AgriTheory Newsletter: December 2025

Cloud Storage

Recent releases of Cloud Storage have focused on reliability, storage path improvements, and expanded file handling capabilities. A significant update introduced a new default S3 path strategy along with a bench command to migrate existing files from legacy paths to the new format, with a legacy compatibility mode available for installations that need backward-compatible key structures. The s3_key field now supports a configurable data length to prevent truncation of longer S3 key paths. Additional enhancements include file versioning support — where uploading a file with a matching content hash links it to an existing File record instead of creating a duplicate — as well as preview support for PowerPoint, OpenDocument Presentation, and Keynote file types.

Several important bug fixes have also been delivered. An issue was resolved where deleting a File did not first remove its associated File Association records, leaving orphaned child table rows in the database. Validation of the associated_doc field and the s3_key assignment for email attachments were also corrected, ensuring those files are properly stored and retrievable from S3. A fix was additionally made to allow files to be attached from the library within the Add Attachments dialog.

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Inventory Tools

Inventory Tools has seen a series of meaningful updates across several recent releases. A new Workstation Operating Cost Doctype was introduced, enabling per-workstation cost tracking that integrates directly into Stock Entry and Work Order processing, complete with an enable/disable toggle in the UI and a fallback to the previous cost system. Faceted search functionality was also restored, and the plant floor section was removed from the application. A name key was added back to all custom JSON files to prevent a key error when running bench migrate through the customize.py script.

Follow-up fixes to the Workstation Operating Cost feature corrected how time_in_mins is sourced — now pulled from Job Card with a fallback to Work Order — removed rounding that was zeroing out small per-unit costs, and removed an incompatible super() call. Override tracking changes were also implemented, and a code-duplication detection workflow was added and integrated into the custom JSON files.

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Test Utils

Test Utils received updates focused on database partition management and tooling improvements. Support was added for creating future partitions while skipping any that already exist, with a configurable years-ahead setting and a before_migrate hook to automate partition setup during migrations. Command line argument support was also added to the bylines pre-commit hook, and Poetry documentation was updated to clarify required fields in pyproject.toml.

A targeted bug fix followed, correcting the clean_customized_doctypes function to preserve the name and idx keys that are required for successful reinstallation of customized Doctypes.