fix: fall back to login for LTI users with null first/last name - #13538
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WalkthroughLTI-created users now receive fallback names when name claims are missing or blank. Tests verify fallback behavior and preservation of provided names. ChangesLTI user name fallback
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In `@src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/lti/service/LtiService.java`:
- Around line 139-140: Update the effectiveFirstName and effectiveLastName
assignments to use StringUtils.hasText for both firstName and lastName checks,
so whitespace-only claims use their existing fallback values.
In `@src/test/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/lti/LtiServiceTest.java`:
- Around line 242-259: Stub userCreationService.createUser(...) to return the
test user before the service call in each affected test:
src/test/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/lti/LtiServiceTest.java lines 242-259,
261-276, and 278-293. This ensures authenticateLtiUser can invoke setLtiCreated
on the returned user before assertions.
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| String effectiveFirstName = StringUtils.hasLength(firstName) ? firstName : login; | ||
| String effectiveLastName = StringUtils.hasLength(lastName) ? lastName : ""; |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
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set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- target implementation ---'
sed -n '110,165p' src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/lti/service/LtiService.java
printf '%s\n' '--- StringUtils usage and tests ---'
rg -n -C 4 'effectiveFirstName|effectiveLastName|hasLength|hasText|blank|whitespace|createUser' src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/lti src/test 2>/dev/null | head -n 240
printf '%s\n' '--- Spring dependency declarations ---'
rg -n -C 3 'spring-framework|spring-boot|springVersion|org.springframework' pom.xml build.gradle* gradle.properties 2>/dev/null | head -n 160Repository: ls1intum/Artemis
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set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- LTI service imports and callers ---'
sed -n '1,80p' src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/lti/service/LtiService.java
rg -n -C 5 'createNewUserFromLaunchRequest|StringUtils' src/main/java src/test/java -g '*Lti*' -g '*LTI*' 2>/dev/null | head -n 240
printf '%s\n' '--- LTI test files ---'
git ls-files | rg -i 'lti.*test|test.*lti'
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant diff summary ---'
git diff --stat -- src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/lti/service/LtiService.java
git diff -- src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/lti/service/LtiService.java | sed -n '1,180p'
printf '%s\n' '--- direct behavioral probe for the predicates used by the implementation ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
values = [None, "", " ", "\t\n", "Alice"]
for value in values:
has_length = value is not None and len(value) > 0
has_text = value is not None and any(not c.isspace() for c in value)
print(repr(value), "hasLength=", has_length, "hasText=", has_text)
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Use StringUtils.hasText for both name claims.
StringUtils.hasLength accepts whitespace-only values, so " " bypasses the fallback. Replace both checks with hasText.
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In `@src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/lti/service/LtiService.java` around
lines 139 - 140, Update the effectiveFirstName and effectiveLastName assignments
to use StringUtils.hasText for both firstName and lastName checks, so
whitespace-only claims use their existing fallback values.
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| @Test | ||
| void authenticateLtiUser_newUser_withNullNames_createsUserWithLoginFallback() { | ||
| SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(null); | ||
| onlineCourseConfiguration.setRequireExistingUser(false); | ||
| when(userRepository.findOneByLogin("edx_janedoe")).thenReturn(Optional.empty()); | ||
| when(userRepository.findOneByEmailIgnoreCase("jane@example.com")).thenReturn(Optional.empty()); | ||
| when(artemisAuthenticationProvider.getUsernameForEmail("jane@example.com")).thenReturn(Optional.empty()); | ||
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| ltiService.authenticateLtiUser("jane@example.com", "edx_janedoe", null, null, onlineCourseConfiguration.isRequireExistingUser()); | ||
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| // The user must be created with the login as a fallback display name so JGit's PersonIdent | ||
| // does not throw "Name of PersonIdent must not be null" on the next commit. | ||
| ArgumentCaptor<String> firstNameCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class); | ||
| ArgumentCaptor<String> lastNameCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class); | ||
| verify(userCreationService).createUser(eq("edx_janedoe"), any(), firstNameCaptor.capture(), lastNameCaptor.capture(), eq("jane@example.com"), any(), any(), any(), anyBoolean()); | ||
| assertThat(firstNameCaptor.getValue()).isEqualTo("edx_janedoe"); | ||
| assertThat(lastNameCaptor.getValue()).isEmpty(); | ||
| } |
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Stub UserCreationService.createUser in each new creation test. Mockito returns null for the unstubbed call. LtiService then calls newUser.setLtiCreated(true), so each test stops before its assertions.
src/test/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/lti/LtiServiceTest.java#L242-L259: StubuserCreationService.createUser(...)to returnuserbefore line 250.src/test/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/lti/LtiServiceTest.java#L261-L276: StubuserCreationService.createUser(...)to returnuserbefore line 269.src/test/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/lti/LtiServiceTest.java#L278-L293: StubuserCreationService.createUser(...)to returnuserbefore line 286.
