Closes #11787: Rebuild any missing search cache entires after upgrade

docs/release-notes/version-3.4.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * [#11110](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/11110) - Add `start_address` and `end_address` filters for IP ranges
 * [#11592](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/11592) - Introduce `FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE` configuration parameter
 * [#11685](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/11685) - Match on containing prefixes and aggregates when querying for IP addresses using global search
+* [#11787](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/11787) - Upgrade script will automatically rebuild missing search cache
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 * [#11683](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/11683) - Fix CSV header attribute detection when auto-detecting import format
 * [#11711](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/11711) - Fix CSV import for multiple-object custom fields
 * [#11723](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/11723) - Circuit terminations should link to their associated circuits (rather than site or provider network)
+* [#11775](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/11775) - Skip checking for old search cache records when creating a new object
 * [#11786](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/11786) - List only applicable object types in form widget when filtering custom fields
 
 ---

netbox/extras/management/commands/reindex.py

@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             nargs='*',
             help='One or more apps or models to reindex',
         )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--lazy',
+            action='store_true',
+            help="For each model, reindex objects only if no cache entries already exist"
+        )
 
     def _get_indexers(self, *model_names):
         indexers = {}
@@ -60,14 +65,15 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             raise CommandError("No indexers found!")
         self.stdout.write(f'Reindexing {len(indexers)} models.')
 
-        # Clear all cached values for the specified models
+        # Clear all cached values for the specified models (if not being lazy)
-        self.stdout.write('Clearing cached values... ', ending='')
+        if not kwargs['lazy']:
-        self.stdout.flush()
+            self.stdout.write('Clearing cached values... ', ending='')
-        content_types = [
+            self.stdout.flush()
-            ContentType.objects.get_for_model(model) for model in indexers.keys()
+            content_types = [
-        ]
+                ContentType.objects.get_for_model(model) for model in indexers.keys()
-        deleted_count = search_backend.clear(content_types)
+            ]
-        self.stdout.write(f'{deleted_count} entries deleted.')
+            deleted_count = search_backend.clear(content_types)
+            self.stdout.write(f'{deleted_count} entries deleted.')
 
         # Index models
         self.stdout.write('Indexing models')
@@ -76,11 +82,18 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             model_name = model._meta.model_name
             self.stdout.write(f'  {app_label}.{model_name}... ', ending='')
             self.stdout.flush()
+
+            if kwargs['lazy']:
+                content_type = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(model)
+                if cached_count := search_backend.count(object_types=[content_type]):
+                    self.stdout.write(f'Skipping (found {cached_count} existing).')
+                    continue
+
             i = search_backend.cache(model.objects.iterator(), remove_existing=False)
             if i:
                 self.stdout.write(f'{i} entries cached.')
             else:
-                self.stdout.write(f'None found.')
+                self.stdout.write(f'No objects found.')
 
         msg = f'Completed.'
         if total_count := search_backend.size:

netbox/netbox/search/backends.py

@@ -80,7 +80,13 @@ class SearchBackend:
 
     def clear(self, object_types=None):
         """
-        Delete *all* cached data.
+        Delete *all* cached data (optionally filtered by object type).
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def count(self, object_types=None):
+        """
+        Return a count of all cache entries (optionally filtered by object type).
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
@@ -218,6 +224,12 @@ class CachedValueSearchBackend(SearchBackend):
         # Call _raw_delete() on the queryset to avoid first loading instances into memory
         return qs._raw_delete(using=qs.db)
 
+    def count(self, object_types=None):
+        qs = CachedValue.objects.all()
+        if object_types:
+            qs = qs.filter(object_type__in=object_types)
+        return qs.count()
+
     @property
     def size(self):
         return CachedValue.objects.count()

upgrade.sh

@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ COMMAND="python3 netbox/manage.py remove_stale_contenttypes --no-input"
 echo "Removing stale content types ($COMMAND)..."
 eval $COMMAND || exit 1
 
+# Rebuild the search cache (lazily)
+COMMAND="python3 netbox/manage.py reindex --lazy"
+echo "Rebuilding search cache ($COMMAND)..."
+eval $COMMAND || exit 1
+
 # Delete any expired user sessions
 COMMAND="python3 netbox/manage.py clearsessions"
 echo "Removing expired user sessions ($COMMAND)..."