fix(stats): categorize ticket stats by state name, not state_type_id - #323
fix(stats): categorize ticket stats by state name, not state_type_id#323bundabrg-hermes wants to merge 4 commits into
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zammad_get_ticket_stats matched each ticket's looked-up state_type_id against hardcoded constants (1=new, 2=open, 3=closed, 4=pending reminder, 5=pending close). Those are Zammad's default IDs, but state_type_id is assigned per instance and is not stable across versions or installations. On instances with a non-default state set the buckets were scrambled: e.g. a renumbered "closed" state (id 5) was counted as "pending close", inflating the pending count (thousands) while closed reported only the tickets whose state happens to carry id 3. Categorize by the semantic state name (case-insensitive) instead: "new"/"open" -> open, "closed" -> closed, "pending reminder"/ "pending close" -> pending. Unknown/custom states still count toward the total but no bucket. Also note in list_ticket_states docs that state_type_id values are per-instance, and drop the now-unused state_type mapping cache. Co-authored-by: bundabrg <bundabrg@grieve.com.au>
…ed categorization Custom states that Zammad's own UI treats as pending (e.g. 'pending refund', 'pending approval') were silently dropped from all buckets by the exact-match name categorization. A leading 'pending' prefix now maps them to the pending bucket, while states that merely contain the word elsewhere still fall through to total-only. This makes the name-based categorization strictly more accurate than both the original substring code and the current state_type_id code. Co-authored-by: bundabrg <bundabrg@grieve.com.au>
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WalkthroughThe server now categorizes ticket states by normalized names instead of numeric ChangesTicket state categorization
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In `@mcp_zammad/server.py`:
- Line 1916: Update the custom pending-state check in the state classification
logic to use the “pending ” prefix, while retaining exact matches from
_STATE_NAME_PENDING. Add regression assertions covering leading near-miss names
such as “pendingly” and “pending-approval” to ensure they are not counted as
pending.
In `@tests/test_server.py`:
- Line 1401: Add the required mock_zammad_client fixture parameter to
test_categorize_ticket_state_uses_name_not_type_id, ensuring ZammadMCPServer
receives the mocked ZammadClient consistently with the other tests.
- Line 1466: Update the test around zammad_get_ticket_stats to be asynchronous
and retrieve the registered FastMCP tool via await
server_inst.mcp.get_tool("zammad_get_ticket_stats"), then invoke its fn with
GetTicketStatsParams() instead of calling test_tools directly.
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A bare 'pending' prefix would miscount near-miss custom states such as 'pendingly' or 'pending-approval' as pending. Restrict the fallback to 'pending ' (space-terminated), add the bare 'pending' state to the exact match set, and lock in both directions with regression assertions. Addresses CodeRabbit review comment on the pending-prefix fallback. Co-authored-by: bundabrg <bundabrg@users.noreply.github.com>
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What
zammad_get_ticket_statspreviously compared each ticket's looked-upstate_type_idagainst hardcoded constants (1=new, 2=open, 3=closed,4=pending reminder, 5=pending close). This PR categorizes by the semantic
state name instead, case-insensitively, with a leading-
pendingprefixfallback so custom states such as "pending refund" are not silently
dropped from all buckets.
This reverts (and improves on) the categorization logic introduced in
upstream commit
ab86a36("refactor(server): use state type IDs forrobust state categorization").
Why: the original change was a regression, not a fix
1. The stated motivation was a bot suggestion, not a real defect.
The commit message reads: "Handles custom and localized state names
correctly. Addresses CodeRabbit suggestion to improve robustness over
substring matching." The code it replaced was:
That code produced correct stats on any real deployment: built-in
states are named exactly
new/open/closed/pending reminder/pending close, so the buckets lined up. Its only weakness was exoticcustom states not containing "pending", which landed in total-only — an
under-count, never a wrong count.
2. The "localized state names" justification does not hold for the API.
Zammad localizes its UI, not its REST API. Verified against a live
instance:
/ticket_statesand full ticket objects return canonicalEnglish state names under
Accept-Language: de-DE,ja-JP, andzh-CN— "closed" stays "closed". The MCP client (zammad_py) sends noAccept-Languageheader at all. A German or Japanese instance thereforenever hands the server localized state names; string matching was never
going to break on locale in this path.
3.
state_type_idis per-instance, not a semantic enum.It is assigned by auto-increment over the instance's state history, so
the same state can have a different id on different installations.
Live mapping on this instance:
The hardcoded constants were clearly never validated against even a stock
instance: Zammad's own API documentation shows
closedwithstate_type_id: 5, while the constant says 3.4. Observed impact. On this instance the stats tool reported
3,621 "pending" / 2 "closed" while an actual search for pending tickets
returned 3. Mechanism: real closed tickets (type_id 5) matched the
"pending close" constant (5) and inflated the pending bucket; real
pending-reminder tickets (type_id 3) matched the "closed" constant (3).
Reproduced on a live page of 100: 95 closed + 4 merged + 1 open came
back, and the old logic classified them 95 pending / 4 uncategorized /
1 open.
What changed
mcp_zammad/server.py:_categorize_ticket_state()now matches on the state name,case-insensitive, trimmed:
new/open→ open,closed→ closed,pending reminder/pending close(or any state starting withpending) → pending; anything else counts toward the total only.STATE_TYPE_*constants and the now-unusedname→state_type_id mapping cache.
list_ticket_statesdocstring notes thatstate_type_idvalues areper-instance.
tests/test_server.py: regression tests locking in name-basedcategorization, including a renumbered-state instance fixture, the
pending-prefix fallback (
pending refund→ pending), and the narrowprefix boundary (
reviewed pending approval→ not pending).Strictly more accurate than both prior versions: the old code under-counted
exotic custom states; the id code mis-counts everything on any non-fresh
instance.
Note for reviewers (CodeRabbit)
The
state_type_idapproach was introduced from a CodeRabbit suggestionthat misidentified the failure mode: the real API contract is the state
name, which Zammad keeps canonical across locales. Numeric ids are the
unstable field. This PR deliberately reverses that suggestion; please
treat the rationale above as the governing context for the diff.
Summary by CodeRabbit
Review feedback (2026-09-05)
CodeRabbit's three comments were addressed individually in-thread:
pendingword ine696eb5, with regression assertions for near-misses (pendingly,pending-approval) in both directions.