
• normalizeBackendUrls.ts: 210 → 124 lines. First line of code now at
line 28 instead of line 61. Lengthy "why this is conservative" prose
folded into a short three-line note; per-helper docstrings kept only
where they explain non-obvious contracts.
• navigationUtils.ts: 177 → 107 lines. Section banners removed; the
short rationale for declaring primitives first and the comment on
the safe-URL allow-list kept since both surface non-obvious gotchas
(oxlint hoisting, CodeQL sanitiser visibility).
• Test files: dropped "Layer N example", "the full PR adds parallel
suites for X", and "this file ships one as a template" framing.
Kept the mock-prefix and TDZ comments in the SliceHeaderControls
test since both rules are easy to violate.
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The shard-6 hang reproduced on master independently of this PR — earlier
diagnostic edits (skipping the invariants scan) are no longer needed.
Reinstates the static-invariant scan in
`navigationUtils.invariants.test.ts` and keeps the previously seeded
PATH_UTILS_IMPORT_ALLOWLIST so the suite is GREEN today and shrinks as
each migration commit lands.
Also hoists the regex compile out of the per-line loop in
`scanSource`. With no `g` flag, `RegExp.exec()` ignores `lastIndex`, so
recompiling per line was wasted allocation across ~1.5M lines workspace-
wide. If the source pattern includes `g`, the helper now strips it once
at the top of the file rather than relying on per-line construction.
Adds `jest.setTimeout(20000)` to `navigationUtils.test.ts` as a
defence-in-depth safety net — any future hang surfaces a Jest timeout
error with the test name rather than running for the workflow's
six-hour wallclock limit.
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oxlint rejected `test.skip(...)` (no-disabled-tests rule). Remove the
skipped scan body entirely — the Layer 2 sentinel assertion stays and a
detailed comment block explains the reinstatement plan once the shard-6
hang is root-caused. Drop the now-unused scanSource/expectNoHits
imports from this file; they are still exported by sourceTreeScanner
for re-use when the scan is re-added.
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CI shard 6 has hung twice on this branch (3+ hours, no FAIL/PASS line for
any of our new test files in either log). The most fs-heavy of the new
files is `navigationUtils.invariants.test.ts` — the scanner walks ~1591
source files and runs a regex on every line.
Skip the scan body and replace it with a trivial sentinel assertion so:
• the file still has a runnable test (Jest doesn't report "no tests")
• if shard 6 still hangs after this push, the scan is ruled out and
the hunt narrows to Layer 1 / Layer 5 / shared infrastructure
• if shard 6 goes green, the scanner is confirmed as the cause and we
fix it (likely by reusing the regex without per-line recompilation
or by adding diagnostic timing) before re-enabling.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
After mirroring the actual getBootstrapData export shape, the default-export
arrow was called during import time (setupClient.ts, hostNamesConfig.ts,
and similar modules invoke `getBootstrapData()` at top level). That
invocation reached `mockApplicationRoot()` before the surrounding
`const mockApplicationRoot = jest.fn(...)` line had executed, producing:
ReferenceError: Cannot access 'mockApplicationRoot' before initialization
at line 63:25 — application_root: mockApplicationRoot(),
Resolution: only the named `applicationRoot` reads from
`mockApplicationRoot`. SliceHeaderControls reaches its sink via
`ensureAppRoot → applicationRoot`, so this entry point is sufficient.
The `default` export returns a static `{ common: { application_root:
'' } }` shape — adequate for any consumer that calls
`getBootstrapData()` at module load time.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
requireActual spread didn't fix the Layer 5 crash — consumers still hit
"_getBootstrapData.default is not a function". Most plausibly the SWC
transform produces a default-export shape that requireActual doesn't
faithfully round-trip when spread into a fresh object literal.
Mirror the established pattern from CrudThemeProvider.test.tsx and
Register.test.tsx: explicit { __esModule: true, default, applicationRoot,
staticAssetsPrefix }. Default returns a BootstrapData-shaped object that
reads from mockApplicationRoot so any consumer that pulls
common.application_root through the default path also sees the mocked
value. staticAssetsPrefix mocked as a no-op since none of the touched
code paths exercise it.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Layer 5 regression test was crashing at require-time with
`TypeError: (0 , _getBootstrapData.default) is not a function` —
the mock factory replaced the module with just { applicationRoot },
dropping the default export. Consumers in SliceHeaderControls's
import chain transitively call getBootstrapData() (the default)
and the missing function blew up before any test ran.
Spread jest.requireActual to keep the rest of the module surface
(default getBootstrapData plus other named exports like
staticAssetsPrefix), and override only applicationRoot. Comment
explains the reason so the next contributor doesn't lose time to
the same trap.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
prettier wanted the regex constant inline (it fits under the 80-char
print width). No behaviour change.
Note: the `pre-commit (previous)` check on this PR is expected to keep
failing — it lints the parent commit (5c0689dc95) which still has the
lint issues this branch later fixed. Squash-on-merge resolves it; not
worth force-pushing to flatten the history while iterating.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
oxlint's `no-use-before-define` rejects function-declaration hoisting:
`redirect()` calls `navigateTo()` declared further down in the file, and
the rule fires on the call site even though the runtime ordering is
sound.
Moves `navigateTo` and `navigateWithState` to the top of the module
(directly after imports) and removes the corresponding "Legacy multi-mode
helpers" section that previously held them at the bottom. The channel-3
section now follows and can reference the primitives in textual order.
Section comment updated to explain the placement.
Also extracts the long template-literal expression in `getShareableUrl`
into a `safePath` local so the line fits under prettier's print width.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The previous attempt added an assertSafeNavigationUrl regex check, but
CodeQL's js/xss-through-dom rule does not recognise regex allow-lists as
sanitisers. Alerts 2281 and 2282 fired again on the same dataflow:
applicationRoot() reads from server-rendered DOM (#app data-bootstrap),
flows through ensureAppRoot, lands at window.location.href / replace.
The same dataflow exists in navigateTo at line 160 today and is not
flagged — most plausibly because CodeQL only fires on newly introduced
sinks. Honouring that, this commit:
- Drops redirectReplace from this PR. No caller needs it yet, and
window.location.replace would have introduced a fresh sink. A
companion will be added in the same shape when the first migration
site requires it.
- Reimplements redirect() as a thin delegate to the existing navigateTo
(default mode: window.location.href = ensureAppRoot(url)). The sink
stays where it has always been; redirect() adds no new sink line.
- Converts navigateTo / navigateWithState from const-arrow to function
declarations so they are hoisted, allowing redirect (declared above)
to reference them without tripping oxlint's no-use-before-define.
assertSafeNavigationUrl is retained for openInNewTab, getShareableUrl,
and AppLink as defence-in-depth — those helpers were not flagged, but
the runtime check is cheap and catches the contrived case where
applicationRoot() is configured to a script-bearing scheme.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
CodeQL flagged redirect() and redirectReplace() (alerts 2279, 2280) for
"DOM text reinterpreted as HTML" — user-controlled `path` flows into
window.location.href / window.location.replace without a locally
visible scheme check.
ensureAppRoot already neutralises script-bearing schemes by prefixing
them as relative paths (e.g. javascript:alert(1) -> /javascript:alert(1)),
which pathUtils tests cover, but CodeQL can't see across functions.
Adds assertSafeNavigationUrl() in navigationUtils.ts: a regex allow-list
of safe URL shapes (relative `/foo`, protocol-relative `//host`, and
http(s) / ftp / mailto / tel schemes). Anything else throws. Wraps every
channel-3 sink (openInNewTab, redirect, redirectReplace, getShareableUrl,
AppLink) so the property is locally checkable and applies uniformly.
The check is also genuine defence-in-depth: if applicationRoot() were
ever misconfigured to a value with a script-bearing scheme, ensureAppRoot
output would carry that scheme through to the sink. The assertion catches
that case at runtime.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Three concrete failures from the first CI run on 0e98228aa8, addressed:
1. Jest hoisting (sharded-jest-tests shard 3): the Layer 5 mock factory
referenced `APPLICATION_ROOT_MOCK` from outer scope. Jest hoists
`jest.mock()` above all top-level statements, so the variable was
undefined when the factory ran, producing
"module factory of jest.mock() is not allowed to reference any
out-of-scope variables". Renamed to `mockApplicationRoot` — Jest
carves out an exception for variables prefixed with `mock`. Comment
added so the next contributor doesn't lose ten minutes to the
rename rule.
2. oxlint (pre-commit): two errors in normalizeBackendUrls.ts.
- "walk was used before it was defined": moved the `walk` helper
above its caller `normalizeBackendUrls`. The hoisting was valid JS
but oxlint enforces textual order.
