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@uddhavdave uddhavdave commented Dec 2, 2025

fixes #9443

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Greptile Summary

Adds support for matching null values in alert conditions and trims quotes from condition values during string comparisons.

Key Changes:

  • String comparison now trims surrounding quotes from the condition value using .trim_matches('"'), allowing conditions like "null" to match correctly
  • New Value::Null arm handles JSON null values by checking if operator is EqualTo and condition value is the string "null"

Issues Found:

  • Critical ambiguity: Both the string literal "null" and actual JSON null values will match the condition column = "null", making it impossible to distinguish between them
  • The NotEqualTo operator only returns false for null handling (by falling through to default), but this might be confusing - worth documenting this behavior

Confidence Score: 3/5

  • Functional fix with logical ambiguity that could cause unexpected behavior in production
  • The PR successfully adds null value matching capability, but introduces semantic ambiguity where string "null" and JSON null values cannot be distinguished. This could lead to false positives in alerts when data contains the literal string "null". The changes are focused and minimal, but the logic issue is significant enough to require attention before merging.
  • src/service/alerts/mod.rs requires careful testing to verify null matching behavior and ensure the ambiguity between string "null" and JSON null is acceptable for the use case

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src/service/alerts/mod.rs 3/5 Added null value matching support and quote trimming for string comparisons. Has ambiguity issue where string "null" and JSON null both match the same condition.

Sequence Diagram

sequenceDiagram
    participant Alert as Alert System
    participant Condition as Condition.evaluate()
    participant Row as JSON Row Data
    
    Alert->>Condition: evaluate(row)
    Condition->>Row: get(column)
    
    alt Column exists
        Row-->>Condition: Some(value)
        
        alt value is String
            Condition->>Condition: trim quotes from condition value
            Condition->>Condition: compare string values
            Condition-->>Alert: boolean result
        else value is Number
            Condition->>Condition: parse/convert to f64
            Condition->>Condition: compare numeric values
            Condition-->>Alert: boolean result
        else value is Bool
            Condition->>Condition: parse/convert to bool
            Condition->>Condition: compare boolean values
            Condition-->>Alert: boolean result
        else value is Null
            Condition->>Condition: check operator = EqualTo
            Condition->>Condition: check condition value = "null"
            Condition-->>Alert: true if both match, false otherwise
        else other type
            Condition-->>Alert: false
        end
    else Column missing
        Row-->>Condition: None
        Condition-->>Alert: false
    end
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@uddhavdave uddhavdave merged commit 0dce003 into branch-v0.20.0 Dec 2, 2025
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@uddhavdave uddhavdave deleted the ud/fix-conditions-pipeline branch December 2, 2025 18:22
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