vRO 8.5 failed to save workflow schema {{message}} error when modifying array variable values

[qc4vmware]

I have a workflow where I have an array of strings defined with a bunch of values.  I went in to modify that array and add a couple of additional items and when I do I get an error 400, OK then another pop up "failed to save workflow schema {{message}}.  Attached is a screen shot.  I get this when saving the workflow.  Anyone seen this or is it a known bug?  Google search didn't hit on anything for me.

[xian_]

What do you have in the logs?

[qc4vmware]

Still too new to vRO/vRA 8 to know what log to look in for this.  I dug around in the logs in /data/vco/usr/lib/vco/app-server/logs but don't see anything.  Its super easy to reproduce just make a new workflow, add a string array var, set a couple of values, save the workflow, edit that same variable and add another item, save, error.

[xian_]

It fails indeed in 8.5.1.

The relevant log is in /services-logs/prelude/vco-app/file-logs/vco-server-app.log

Here is mine:

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2021-10-20T20:22:24.884Z WARN vco [host='vco-app-84d598cdc7-gpglq' thread='http-nio-8280-exec-21' user='xian' org='05b138db-c915-41fb-8354-284329e9e9c8' trace='-'] {} org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support.DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver - Resolved [org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException: JSON parse error: Unexpected token (FIELD_NAME), expected END_OBJECT: expected closing END_OBJECT after type information and deserialized value; nested exception is com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.MismatchedInputException: Unexpected token (FIELD_NAME), expected END_OBJECT: expected closing END_OBJECT after type information and deserialized value
at [Source: (PushbackInputStream); line: 1, column: 252] (through reference chain: com.vmware.o11n.web.contentversioncontrol.model.WsWorkflowChangeSet["workflowSchema"]->com.vmware.o11n.web.workflow.schema.model.WsSchemaWorkflow["attrib"]->java.util.ArrayList[0]->com.vmware.o11n.web.common.model.WsParameter["value"])]

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Looks like it cannot handle the WF schema generated by the GUI. Very sad.

[xian_ · Accepted solution]

Just checked the payload in DevTools, and on the update the GUI sends a slightly different payload, specifying the variable type twice and that is not accepted by the API. Manually removing the extra attribute in the payload it works. I think this is a bug...

[qc4vmware]

Thanks for confirming I'll open up a ticket with support!

[qc4vmware]

Support has confirmed this is a bug and will be fixed in 8.6.1.  Thanks again for the debug help!

[ymichalak]

Hello same error here when we have arrays like a variable on vRO 8.6.

Do you have a GA for vRO 8.6.1 ?