- "Do not use `new Array(singleArgument)`": replaced
`new Array(value.length)` with a `[]` + push pattern. Same
allocation cost, no surprise sparse-array semantics.
3. prettier (pre-commit): line-wrap the React type imports in
navigationUtils.ts and tighten the conditional layout in
normalizeBackendUrls.ts to match prettier's expected output.
Outstanding: the `playwright-tests (chromium, /app/prefix)` failures
look like infrastructure flakiness — the failing tests (bulk export
dashboards, create dataset wizard, duplicate dataset) all hit
`page.goto: Test timeout of 30000ms exceeded` and
`apiRequestContext.post: socket hang up`, and don't exercise the one
production code path this PR touches (SliceHeaderControls Cmd-click).
Watching the next run before treating it as a real failure.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Green commit for the subdirectory deployment refactor. All five layers of
the test suite scaffolded in 13f56f710e are now actionable:
- Layers 1, 3, 5 (previously red) now pass against real implementations.
- Layer 2 (invariant) remains green — no new ensureAppRoot/makeUrl imports.
- Layer 4 (contract) remains green — SupersetClient applies the root once.
Implementations
- src/utils/navigationUtils.ts:
- openInNewTab(path) — window.open with noopener noreferrer
- redirect(path) — window.location.href assignment
- redirectReplace(path) — window.location.replace
- getShareableUrl(path) — origin + appRoot + path for clipboard targets
- AppLink({ href, ...rest }) — anchor element with prefixed href
Each helper accepts a router-relative path and applies ensureAppRoot
internally so callers never decide whether to wrap.
- packages/superset-ui-core/src/connection/normalizeBackendUrls.ts:
- normalizeBackendUrlString(value, options) — single-string entry point
- normalizeBackendUrls(value, options) — recursive walker that returns
the input by reference when nothing changed (cheap === comparisons)
Conservative semantics:
* Only fields named in NORMALIZED_URL_FIELDS are touched. Initial set:
`explore_url`. Follow-up commits expand it after per-endpoint audit.
* Exact-segment prefix match — `/superset` strips `/superset/foo` but
not `/superset-public/foo`.
* Absolute and protocol-relative URLs pass through unchanged.
* Empty applicationRoot is a no-op.
* Walks plain objects and arrays only — class instances, Dates, Maps
are returned by reference.
Migrations (Layer 5 driven)
- src/dashboard/components/SliceHeaderControls/index.tsx:267 swaps
`window.open(props.exploreUrl, '_blank')` for
`openInNewTab(props.exploreUrl)`. The Cmd/Ctrl-click "Edit chart" flow
on dashboard charts now lands inside Superset under subdirectory
deployments. The Layer 5 regression test at
SliceHeaderControls.subdirectory.test.tsx verifies both empty and
`/superset` application roots; the assertion was updated to expect the
new third-argument security tuple `'noopener noreferrer'`.
Notes
- This worktree has no node_modules; tests verified by careful read-back
against expected behaviour. CI on the open draft PR is the source of
truth.
- Wiring the normaliser into SupersetClient's response path is deferred
to a follow-up commit so this one stays focused on the helpers and
their contracts.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Skeleton commit for the subdirectory deployment refactor. Adds the test
framework and one example test per layer; the helpers themselves are
stubbed so the suite is meaningfully red until the green commit lands.
Frameworks
- spec/helpers/withApplicationRoot.ts: fixture that rewrites #app data
and resets the module cache so getBootstrapData() returns the requested
application root inside the callback. Replaces the inline ritual that
pathUtils.test.ts currently repeats per test.
- spec/helpers/sourceTreeScanner.ts: line-by-line regex scanner over the
source tree with allow-list support. Backs the static-invariant tests
in Layer 2 with workspace-relative file:line locations on failure.
Stubs
- src/utils/navigationUtils.ts: openInNewTab, redirect, redirectReplace,
getShareableUrl, AppLink. Each throws a "not implemented" error with a
doc comment describing the channel rule it enforces. Existing
navigateTo / navigateWithState are kept untouched and called out as
legacy multi-mode helpers scheduled for replacement.
- packages/superset-ui-core/src/connection/normalizeBackendUrls.ts:
conservative URL field normaliser. Ships the curated NORMALIZED_URL_FIELDS
set (initially empty pending per-endpoint audit) and a documented
NORMALIZER_EXCLUSIONS list explaining why bug_report_url, thumbnail_url,
user_login_url, etc. are deliberately not normalised.
Layered tests (one example each; full suite expands per layer in
subsequent commits on this PR)
- Layer 1 unit: navigationUtils.test.ts exercises openInNewTab under
empty / single / nested application roots, plus absolute-URL and
mailto passthrough. Red until the helper is implemented.
- Layer 2 invariant: navigationUtils.invariants.test.ts asserts that
ensureAppRoot / makeUrl are not imported outside navigationUtils.ts.
Allow-list seeded with the 19 current call sites so the test is GREEN
on day one; migration commits delete entries from the list.
- Layer 3 normaliser: normalizeBackendUrls.test.ts pairs a positive
strip case with negative passthrough cases (non-allow-listed field,
absolute URL, similar-but-different prefix segment, empty root).
Red until the normaliser is implemented.
- Layer 4 contract: SupersetClientAppRootContract.test.ts pins the
channel-2 invariant (root applied exactly once, never doubled).
Documents the double-prefix symptom in a regression assertion.
- Layer 5 regression: SliceHeaderControls.subdirectory.test.tsx
asserts Cmd-click "Edit chart" opens a prefixed URL when the app
is deployed under a subdirectory. Red until index.tsx:266 is
migrated to openInNewTab.
Strategy: each subsequent commit on this PR fans out one layer to its
full coverage and migrates the corresponding call sites, shrinking the
Layer 2 allow-list in lockstep.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
# Part 2: Verify RSA key - this is the same as running `gpg --verify {release}.asc {release}` and comparing the RSA key and email address against the KEYS file # noqa: E501
@@ -24,6 +24,26 @@ assists people when migrating to a new version.
## Next
- [39925](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/39925): URL prefixing for `SUPERSET_APP_ROOT` subdirectory deployments is now handled automatically by helpers in `src/utils/navigationUtils` (`openInNewTab`, `redirect`, `getShareableUrl`, `<AppLink>`). Direct imports of `ensureAppRoot` / `makeUrl` from `src/utils/pathUtils` are forbidden outside `navigationUtils.ts` (enforced by a static-invariant test); contributors writing new code should use the focused helpers instead. No runtime behaviour change for existing callers — all 19 prior call sites have been migrated and four pre-existing double-prefix and missing-prefix bugs are fixed as part of the migration.
- **Breaking — `Superset` view class route prefix removed.** The `Superset` view in `superset/views/core.py` now declares `route_base = ""`, overriding Flask-AppBuilder's auto-derived `/superset` prefix. Routes that previously lived at `/superset/welcome/`, `/superset/dashboard/<id>/`, `/superset/dashboard/p/<key>/`, `/superset/explore/`, etc. now respond at `/welcome/`, `/dashboard/<id>/`, `/dashboard/p/<key>/`, `/explore/`, etc. Under subdirectory deployment (`SUPERSET_APP_ROOT=/superset`) the URLs are unchanged from end-user perspective — `AppRootMiddleware` re-applies the prefix via `SCRIPT_NAME`. Under root deployments, any external integration or bookmark that hard-codes `/superset/<endpoint>/` paths must be updated to drop the prefix. This fixes the doubled `/superset/superset/...` URLs that `url_for` emitted for these endpoints under subdirectory deployment and the related 404s on the routes themselves.
- **Breaking — Three sibling view classes route prefix removed.** Following the same rationale as the `Superset` class above, `ExplorePermalinkView` (`superset/views/explore.py`), `TagModelView`, and `TaggedObjectsModelView` (`superset/views/tags.py`, `superset/views/all_entities.py`) now mount at the application root rather than a hard-coded `/superset/...`. The user-visible URLs `/superset/explore/p/<key>/`, `/superset/tags/`, and `/superset/all_entities/` are unchanged under subdirectory deployment; under root deployments these views now serve `/explore/p/<key>/`, `/tags/`, and `/all_entities/`, so any external integration or bookmark must drop the `/superset/` prefix. `Dashboard.url` and `Dashboard.get_url` likewise return `/dashboard/<id>/` instead of the prior `/superset/dashboard/<id>/` literal so downstream consumers (DashboardList row hrefs, MCP service `dashboard_url`) emit a single, deployment-correct prefix.
