[AMBARI-17125] Wizards operation gets into inconsistent state when logged into from a different browser

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.0
• Component/s: ambari-web
• Assignee: Andrii Tkach
• Reporter: Andrii Tkach
• Created: 08/Jun/16 16:20
• Updated: 09/Jun/16 12:06
• Resolved: 09/Jun/16 09:59

Description

Create user with the following usernames and roles :
admin2 : ambari administrator
clusteradmin : cluster administrator

Step 1 :
Login using user "admin".
Start an action which creates a widget. ( Eg : Enabling HA/Adding hosts)
Stop at step2

Step 2 :
Using a different browser session, login using user "admin"
Issue : The widget popup is not shown. It doesn't even show the bar that say adding hosts is in progress

Step 3:
Using a different browser session, login using user "admin2"

• Accessing cluster user using :
  http://<hostURL>/#/main/host/add/step1
  shows the widget and the steps can go on.

• Accessing using the default http://<host>:8080 shows the "Add hosts is in progress bar" but the bar is not clickable

• Most importantly, admin2 which is an admin user is not allowed to do admin operations like "Manage ambari" (The button is not available in the UI. It was available before the widget was started.)

Step 4:
Using a different browser session, login using user "clusteradmin"

• Accessing cluster user using :
  http://<hostURL>/#/main/host/add/step1
  shows the widget and the steps can go on.

• Accessing using the default http://<host>:8080 shows the "Add hosts is in progress bar" but the bar is not clickable

This effectively means we can't start a widget operation and continue in a different browser session.

This doesn't go away on ambari server restart as well.