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Fix: servers per-page setting resets after session expiry - #2502

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Fix: servers per-page setting resets after session expiry#2502
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Summary

Filament only caches the servers table's "records per page" selection in the PHP session. Once the session expires (Laravel's default SESSION_LIFETIME is 120 minutes, and Pelican doesn't override it), the setting silently reverts to the hardcoded default (10 in grid view / 20 in list view) instead of staying at whatever the user picked.

This PR persists the selection in the user's customization column (the same mechanism already used for dashboard_layout, top_navigation, etc.), so it survives session expiry instead of only lasting a couple of hours.

  • Session-based caching (Filament's default behavior) is untouched and still takes priority when valid, for instant client-side feedback.
  • When the session doesn't have a value (expired, or a new session from a different device), the table now falls back to the value stored in customization.servers_per_page instead of the hardcoded default.
  • Scoped to the servers list (ListServers) only, per the contributing guide's "one targeted change per PR" — the same session-only limitation exists on a few other tables (egg list, activity log, file manager) but I left those out of this PR.

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Tested manually end-to-end in a local Docker dev build (Dockerfile.dev), driving a real browser against it:

  • Fresh user, no stored preference → per-page defaults to 10 (unchanged behavior)
  • Changing per-page to 20 persists customization.servers_per_page = 20 in the database
  • Server-side session files deleted (simulating expiry) while still authenticated (remember-me) → per-page still shows 20 on reload, instead of reverting to 10
  • No automated tests included yet.

Filament only caches the table's records-per-page choice in the PHP
session, so it silently reverts to the hardcoded default once the
session expires. Store the selection in the user's customization
column, mirroring the existing dashboard_layout preference, so it
survives session expiry.
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Server pagination now stores a validated page-size customization. List and grid layouts use separate session keys. User customization updates run transactionally to preserve concurrent changes. Tests cover persistence, restoration, invalid values, defaults, and layout separation.

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Server pagination preferences

Layer / File(s) Summary
Pagination preference contract
app/Enums/CustomizationKey.php, app/Models/User.php
Adds the ServersPerPage customization key with a default of 0. User validation requires a non-negative integer. setCustomization() updates one raw customization value within a transaction.
Server list pagination integration
app/Filament/App/Resources/Servers/Pages/ListServers.php
Uses layout-specific session keys and validates stored page sizes against active options. Valid pagination changes persist through setCustomization().
Pagination preference validation
tests/Filament/App/ListServersTest.php
Tests persistence, restoration, invalid-value fallback, and separate grid and list pagination state.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ListServers
  participant User
  participant Database
  ListServers->>User: Read servers_per_page customization
  User->>Database: Read stored customization
  Database-->>User: Return stored value
  ListServers->>ListServers: Validate value for active layout
  ListServers->>User: Persist valid page size
  User->>Database: Lock and update customization
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The PR preserves the servers per-page preference across session expiry through a localized user customization change; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the main change: preserving the servers per-page setting after session expiry.
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app/Filament/App/Resources/Servers/Pages/ListServers.php (1)

122-128: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add automated coverage for the pagination contract.

Add Livewire tests for fresh grid/list defaults, stored values after session expiry, valid session precedence, invalid values for each layout, and persistence without overwriting existing customization keys.

Also applies to: 158-176

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In `@app/Filament/App/Resources/Servers/Pages/ListServers.php` around lines 122 -
128, Add Livewire coverage around the ListServers pagination configuration,
covering fresh grid/list defaults, stored values after session expiry, valid
session precedence, invalid stored values for both layouts, and persistence that
preserves unrelated customization keys. Anchor the tests to the pagination
behavior configured by the ListServers table and verify the expected page option
and customization outcomes for each scenario.
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Inline comments:
In `@app/Filament/App/Resources/Servers/Pages/ListServers.php`:
- Around line 169-173: Update the customization payload in the per-page
persistence flow around the user update to merge with the raw stored
customization data rather than user()->getCustomization(), which includes enum
defaults. Preserve existing stored values and update only
CustomizationKey::ServersPerPage, using an existing raw-data accessor or a
dedicated method if available.
- Around line 122-128: Update the pagination configuration in the table-building
method so Filament receives a layout-compatible session per-page value before
applying defaultPaginationPageOption(). Validate or normalize the stored value
against the current $pageOptions, ensuring incompatible grid values fall back to
the configured list default while preserving valid values for each layout.
- Around line 158-176: Update updatedTableRecordsPerPage() to validate the
selected value against the current pageOptions, accepting only an exact allowed
page-size value rather than any numeric input. Persist only
CustomizationKey::ServersPerPage, and reset the invalid selection/state so
subsequent loads use a valid default.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@app/Filament/App/Resources/Servers/Pages/ListServers.php`:
- Around line 122-128: Add Livewire coverage around the ListServers pagination
configuration, covering fresh grid/list defaults, stored values after session
expiry, valid session precedence, invalid stored values for both layouts, and
persistence that preserves unrelated customization keys. Anchor the tests to the
pagination behavior configured by the ListServers table and verify the expected
page option and customization outcomes for each scenario.
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I don't think we need an extra customization for that. The panel also stores other values in the session and that's fine.

Besides that, this issue is pretty niche because the default lifetime is 2 hours.

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Fair point on consistency, but I'd frame this less as a timing edge case and more as a basic UX expectation: once someone deliberately changes this setting, they expect it to stick, that's the whole point of changing it.

As a concrete example, I have around 20 servers myself, so I bumped the per-page from 10 to 20 on purpose, to see them all on one page every time I load the dashboard. I don't want to have to re-select that every time my session happens to renew, I want it to just stay set, permanently, like any other preference. It's less about how rare a 2-hour session expiry is and more about the setting not actually behaving like a saved preference at all right now.

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I personally think this idea looks good to me, plus it can always be cached. I agree with the expectation that once a user sets this value, it should remain the same.

FYI, I have NOT run this branch, NOR have I tested it yet though.

Validate the selected per-page value against the table's current page
options before persisting, merge into the raw customization data via a
new User::setCustomization() so enum defaults that fail validation are
never written, and scope the per-page session key by layout so a grid
value can't invalidate the list default. Adds pest coverage for the
persistence, validation, and layout fallback paths.

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I have pushed some small changes and manually tested and confirmed this is working.

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In `@app/Models/User.php`:
- Around line 391-398: Update User::setCustomization to prevent concurrent
updates from overwriting separate customization keys: use a database-supported
atomic JSON-key update, or lock and reload the user row within a transaction
before merging and saving. Preserve the existing raw customization data handling
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Two concurrent requests could each read the same customization document
and the later save would drop the earlier one's key. Re-read the row
with lockForUpdate inside a transaction so the merge always starts from
the latest stored value.
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