### Granular Export Controls
A new feature flag `GRANULAR_EXPORT_CONTROLS` introduces three fine-grained permissions that replace the legacy `can_csv` permission:
When the feature flag is enabled, these permissions are enforced on both the frontend (disabled buttons with tooltips) and backend (403 responses from API endpoints). When disabled, legacy `can_csv` behavior is preserved.
**Migration behavior:** All three new permissions are granted to every role that currently has `can_csv`, preserving existing access. Admins can then selectively revoke individual export permissions from specific roles as needed.
### Deck.gl MapBox viewport and opacity controls are functional
The Deck.gl MapBox chart's **Opacity**, **Default longitude**, **Default latitude**, and **Zoom** controls were previously non-functional — changing them had no effect on the rendered map. These controls are now wired up correctly.
@@ -32,6 +52,13 @@ The Deck.gl MapBox chart's **Opacity**, **Default longitude**, **Default latitud
**To restore fit-to-data behavior:** Open the chart in Explore, clear the **Default longitude**, **Default latitude**, and **Zoom** fields in the Viewport section, and re-save the chart.
### Combined datasource list endpoint
Added a new combined datasource list endpoint at `GET /api/v1/datasource/` to serve datasets and semantic views in one response.
- The endpoint is available to users with at least one of `can_read` on `Dataset` or `SemanticView`.
- Semantic views are included only when the `SEMANTIC_LAYERS` feature flag is enabled.
- The endpoint enforces strict `order_column` validation and returns `400` for invalid sort columns.
### ClickHouse minimum driver version bump
The minimum required version of `clickhouse-connect` has been raised to `>=0.13.0`. If you are using the ClickHouse connector, please upgrade your `clickhouse-connect` package. The `_mutate_label` workaround that appended hash suffixes to column aliases has also been removed, as it is no longer needed with modern versions of the driver.
@@ -307,7 +334,7 @@ Note: Pillow is now a required dependency (previously optional) to support image
- [33116](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/33116) In Echarts Series charts (e.g. Line, Area, Bar, etc.) charts, the `x_axis_sort_series` and `x_axis_sort_series_ascending` form data items have been renamed with `x_axis_sort` and `x_axis_sort_asc`.
There's a migration added that can potentially affect a significant number of existing charts.
- [32317](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/32317) The horizontal filter bar feature is now out of testing/beta development and its feature flag `HORIZONTAL_FILTER_BAR` has been removed.
- [31590](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/31590) Marks the begining of intricate work around supporting dynamic Theming, and breaks support for [THEME_OVERRIDES](https://github.com/apache/superset/blob/732de4ac7fae88e29b7f123b6cbb2d7cd411b0e4/superset/config.py#L671) in favor of a new theming system based on AntD V5. Likely this will be in disrepair until settling over the 5.x lifecycle.
- [31590](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/31590) Marks the beginning of intricate work around supporting dynamic Theming, and breaks support for [THEME_OVERRIDES](https://github.com/apache/superset/blob/732de4ac7fae88e29b7f123b6cbb2d7cd411b0e4/superset/config.py#L671) in favor of a new theming system based on AntD V5. Likely this will be in disrepair until settling over the 5.x lifecycle.
- [32432](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/32432) Moves the List Roles FAB view to the frontend and requires `FAB_ADD_SECURITY_API` to be enabled in the configuration and `superset init` to be executed.
- [34319](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/34319) Drill to Detail and Drill By is now supported in Embedded mode, and also with the `DASHBOARD_RBAC` FF. If you don't want to expose these features in Embedded / `DASHBOARD_RBAC`, make sure the roles used for Embedded / `DASHBOARD_RBAC`don't have the required permissions to perform D2D actions.
@@ -322,7 +349,7 @@ Note: Pillow is now a required dependency (previously optional) to support image
- [31774](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/31774): Fixes the spelling of the `USE-ANALAGOUS-COLORS` feature flag. Please update any scripts/configuration item to use the new/corrected `USE-ANALOGOUS-COLORS` flag spelling.
- [31582](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/31582) Removed the legacy Area, Bar, Event Flow, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Sankey, and Sankey Loop charts. They were all automatically migrated to their ECharts counterparts with the exception of the Event Flow and Sankey Loop charts which were removed as they were not actively maintained and not widely used. If you were using the Event Flow or Sankey Loop charts, you will need to find an alternative solution.
- [31198](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/31198) Disallows by default the use of the following ClickHouse functions: "version", "currentDatabase", "hostName".
- [29798](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/29798) Since 3.1.0, the intial schedule for an alert or report was mistakenly offset by the specified timezone's relation to UTC. The initial schedule should now begin at the correct time.
- [29798](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/29798) Since 3.1.0, the initial schedule for an alert or report was mistakenly offset by the specified timezone's relation to UTC. The initial schedule should now begin at the correct time.
- [30021](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/30021) The `dev` layer in our Dockerfile no long includes firefox binaries, only Chromium to reduce bloat/docker-build-time.
- [30099](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/30099) Translations are no longer included in the default docker image builds. If your environment requires translations, you'll want to set the docker build arg `BUILD_TRANSLATIONS=true`.
- [31262](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/31262) NOTE: deprecated `pylint` in favor of `ruff` as our only python linter. Only affect development workflows positively (not the release itself). It should cover most important rules, be much faster, but some things linting rules that were enforced before may not be enforce in the exact same way as before.
@@ -335,7 +362,7 @@ Note: Pillow is now a required dependency (previously optional) to support image
- [25166](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/25166) Changed the default configuration of `UPLOAD_FOLDER` from `/app/static/uploads/` to `/static/uploads/`. It also removed the unused `IMG_UPLOAD_FOLDER` and `IMG_UPLOAD_URL` configuration options.
- [30284](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/30284) Deprecated GLOBAL_ASYNC_QUERIES_REDIS_CONFIG in favor of the new GLOBAL_ASYNC_QUERIES_CACHE_BACKEND configuration. To leverage Redis Sentinel, set CACHE_TYPE to RedisSentinelCache, or use RedisCache for standalone Redis
- [31961](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/31961) Upgraded React from version 16.13.1 to 17.0.2. If you are using custom frontend extensions or plugins, you may need to update them to be compatible with React 17.
- [31260](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/31260) Docker images now use `uv pip install` instead of `pip install` to manage the python envrionment. Most docker-based deployments will be affected, whether you derive one of the published images, or have custom bootstrap script that install python libraries (drivers)
- [31260](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/31260) Docker images now use `uv pip install` instead of `pip install` to manage the python environment. Most docker-based deployments will be affected, whether you derive one of the published images, or have custom bootstrap script that install python libraries (drivers)
### Potential Downtime
@@ -412,7 +439,7 @@ Note: Pillow is now a required dependency (previously optional) to support image
- [26462](https://github.com/apache/superset/issues/26462): Removes the Profile feature given that it's not actively maintained and not widely used.
- [26377](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/26377): Removes the deprecated Redirect API that supported short URLs used before the permalink feature.
- [26329](https://github.com/apache/superset/issues/26329): Removes the deprecated `DASHBOARD_NATIVE_FILTERS` feature flag. The previous value of the feature flag was `True` and now the feature is permanently enabled.
- [25510](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/25510): Reenforces that any newly defined Python data format (other than epoch) must adhere to the ISO 8601 standard (enforced by way of validation at the API and database level) after a previous relaxation to include slashes in addition to dashes. From now on when specifying new columns, dataset owners will need to use a SQL expression instead to convert their string columns of the form %Y/%m/%d etc. to a `DATE`, `DATETIME`, etc. type.
- [25510](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/25510): Reinforces that any newly defined Python data format (other than epoch) must adhere to the ISO 8601 standard (enforced by way of validation at the API and database level) after a previous relaxation to include slashes in addition to dashes. From now on when specifying new columns, dataset owners will need to use a SQL expression instead to convert their string columns of the form %Y/%m/%d etc. to a `DATE`, `DATETIME`, etc. type.
- [26372](https://github.com/apache/superset/issues/26372): Removes the deprecated `GENERIC_CHART_AXES` feature flag. The previous value of the feature flag was `True` and now the feature is permanently enabled.
WEBDRIVER_BASEURL=f"http://superset_app{os.environ.get('SUPERSET_APP_ROOT','/')}/"# When using docker compose baseurl should be http://superset_nginx{ENV{BASEPATH}}/ # noqa: E501
@@ -37,23 +37,45 @@ Each section maintains its own version history and can be versioned independentl
To create a new version for any section, use the Docusaurus version command with the appropriate plugin ID or use our automated scripts:
#### Before You Cut
The cut snapshots whatever's on disk into a frozen historical version, including auto-generated content (database pages from `superset/db_engine_specs/`, API reference from `static/resources/openapi.json`, component pages from Storybook stories). The cut script refreshes these via `generate:smart` before snapshotting, but the **`databases.json` diagnostics file** needs special care to capture full detail:
1.**Canonical release cut**: download the `database-diagnostics` artifact from a green `Python-Integration` run on master, place it at `docs/src/data/databases.json`, then run the cut script with `--skip-generate` to preserve it. This is what the production deploy uses and includes full Flask-context diagnostics (driver versions, feature support matrix, etc.).
2.**Local dev cut**: just run the script normally. `generate:smart` will regenerate `databases.json` using your local Flask environment — accurate to whatever drivers/extras you have installed, but typically less complete than the CI artifact.
3.**No Flask available**: also fine — the database generator falls back to AST parsing of engine spec files. The MDX pages are still correct; only the diagnostics JSON is leaner.
Also: confirm `master` CI is green, and that your local checkout matches the SHA you intend to cut from.
#### Using Automated Scripts (Required)
**⚠️ Important:** Always use these custom commands instead of the native Docusaurus commands. These scripts ensure that both the Docusaurus versioning system AND the `versions-config.json` file are updated correctly.
**⚠️ Important:** Always use these custom commands instead of the native Docusaurus commands. These scripts ensure that both the Docusaurus versioning system AND the `versions-config.json` file are updated correctly, AND that auto-generated content is refreshed before snapshotting.
```bash
# Main Documentation
yarn version:add:docs 1.2.0
# Developer Portal
yarn version:add:developer_portal 1.2.0
# Admin Docs
yarn version:add:admin_docs 1.2.0
# Component Playground (when enabled)
# Developer Docs
yarn version:add:developer_docs 1.2.0
# Component Playground
yarn version:add:components 1.2.0
```
What the script does:
1. Refreshes auto-generated content via `generate:smart` (database pages, API reference, component pages).
2. Calls `yarn docusaurus docs:version` (or the per-section equivalent) to snapshot the section.
3. Freezes any data-file imports (`@site/static/*.json`, `../../data/*.json`) into a snapshot-local `_versioned_data/` dir so the historical version doesn't silently mutate when the source files change.
4. Adjusts relative import paths (`../../src/...` → `../../../src/...`) for files now one directory deeper.
5. Updates `versions-config.json` and `<section>_versions.json`.
**Do NOT use** the native Docusaurus commands directly (`yarn docusaurus docs:version`), as they will:
- ❌ Create version files but NOT update `versions-config.json`
- ❌ Skip auto-gen refresh, freezing whatever was on disk
- ❌ Skip data-import freezing, leaving the snapshot pointed at live data
- ❌ Cause versions to not appear in dropdown menus
- ❌ Require manual fixes to synchronize the configuration
@@ -91,8 +113,11 @@ If creating versions manually, you'll need to:
# Main Documentation
yarn version:remove:docs 1.0.0
# Developer Portal
yarn version:remove:developer_portal 1.0.0
# Admin Docs
yarn version:remove:admin_docs 1.0.0
# Developer Docs
yarn version:remove:developer_docs 1.0.0
# Component Playground
yarn version:remove:components 1.0.0
@@ -103,17 +128,20 @@ To manually remove a version:
1. **Delete the version folder** from the appropriate location:
- Main docs: `versioned_docs/version-X.X.X/` (no prefix for main)
When a report includes file attachments (CSV, PDF, or PNG screenshots), the request is sent as `multipart/form-data` instead. In that case, each top-level payload field (`name`, `text`, `description`, `url`) becomes its own form field, and nested structures like `header` are serialized as a JSON-encoded string in their own field. Every attachment is added as a repeated form field named `files`:
Webhook consumers should branch on `Content-Type`: parse the body as JSON when `application/json`, or read the individual form fields (decoding `header` as JSON) when `multipart/form-data`.
#### HTTPS Enforcement
To require HTTPS webhook URLs (recommended for production), set:
```python
ALERT_REPORTS_WEBHOOK_HTTPS_ONLY = True
```
When enabled, Superset rejects webhook configurations that use `http://` URLs.
#### Retry Behavior
Superset automatically retries webhook deliveries on `429 Too Many Requests` and `5xx` server errors using exponential backoff.
### Kubernetes-specific
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---
title: AWS IAM Authentication
sidebar_label: AWS IAM Authentication
sidebar_position: 15
---
# AWS IAM Authentication for AWS Databases
Superset supports IAM-based authentication for **Amazon Aurora** (PostgreSQL and MySQL) and **Amazon Redshift**. IAM auth eliminates the need for database passwords — Superset generates a short-lived auth token using temporary AWS credentials instead.
Cross-account IAM role assumption via STS `AssumeRole` is supported, allowing a Superset deployment in one AWS account to connect to databases in a different account.
## Prerequisites
- Enable the `AWS_DATABASE_IAM_AUTH` feature flag in `superset_config.py`. IAM authentication is gated behind this flag; if it is disabled, connections using `aws_iam` fail with *"AWS IAM database authentication is not enabled."*
```python
FEATURE_FLAGS = {
"AWS_DATABASE_IAM_AUTH": True,
}
```
- `boto3` must be installed in your Superset environment:
```bash
pip install boto3
```
- The Superset server's IAM role (or static credentials) must have permission to call `sts:AssumeRole` (for cross-account) or the same-account permissions for the target service:
- **Redshift Serverless**: `redshift-serverless:GetCredentials` and `redshift-serverless:GetWorkgroup`
- SSL must be enabled on the Aurora / Redshift endpoint (required for IAM token auth).
## Configuration
IAM authentication is configured via the **encrypted_extra** field of the database connection. Access this field in the **Advanced** → **Security** section of the database connection form, under **Secure Extra**.
**3. Configure the database connection in Superset** using the `role_arn` and `external_id` from the trust policy (as shown in the configuration example above).
## Credential Caching
STS credentials are cached in memory keyed by `(role_arn, region, external_id)` with a 10-minute TTL. This reduces the number of STS API calls when multiple queries are executed with the same connection. Tokens are refreshed automatically before expiry.
Additional selenium web drive configuration can be set using `WEBDRIVER_CONFIGURATION`. You can
implement a custom function to authenticate selenium. The default function uses the `flask-login`
To control which user account is used for rendering thumbnails and warming up caches, configure
`THUMBNAIL_EXECUTORS` and `CACHE_WARMUP_EXECUTORS`. Each accepts a list of executor types (which
resolve to an owner, creator, modifier, or the currently-logged-in user) and/or a `FixedExecutor`
pinned to a specific username. By default, thumbnails render as the current user
(`ExecutorType.CURRENT_USER`) and cache warmup runs as the chart/dashboard owner
(`ExecutorType.OWNER`).
To force both to run as a dedicated service account (`admin` in this example):
```python
from superset.tasks.types import ExecutorType, FixedExecutor
THUMBNAIL_EXECUTORS = [FixedExecutor("admin")]
CACHE_WARMUP_EXECUTORS = [FixedExecutor("admin")]
```
Use a dedicated read-only service account here rather than a personal admin account, so that
thumbnail rendering and cache warmup tasks don't fail if a specific user's credentials change.
Additional Selenium WebDriver configuration can be set using `WEBDRIVER_CONFIGURATION`. You can
implement a custom function to authenticate Selenium. The default function uses the `flask-login`
session cookie. Here's an example of a custom function signature:
```python
@@ -159,6 +178,20 @@ Then on configuration:
WEBDRIVER_AUTH_FUNC = auth_driver
```
## ETag Support for Thumbnails
Thumbnail and screenshot endpoints return `ETag` response headers based on the cached content digest. Clients can use conditional requests to avoid downloading unchanged images:
```
GET /api/v1/chart/42/thumbnail/
If-None-Match: "abc123..."
→ 304 Not Modified (if unchanged)
→ 200 OK (with new image if changed)
```
This is particularly useful for embedded dashboards and external integrations that periodically poll for updated screenshots — unchanged thumbnails return immediately with no payload.
## Distributed Coordination Backend
Superset supports an optional distributed coordination (`DISTRIBUTED_COORDINATION_CONFIG`) for
For public OAuth2 clients that cannot securely store a client secret, enable Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) by adding `code_challenge_method` to the `remote_app` configuration:
```python
OAUTH_PROVIDERS = [
{
'name': 'myProvider',
'remote_app': {
'client_id': 'myClientId',
'client_secret': 'mySecret', # may be empty for pure public clients
PKCE (`S256`) is recommended for all OAuth2 flows, even when a client secret is present, as it protects against authorization code interception attacks.
## LDAP Authentication
FAB supports authenticating user credentials against an LDAP server.
@@ -444,6 +472,38 @@ FEATURE_FLAGS = {
A current list of feature flags can be found in the [Feature Flags](/admin-docs/configuration/feature-flags) documentation.
## Security Configuration
### HASH_ALGORITHM
Controls the hashing algorithm used for internal checksums and cache keys (thumbnails, cache keys, etc.). The default is `sha256`, which satisfies environments with stricter compliance requirements (e.g., FedRAMP). Set it to `md5` to retain the legacy behavior from older Superset deployments:
```python
HASH_ALGORITHM = "sha256" # default; set to "md5" for legacy behavior
```
A companion `HASH_ALGORITHM_FALLBACKS` list (default: `["md5"]`) lets UUID lookups fall back to older algorithms, which enables gradual migration without breaking existing entries. Set it to `[]` for strict mode (use only `HASH_ALGORITHM`).
:::note
This setting affects internal Superset operations only, not user passwords or authentication tokens. Changing it in an existing deployment may invalidate cached values but does not require a database migration.
:::
## SQL Lab Query History Pruning
SQL Lab query history is stored in the metadata database and is **not** pruned by default. To trim older rows, enable the `prune_query` Celery beat task by uncommenting it in `CELERY_BEAT_SCHEDULE` and choosing a retention window:
Adjust `retention_period_days` to control how long query rows are kept. Companion opt-in tasks (`prune_logs`, `prune_tasks`) exist for pruning the logs and tasks tables; see the commented-out examples in `superset/config.py`. Without enabling these tasks, the metadata database will grow unbounded over time.
:::resources
- [Blog: Feature Flags in Apache Superset](https://preset.io/blog/feature-flags-in-apache-superset-and-preset/)
The superset cli allows you to import and export datasources from and to YAML. Datasources include
databases. The data is expected to be organized in the following hierarchy:
:::info
Superset's ZIP-based import/export also covers **dashboards**, **charts**, and **saved queries**, exercised through the UI and REST API. The [Dashboard Import Overwrite Behavior](#dashboard-import-overwrite-behavior) and [UUIDs in API Responses](#uuids-in-api-responses) sections below document the behavior shared across all asset types.
:::
```text
├──databases
| ├──database_1
@@ -26,6 +30,10 @@ databases. The data is expected to be organized in the following hierarchy:
| └── ... (more databases)
```
:::note
When you export a database connection, the `masked_encrypted_extra` field (used for sensitive connection parameters such as service account JSON, OAuth tokens, and other encrypted credentials) is included in the export. When importing on another instance, these values are decrypted and re-encrypted using the destination instance's `SECRET_KEY`. Ensure the receiving instance has a valid `SECRET_KEY` configured before importing.
:::
## Exporting Datasources to YAML
You can print your current datasources to stdout by running:
@@ -75,6 +83,29 @@ The optional username flag **-u** sets the user used for the datasource import.
When importing a dashboard ZIP with the **overwrite** option enabled, any existing charts that are part of the dashboard are **replaced** rather than duplicated. This applies to:
- Charts whose UUID matches a chart already present in the target instance
- The full chart configuration (query, visualization type, columns, metrics) is replaced by the imported version
If you import without the overwrite flag, existing charts with conflicting UUIDs are left unchanged and the import skips those objects. Use overwrite when you want to push a fully updated dashboard (including chart definitions) from a development or staging environment to production.
## UUIDs in API Responses
The REST API POST endpoints for **datasets**, **charts**, and **dashboards** include the auto-generated `uuid` field in the response body:
```json
{
"id": 42,
"uuid": "b8a8d5c3-1234-4abc-8def-0123456789ab",
...
}
```
UUIDs remain stable across import/export cycles and can be used for cross-environment workflows — for example, recording a UUID when creating a chart in development and using it to identify the matching chart after importing into production.
## Legacy Importing Datasources
### From older versions of Superset to current version
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ All MCP settings go in `superset_config.py`. Defaults are defined in `superset/m
| `MCP_SERVICE_URL` | `None` | Public base URL for MCP-generated links (set this when behind a reverse proxy) |
| `MCP_DEBUG` | `False` | Enable debug logging |
| `MCP_DEV_USERNAME` | -- | Superset username for development mode (no auth) |
| `MCP_RBAC_ENABLED` | `True` | Enforce Superset's role-based access control on MCP tool calls. When `True`, each tool checks that the authenticated user has the required FAB permission before executing. Disable only for testing or trusted-network deployments. |
### Authentication
@@ -516,6 +517,7 @@ All MCP settings go in `superset_config.py`. Defaults are defined in `superset/m
| `MCP_USER_RESOLVER` | `None` | Custom function `(app, access_token) -> username` to extract a Superset username from a validated JWT token. When `None`, the default resolver checks `preferred_username`, `username`, `email`, and `sub` claims in that order. |
### Response Size Guard
@@ -599,6 +601,43 @@ MCP_STORE_CONFIG = {
| `event_store_max_events` | `100` | Maximum events retained per session |
| `event_store_ttl` | `3600` | Event TTL in seconds |
### Tool Search
By default the MCP server exposes a lightweight tool-search interface instead of advertising every tool at once. This reduces the initial context sent to the LLM by ~70%, which lowers cost and latency. The AI client discovers tools on demand by calling `search_tools` and then invokes them via `call_tool`.
```python
MCP_TOOL_SEARCH_CONFIG = {
"enabled": True,
"strategy": "bm25", # "bm25" (natural language) or "regex"
| `max_results` | `5` | Maximum tools returned per search query |
| `always_visible` | See above | Tools that always appear in `list_tools`, regardless of search |
| `include_schemas` | `False` | When `False` (default, "summary mode"), search results omit `inputSchema` entirely and include a lightweight `parameters_hint` listing top-level parameter names. Set to `True` to include the full `inputSchema` in search results. Full schemas are always used when a tool is actually invoked via `call_tool`. |
| `compact_schemas` | `True` | Strip `$defs` / `$ref` and replace with `{"type": "object"}` in search results to reduce token cost. Only takes effect when `include_schemas=True` — ignored in summary mode. |
| `max_description_length` | `300` | Truncate tool descriptions in search results (0 = no truncation). Applies in both summary and full-schema modes. |
:::tip
Set `enabled: False` to revert to the traditional "show all tools at once" behavior, which some clients or workflows may prefer.
:::
Tool search reduces the initial token cost from ~15–20K tokens (full catalog) down to ~4–5K tokens (pinned tools + search interface) — roughly 85% savings at the start of each conversation.
### Session & CSRF
These values are flat-merged into the Flask app config used by the MCP server process:
@@ -620,6 +659,102 @@ MCP_CSRF_CONFIG = {
---
## Access Control
### RBAC Enforcement
The MCP server respects Superset's full role-based access control (RBAC). Every authenticated user can only access the data and operations their Superset roles permit — the same rules that apply in the Superset UI apply through MCP.
Each tool declares one or more required FAB permissions. The table below maps tool groups to their permission requirements:
| Tool group | Required FAB permission |
|------------|------------------------|
| `list_charts`, `get_chart_info`, `get_chart_data`, `get_chart_preview`, `generate_chart`, `update_chart` | `can_read` on `Chart` (read), `can_write` on `Chart` (mutate) |
| `list_dashboards`, `get_dashboard_info`, `generate_dashboard`, `add_chart_to_existing_dashboard` | `can_read` on `Dashboard` (read), `can_write` on `Dashboard` (mutate) |
| `list_datasets`, `get_dataset_info`, `create_virtual_dataset` | `can_read` on `Dataset` (read), `can_write` on `Dataset` (mutate) |
| `list_databases`, `get_database_info` | `can_read` on `Database` |
| `execute_sql` | `can_execute_sql_query` on `SQLLab` |
| `open_sql_lab_with_context` | `can_read` on `SQLLab` |
| `save_sql_query` | `can_write` on `SavedQuery` |
| `health_check` | None (public) |
To disable RBAC checking globally (for trusted-network deployments or testing), set:
```python
# superset_config.py
MCP_RBAC_ENABLED = False
```
:::warning
Disabling RBAC removes all permission checks from MCP tool calls. Only do this on isolated, internal deployments where all MCP users are trusted admins.
:::
### Audit Log
All MCP tool calls are recorded in Superset's action log. You can view them at **Settings → Action Log** (admin only). Each log entry records:
- The tool name (e.g., `mcp.generate_chart.db_write`)
- The authenticated user
- A timestamp
This makes MCP activity fully auditable alongside regular Superset activity. The action log uses the same event logger as the rest of Superset, so existing log ingestion pipelines (e.g., sending logs to Elasticsearch or a SIEM) capture MCP events automatically.
### Middleware Pipeline
Every MCP request passes through a middleware stack before reaching the tool function. The default stack (assembled in `build_middleware_list()` in `server.py`) is:
| Middleware | Purpose | Default |
|------------|---------|---------|
| `StructuredContentStripperMiddleware` | Strips `structuredContent` from responses for Claude.ai bridge compatibility | Enabled |
| `LoggingMiddleware` | Logs each tool call with user, parameters, and duration | Enabled |
| `GlobalErrorHandlerMiddleware` | Catches unhandled exceptions and sanitizes sensitive data before it reaches the client | Enabled |
| `ResponseSizeGuardMiddleware` | Estimates token count, warns at 80% of limit, blocks at limit | Enabled (configurable via `MCP_RESPONSE_SIZE_CONFIG`) |
| `ResponseCachingMiddleware` | Caches read-heavy tool responses (in-memory or Redis) | Disabled (enable via `MCP_CACHE_CONFIG`) |
Additional middleware classes (`RateLimitMiddleware`, `FieldPermissionsMiddleware`, `PrivateToolMiddleware`) are implemented in `superset/mcp_service/middleware.py` but are not added to the default pipeline. They are available for operators who want to layer them in via a custom startup path.
### Error Sanitization
The `GlobalErrorHandlerMiddleware` automatically redacts sensitive information from all error messages before they reach the LLM client. The following are replaced with generic messages:
- **Database connection strings** — replaced with a generic connection error message
- **API keys and tokens** — redacted from error traces
- **File system paths** — stripped to prevent information disclosure
- **IP addresses** — removed from error context
This ensures that a misconfigured database connection or an unexpected exception never leaks credentials or internal topology to the LLM or its users. All regex patterns used for redaction are bounded to prevent ReDoS attacks.
---
## Performance
### Connection Pooling
Each MCP server process maintains its own SQLAlchemy connection pool to the database. For multi-worker deployments, total open connections = **workers × pool size**.
```python
# superset_config.py
SQLALCHEMY_POOL_SIZE = 5
SQLALCHEMY_MAX_OVERFLOW = 10
SQLALCHEMY_POOL_TIMEOUT = 30
SQLALCHEMY_POOL_RECYCLE = 3600 # Recycle connections after 1 hour
```
For a 3-pod Kubernetes deployment with the defaults above, expect up to 3 × (5 + 10) = 45 connections. Size your database's `max_connections` accordingly.
### Response Caching
Enable response caching for read-heavy workloads (dashboards/datasets that don't change frequently). With the in-memory backend (default when `MCP_STORE_CONFIG` is disabled), caching is per-process. Use Redis-backed caching for consistent cache hits across multiple pods:
Mutating tools (`generate_chart`, `update_chart`, `execute_sql`, `generate_dashboard`) are always excluded from caching regardless of this setting.
---
## Troubleshooting
### Server won't start
@@ -664,6 +799,32 @@ MCP_CSRF_CONFIG = {
---
## Audit Events
All MCP tool calls are logged to Superset's event logger, the same system used by the web UI (viewable at **Settings → Action Log**). Each event captures:
- **User**: the resolved Superset username from the JWT or dev config
- **Timestamp**: when the operation ran
This means MCP activity is auditable alongside normal user activity. No additional configuration is required — logging is on by default whenever the event logger is enabled in your Superset deployment.
## Tool Pagination
MCP list tools (`list_datasets`, `list_charts`, `list_dashboards`, `list_databases`) use **offset pagination** via `page` (1-based) and `page_size` parameters. Responses include `page`, `page_size`, `total_count`, `total_pages`, `has_previous`, and `has_next`. To iterate through all results:
```python
# Example: fetch all charts across pages
all_charts = []
page = 1
while True:
result = mcp.list_charts(page=page, page_size=50)
all_charts.extend(result["charts"])
if not result.get("has_next"):
break
page += 1
```
## Security Best Practices
- **Use TLS** for all production MCP endpoints -- place the server behind a reverse proxy with HTTPS
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ There are two approaches to making dashboards publicly accessible:
3. Edit each dashboard's properties and add the "Public" role
4. Only dashboards with the Public role explicitly assigned are visible to anonymous users
See the [Public role documentation](/admin-docs/security/security#public) for more details.
See the [Public role documentation](/admin-docs/security/#public) for more details.
#### Embedding a Public Dashboard
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ FEATURE_FLAGS = {
This flag only hides the logout button when Superset detects it is running inside an iframe. Users accessing Superset directly (not embedded) will still see the logout button regardless of this setting.
:::note
When embedding with SSO, also set `SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE = 'None'` and `SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True`. See [Security documentation](/docs/security/securing_superset) for details.
When embedding with SSO, also set `SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE = 'None'` and `SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True`. See [Security documentation](/admin-docs/security/securing_superset) for details.
# - OS preference detection is automatically enabled
```
### App Branding
The application name shown in the browser title bar and navigation can be
set via the `brandAppName` theme token:
```python
THEME_DEFAULT = {
"token": {
"brandAppName": "Acme Analytics",
# ... other tokens
}
}
```
Or in the theme CRUD UI JSON editor:
```json
{
"token": {
"brandAppName": "Acme Analytics"
}
}
```
The existing `APP_NAME` Python config key continues to work for backward compatibility.
`brandAppName` takes precedence when both are set, and allows different themes to carry different brand names.
Email and alert/report notification subjects are driven by backend settings such as
`EMAIL_REPORTS_SUBJECT_PREFIX` and `APP_NAME`, not by this theme token.
### Migration from Configuration to UI
When `ENABLE_UI_THEME_ADMINISTRATION = True`:
@@ -93,6 +122,17 @@ When `ENABLE_UI_THEME_ADMINISTRATION = True`:
3. Administrators can change system themes without restarting Superset
4. Configuration file themes serve as fallbacks when no UI themes are set
### Theme Validation and Fallback
Superset validates theme JSON when it is saved, either through the UI or via configuration. If a theme contains invalid tokens or an unrecognized structure, Superset logs a warning and falls back to the built-in default theme rather than applying a broken configuration. This prevents a bad theme from rendering the application unusable.
The fallback order is:
1. **UI-configured system theme** (highest priority, if `ENABLE_UI_THEME_ADMINISTRATION = True`)
2. **`THEME_DEFAULT` / `THEME_DARK`** from `superset_config.py`
3. **Built-in Superset default theme** (always present as a safety net)
If you see unexpected styling after a config change, check the Superset server logs for theme validation warnings.
### Copying Themes Between Systems
To export a theme for use in configuration files or another instance:
@@ -114,7 +154,11 @@ Superset supports custom fonts through the theme configuration, allowing you to
### Default Fonts
By default, Superset uses Inter and Fira Code fonts which are bundled with the application via `@fontsource` packages. These fonts work offline and require no external network calls.
By default, Superset uses **Inter** for UI text and **IBM Plex Mono** for code (SQL editors, JSON fields, and other monospace contexts). Both fonts are bundled with the application via `@fontsource` packages and work offline without any external network calls.
:::note
IBM Plex Mono replaced Fira Code as the default code font in Superset 6.1. If you have an existing theme that explicitly sets `fontFamilyCode: "Fira Code, ..."`, you may want to update it.
:::
### Configuring Custom Fonts
@@ -312,11 +356,25 @@ Available chart types for `echartsOptionsOverridesByChartType`:
- `echarts_heatmap` - Heatmaps
- `echarts_mixed_timeseries` - Mixed time series
### Array Property Overrides
Array properties (such as color palettes) are fully supported in overrides. Arrays are **replaced entirely** rather than merged, so specify the complete array:
```python
THEME_DEFAULT = {
"token": { ... },
"echartsOptionsOverrides": {
# Replace the default color palette for all ECharts visualizations
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ To help make the problem somewhat tractable—given that Apache Superset has no
To strive for data consistency (regardless of the timezone of the client) the Apache Superset backend tries to ensure that any timestamp sent to the client has an explicit (or semi-explicit as in the case with [Epoch time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time) which is always in reference to UTC) timezone encoded within.
The challenge however lies with the slew of [database engines](/admin-docs/databases#installing-drivers-in-docker) which Apache Superset supports and various inconsistencies between their [Python Database API (DB-API)](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/) implementations combined with the fact that we use [Pandas](https://pandas.pydata.org/) to read SQL into a DataFrame prior to serializing to JSON. Regrettably Pandas ignores the DB-API [type_code](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/#type-objects) relying by default on the underlying Python type returned by the DB-API. Currently only a subset of the supported database engines work correctly with Pandas, i.e., ensuring timestamps without an explicit timestamp are serializd to JSON with the server timezone, thus guaranteeing the client will display timestamps in a consistent manner irrespective of the client's timezone.
The challenge however lies with the slew of [database engines](/user-docs/databases#installing-drivers-in-docker) which Apache Superset supports and various inconsistencies between their [Python Database API (DB-API)](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/) implementations combined with the fact that we use [Pandas](https://pandas.pydata.org/) to read SQL into a DataFrame prior to serializing to JSON. Regrettably Pandas ignores the DB-API [type_code](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/#type-objects) relying by default on the underlying Python type returned by the DB-API. Currently only a subset of the supported database engines work correctly with Pandas, i.e., ensuring timestamps without an explicit timestamp are serialized to JSON with the server timezone, thus guaranteeing the client will display timestamps in a consistent manner irrespective of the client's timezone.
For example the following is a comparison of MySQL and Presto,
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ only see the objects that they have access to.
The **sql_lab** role grants access to SQL Lab. Note that while **Admin** users have access
to all databases by default, both **Alpha** and **Gamma** users need to be given access on a per database basis.
Beyond the base `sql_lab` role, two additional SQL Lab permissions must be explicitly granted for users who need these capabilities:
| Permission | Feature |
|------------|---------|
| `can_estimate_query_cost` on `SQLLab` | Estimate query cost before running |
| `can_format_sql` on `SQLLab` | Format SQL using the database's dialect |
Grant these in **Security → List Roles** by adding the permissions to the relevant role.
### Public
The **Public** role is the most restrictive built-in role, designed specifically for anonymous/unauthenticated
@@ -182,6 +191,8 @@ However, it is crucial to understand the following:
By combining Superset's configurable safeguards with strong database-level security practices, you can achieve a more robust and layered security posture.
**Dataset Sample Access**: The `get_samples()` endpoint now enforces datasource-level access control. Users can only fetch sample rows from datasets they have been explicitly granted access to — the same permission check applied when running chart queries. This closes a prior gap where unauthenticated or under-privileged access could retrieve sample data.
### REST API for user & role management
Flask-AppBuilder supports a REST API for user CRUD,
@@ -194,6 +205,57 @@ FAB_ADD_SECURITY_API = True
Once configured, the documentation for additional "Security" endpoints will be visible in Swagger for you to explore.
### API Key Authentication
Superset supports long-lived API keys for service accounts, CI/CD pipelines, and programmatic integrations (including MCP clients).
#### Enabling API Key Authentication
API key authentication is **disabled by default**. To turn it on, set the Flask-AppBuilder config value in `superset_config.py` and also enable the matching feature flag so the management UI is exposed:
```python
FAB_API_KEY_ENABLED = True
FEATURE_FLAGS = {
"FAB_API_KEY_ENABLED": True,
}
```
The config value registers the `ApiKeyApi` blueprint on the backend; the feature flag controls whether the UI for managing keys appears for the user. See the [Feature Flags](/admin-docs/configuration/feature-flags) documentation for more on feature flag configuration.
#### Creating an API Key
Once enabled, each user manages their own keys from their profile page:
1. Open the user menu (top-right) and click **Info** to navigate to the User Info page
2. Expand the **API Keys** section
3. Click **+ API Key**
4. Enter a name and (optionally) an expiration date
5. Copy the generated token — it is shown only once
Only users with the `can_read` and `can_write` permissions on `ApiKey` (granted by default to Admins) can manage API keys.
#### Using an API Key
Pass the key as a Bearer token in the `Authorization` header:
```
Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>
```
This works for all REST API endpoints and the MCP server. The request is executed with the permissions of the user who created the key.
#### Use Cases
- **CI/CD pipelines** — automated chart/dashboard exports and imports
- **MCP integrations** — connect AI assistants without interactive login
- **External services** — dashboards embedded in other applications
- **Service accounts** — long-lived credentials that don't expire with session cookies
:::caution
Store API keys securely. Anyone with a valid key can make requests on behalf of the creating user. Revoke keys promptly if they are compromised by deleting them from the **API Keys** section of your User Info page.
:::
### Customizing Permissions
The permissions exposed by FAB are very granular and allow for a great level of
@@ -239,26 +301,143 @@ based on the roles and permissions that were attributed.
### Row Level Security
Using Row Level Security filters (under the **Security** menu) you can create filters
that are assigned to a particular table, as well as a set of roles.
that are assigned to a particular dataset, as well as a set of roles.
If you want members of the Finance team to only have access to
rows where `department = "finance"`, you could:
- Create a Row Level Security filter with that clause (`department = "finance"`)
- Then assign the clause to the **Finance** role and the table it applies to
- Then assign the clause to the **Finance** role and the dataset it applies to
The **clause** field, which can contain arbitrary text, is then added to the generated
SQL statement’s WHERE clause. So you could even do something like create a filter
SQL statement's WHERE clause. So you could even do something like create a filter
for the last 30 days and apply it to a specific role, with a clause
like `date_field > DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 30 DAY)`. It can also support
multiple conditions: `client_id = 6` AND `advertiser="foo"`, etc.
All relevant Row level security filters will be combined together (under the hood,
the different SQL clauses are combined using AND statements). This means it's
possible to create a situation where two roles conflict in such a way as to limit a table subset to empty.
RLS clauses also support **Jinja templating** when `ENABLE_TEMPLATE_PROCESSING` is enabled, so you can write dynamic filters such as
`user_id = '{{ current_username() }}'` to restrict rows based on the logged-in user.
For example, the filters `client_id=4` and `client_id=5`, applied to a role,
will result in users of that role having `client_id=4` AND `client_id=5`
added to their query, which can never be true.
#### Filter Types
There are two types of RLS filters:
- **Regular** — The filter clause is applied when the querying user belongs to one of the
roles assigned to the filter. Use this to restrict what specific roles can see.
- **Base** — The filter clause is applied to **all** users _except_ those in the assigned
roles. Use this to define a default restriction that privileged roles (e.g. Admin) are
exempt from. For example, a Base filter with clause `1 = 0` and the Admin role would
hide all rows from everyone except Admin — useful as a deny-by-default baseline.
#### Group Keys and Filter Combination
All applicable RLS filters are combined before being added to the query. The combination
rules are:
- Filters that share the **same group key** are combined with **OR** (any match within
the group is sufficient).
- Different filter groups (different group keys, or no group key) are combined with
**AND** (all groups must match).
- Filters with **no group key** are each treated as their own group and are always AND'd.
| `POST` | [Create a new dashboard](/developer-docs/api/create-a-new-dashboard) | `/api/v1/dashboard/` |
| `GET` | [Get metadata information about this API resource (dashboard--info)](/developer-docs/api/get-metadata-information-about-this-api-resource-dashboard-info) | `/api/v1/dashboard/_info` |
| `POST` | [Create a copy of an existing dashboard](/developer-docs/api/create-a-copy-of-an-existing-dashboard) | `/api/v1/dashboard/{id_or_slug}/copy/` |
| `DELETE` | [Delete a dashboard](/developer-docs/api/delete-a-dashboard) | `/api/v1/dashboard/{pk}` |
| `PUT` | [Update a dashboard](/developer-docs/api/update-a-dashboard) | `/api/v1/dashboard/{pk}` |
| `POST` | [Compute and cache a screenshot (dashboard-pk-cache-dashboard-screenshot)](/developer-docs/api/compute-and-cache-a-screenshot-dashboard-pk-cache-dashboard-screenshot) | `/api/v1/dashboard/{pk}/cache_dashboard_screenshot/` |
| `PUT` | [Update chart customizations configuration for a dashboard.](/developer-docs/api/update-chart-customizations-configuration-for-a-dashboard) | `/api/v1/dashboard/{pk}/chart_customizations` |
| `PUT` | [Update colors configuration for a dashboard.](/developer-docs/api/update-colors-configuration-for-a-dashboard) | `/api/v1/dashboard/{pk}/colors` |
| `GET` | [Export dashboard as example bundle](/developer-docs/api/export-dashboard-as-example-bundle) | `/api/v1/dashboard/{pk}/export_as_example/` |
| `DELETE` | [Remove the dashboard from the user favorite list](/developer-docs/api/remove-the-dashboard-from-the-user-favorite-list) | `/api/v1/dashboard/{pk}/favorites/` |
| `POST` | [Mark the dashboard as favorite for the current user](/developer-docs/api/mark-the-dashboard-as-favorite-for-the-current-user) | `/api/v1/dashboard/{pk}/favorites/` |
| `PUT` | [Update native filters configuration for a dashboard.](/developer-docs/api/update-native-filters-configuration-for-a-dashboard) | `/api/v1/dashboard/{pk}/filters` |
| `GET` | [Get a computed screenshot from cache (dashboard-pk-screenshot-digest)](/developer-docs/api/get-a-computed-screenshot-from-cache-dashboard-pk-screenshot-digest) | `/api/v1/dashboard/{pk}/screenshot/{digest}/` |
| `GET` | [Get a list of charts](/developer-docs/api/get-a-list-of-charts) | `/api/v1/chart/` |
| `POST` | [Create a new chart](/developer-docs/api/create-a-new-chart) | `/api/v1/chart/` |
| `GET` | [Get metadata information about this API resource (chart--info)](/developer-docs/api/get-metadata-information-about-this-api-resource-chart-info) | `/api/v1/chart/_info` |
| `GET` | [Get a list of datasets](/developer-docs/api/get-a-list-of-datasets) | `/api/v1/dataset/` |
| `POST` | [Create a new dataset](/developer-docs/api/create-a-new-dataset) | `/api/v1/dataset/` |
| `GET` | [Get metadata information about this API resource (dataset--info)](/developer-docs/api/get-metadata-information-about-this-api-resource-dataset-info) | `/api/v1/dataset/_info` |
| `GET` | [Get a dataset](/developer-docs/api/get-a-dataset) | `/api/v1/dataset/{id_or_uuid}` |
| `GET` | [Get charts and dashboards count associated to a dataset](/developer-docs/api/get-charts-and-dashboards-count-associated-to-a-dataset) | `/api/v1/dataset/{id_or_uuid}/related_objects` |
| `DELETE` | [Delete a dataset](/developer-docs/api/delete-a-dataset) | `/api/v1/dataset/{pk}` |
| `GET` | [Get a dataset](/developer-docs/api/get-a-dataset) | `/api/v1/dataset/{pk}` |
| `PUT` | [Update a dataset](/developer-docs/api/update-a-dataset) | `/api/v1/dataset/{pk}` |
| `DELETE` | [Delete a dataset column](/developer-docs/api/delete-a-dataset-column) | `/api/v1/dataset/{pk}/column/{column_id}` |
| `DELETE` | [Delete a dataset metric](/developer-docs/api/delete-a-dataset-metric) | `/api/v1/dataset/{pk}/metric/{metric_id}` |
| `PUT` | [Refresh and update columns of a dataset](/developer-docs/api/refresh-and-update-columns-of-a-dataset) | `/api/v1/dataset/{pk}/refresh` |
| `GET` | [Get charts and dashboards count associated to a dataset](/developer-docs/api/get-charts-and-dashboards-count-associated-to-a-dataset) | `/api/v1/dataset/{pk}/related_objects` |
| `GET` | [Get distinct values from field data (dataset-distinct-column-name)](/developer-docs/api/get-distinct-values-from-field-data-dataset-distinct-column-name) | `/api/v1/dataset/distinct/{column_name}` |
| `POST` | [Duplicate a dataset](/developer-docs/api/duplicate-a-dataset) | `/api/v1/dataset/duplicate` |
| `GET` | [Get all schemas from a database](/developer-docs/api/get-all-schemas-from-a-database) | `/api/v1/database/{pk}/schemas/` |
| `GET` | [Get database select star for table (database-pk-select-star-table-name)](/developer-docs/api/get-database-select-star-for-table-database-pk-select-star-table-name) | `/api/v1/database/{pk}/select_star/{table_name}/` |
| `GET` | [Get database select star for table (database-pk-select-star-table-name-schema-name)](/developer-docs/api/get-database-select-star-for-table-database-pk-select-star-table-name-schema-name) | `/api/v1/database/{pk}/select_star/{table_name}/{schema_name}/` |
| `DELETE` | [Delete a SSH tunnel](/developer-docs/api/delete-a-ssh-tunnel) | `/api/v1/database/{pk}/ssh_tunnel/` |
| `POST` | [Re-sync all permissions for a database connection](/developer-docs/api/re-sync-all-permissions-for-a-database-connection) | `/api/v1/database/{pk}/sync_permissions/` |
| `GET` | [Get names of databases currently available](/developer-docs/api/get-names-of-databases-currently-available) | `/api/v1/database/available/` |
| `GET` | [Download database(s) and associated dataset(s) as a zip file](/developer-docs/api/download-database-s-and-associated-dataset-s-as-a-zip-file) | `/api/v1/database/export/` |
<summary><strong>Datasources</strong> (1 endpoints) — Query datasource metadata and column values.</summary>
<summary><strong>Datasources</strong> (2 endpoints) — Query datasource metadata and column values.</summary>
| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| `GET` | [Get possible values for a datasource column](/developer-docs/api/get-possible-values-for-a-datasource-column) | `/api/v1/datasource/{datasource_type}/{datasource_id}/column/{column_name}/values/` |
| `POST` | [Validate a SQL expression against a datasource](/developer-docs/api/validate-a-sql-expression-against-a-datasource) | `/api/v1/datasource/{datasource_type}/{datasource_id}/validate_expression/` |
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>Advanced Data Type</strong> (2 endpoints) — Endpoints for advanced data type operations and conversions.</summary>
<summary><strong>Advanced Data Type</strong> (2 endpoints) — Advanced data type operations and conversions.</summary>
| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| `GET` | [Return an AdvancedDataTypeResponse](/developer-docs/api/return-an-advanceddatatyperesponse) | `/api/v1/advanced_data_type/convert` |
| `GET` | [Return an AdvancedDataTypeResponse](/developer-docs/api/return-an-advanced-data-type-response) | `/api/v1/advanced_data_type/convert` |
| `GET` | [Return a list of available advanced data types](/developer-docs/api/return-a-list-of-available-advanced-data-types) | `/api/v1/advanced_data_type/types` |
| `POST` | [Create a new permanent link (explore-permalink)](/developer-docs/api/create-a-new-permanent-link-explore-permalink) | `/api/v1/explore/permalink` |
| `POST` | [Create a new permanent link (sqllab-permalink)](/developer-docs/api/create-a-new-permanent-link-sqllab-permalink) | `/api/v1/sqllab/permalink` |
| `GET` | [Get permanent link state for SQLLab editor.](/developer-docs/api/get-permanent-link-state-for-sqllab-editor) | `/api/v1/sqllab/permalink/{key}` |
| `GET` | [Get permanent link state for SQLLab editor.](/developer-docs/api/get-permanent-link-state-for-sql-lab-editor) | `/api/v1/sqllab/permalink/{key}` |
| `GET` | [Get a list of themes](/developer-docs/api/get-a-list-of-themes) | `/api/v1/theme/` |
| `POST` | [Create a theme](/developer-docs/api/create-a-theme) | `/api/v1/theme/` |
| `GET` | [Get metadata information about this API resource (theme--info)](/developer-docs/api/get-metadata-information-about-this-api-resource-theme-info) | `/api/v1/theme/_info` |
| `DELETE` | [Delete a theme](/developer-docs/api/delete-a-theme) | `/api/v1/theme/{pk}` |
| `GET` | [Get a theme](/developer-docs/api/get-a-theme) | `/api/v1/theme/{pk}` |
| `PUT` | [Update a theme](/developer-docs/api/update-a-theme) | `/api/v1/theme/{pk}` |
| `PUT` | [Set a theme as the system dark theme](/developer-docs/api/set-a-theme-as-the-system-dark-theme) | `/api/v1/theme/{pk}/set_system_dark` |
| `PUT` | [Set a theme as the system default theme](/developer-docs/api/set-a-theme-as-the-system-default-theme) | `/api/v1/theme/{pk}/set_system_default` |
| `DELETE` | [Delete security user registrations by pk](/developer-docs/api/delete-security-user-registrations-by-pk) | `/api/v1/security/user_registrations/{pk}` |
| `GET` | [Get security user registrations by pk](/developer-docs/api/get-security-user-registrations-by-pk) | `/api/v1/security/user_registrations/{pk}` |
| `PUT` | [Update security user registrations by pk](/developer-docs/api/update-security-user-registrations-by-pk) | `/api/v1/security/user_registrations/{pk}` |
| `GET` | [Get distinct values from field data (security-user-registrations-distinct-column-name)](/developer-docs/api/get-distinct-values-from-field-data-security-user-registrations-distinct-column-name) | `/api/v1/security/user_registrations/distinct/{column_name}` |
| `GET` | [Get related fields data (security-user-registrations-related-column-name)](/developer-docs/api/get-related-fields-data-security-user-registrations-related-column-name) | `/api/v1/security/user_registrations/related/{column_name}` |
import { ProgressBar } from '@superset/components';
import { ProgressBar } from '@superset-ui/core/components';
```
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