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| @Test | |
| void authenticateLtiUser_newUser_withNullNames_createsUserWithLoginFallback() { | |
| SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(null); | |
| onlineCourseConfiguration.setRequireExistingUser(false); | |
| when(userRepository.findOneByLogin("edx_janedoe")).thenReturn(Optional.empty()); | |
| when(userRepository.findOneByEmailIgnoreCase("jane@example.com")).thenReturn(Optional.empty()); | |
| when(artemisAuthenticationProvider.getUsernameForEmail("jane@example.com")).thenReturn(Optional.empty()); | |
| ltiService.authenticateLtiUser("jane@example.com", "edx_janedoe", null, null, onlineCourseConfiguration.isRequireExistingUser()); | |
| // The user must be created with the login as a fallback display name so JGit's PersonIdent | |
| // does not throw "Name of PersonIdent must not be null" on the next commit. | |
| ArgumentCaptor<String> firstNameCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class); | |
| ArgumentCaptor<String> lastNameCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class); | |
| verify(userCreationService).createUser(eq("edx_janedoe"), any(), firstNameCaptor.capture(), lastNameCaptor.capture(), eq("jane@example.com"), any(), any(), any(), anyBoolean()); | |
| assertThat(firstNameCaptor.getValue()).isEqualTo("edx_janedoe"); | |
| assertThat(lastNameCaptor.getValue()).isEmpty(); | |
| } | |
| @Test | |
| void authenticateLtiUser_newUser_withNullNames_createsUserWithLoginFallback() { | |
| SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(null); | |
| onlineCourseConfiguration.setRequireExistingUser(false); | |
| when(userRepository.findOneByLogin("edx_janedoe")).thenReturn(Optional.empty()); | |
| when(userRepository.findOneByEmailIgnoreCase("jane@example.com")).thenReturn(Optional.empty()); | |
| when(artemisAuthenticationProvider.getUsernameForEmail("jane@example.com")).thenReturn(Optional.empty()); | |
| when(userCreationService.createUser(any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), anyBoolean())).thenReturn(user); | |
| ltiService.authenticateLtiUser("jane@example.com", "edx_janedoe", null, null, onlineCourseConfiguration.isRequireExistingUser()); | |
| // The user must be created with the login as a fallback display name so JGit's PersonIdent | |
| // does not throw "Name of PersonIdent must not be null" on the next commit. | |
| ArgumentCaptor<String> firstNameCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class); | |
| ArgumentCaptor<String> lastNameCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class); | |
| verify(userCreationService).createUser(eq("edx_janedoe"), any(), firstNameCaptor.capture(), lastNameCaptor.capture(), eq("jane@example.com"), any(), any(), any(), anyBoolean()); | |
| assertThat(firstNameCaptor.getValue()).isEqualTo("edx_janedoe"); | |
| assertThat(lastNameCaptor.getValue()).isEmpty(); | |
| } | |
| @Test | |
| void authenticateLtiUser_newUser_withBlankNames_createsUserWithLoginFallback() { | |
| SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(null); | |
| onlineCourseConfiguration.setRequireExistingUser(false); | |
| when(userRepository.findOneByLogin("edx_janedoe")).thenReturn(Optional.empty()); | |
| when(userRepository.findOneByEmailIgnoreCase("jane@example.com")).thenReturn(Optional.empty()); | |
| when(artemisAuthenticationProvider.getUsernameForEmail("jane@example.com")).thenReturn(Optional.empty()); | |
| when(userCreationService.createUser(any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), anyBoolean())).thenReturn(user); | |
| ltiService.authenticateLtiUser("jane@example.com", "edx_janedoe", " ", " ", onlineCourseConfiguration.isRequireExistingUser()); | |
| ArgumentCaptor<String> firstNameCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class); | |
| ArgumentCaptor<String> lastNameCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class); | |
| verify(userCreationService).createUser(eq("edx_janedoe"), any(), firstNameCaptor.capture(), lastNameCaptor.capture(), eq("jane@example.com"), any(), any(), any(), anyBoolean()); | |
| assertThat(firstNameCaptor.getValue()).isEqualTo("edx_janedoe"); | |
| assertThat(lastNameCaptor.getValue()).isEmpty(); | |
| } | |
| @Test | |
| void authenticateLtiUser_newUser_withNames_keepsProvidedNames() { | |
| SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(null); | |
| onlineCourseConfiguration.setRequireExistingUser(false); | |
| when(userRepository.findOneByLogin("edx_janedoe")).thenReturn(Optional.empty()); | |
| when(userRepository.findOneByEmailIgnoreCase("jane@example.com")).thenReturn(Optional.empty()); | |
| when(artemisAuthenticationProvider.getUsernameForEmail("jane@example.com")).thenReturn(Optional.empty()); | |
| when(userCreationService.createUser(any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), anyBoolean())).thenReturn(user); | |
| ltiService.authenticateLtiUser("jane@example.com", "edx_janedoe", "Jane", "Doe", onlineCourseConfiguration.isRequireExistingUser()); | |
| ArgumentCaptor<String> firstNameCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class); | |
| ArgumentCaptor<String> lastNameCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class); | |
| verify(userCreationService).createUser(eq("edx_janedoe"), any(), firstNameCaptor.capture(), lastNameCaptor.capture(), eq("jane@example.com"), any(), any(), any(), anyBoolean()); | |
| assertThat(firstNameCaptor.getValue()).isEqualTo("Jane"); | |
| assertThat(lastNameCaptor.getValue()).isEqualTo("Doe"); | |
| } |
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In `@src/test/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/lti/LtiServiceTest.java` around lines
242 - 259, Stub userCreationService.createUser(...) to return the test user
before the service call in each affected test:
src/test/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/lti/LtiServiceTest.java lines 242-259,
261-276, and 278-293. This ensures authenticateLtiUser can invoke setLtiCreated
on the returned user before assertions.
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Some LTI platforms (e.g. Open edX) do not transmit the `given_name` and `family_name` claims in the id token. When this happens, the created user has null firstName/lastName, which later crashes JGit's PersonIdent with "Name of PersonIdent must not be null" whenever the user commits a change in the online editor. Fix: in `createNewUserFromLaunchRequest`, fall back to the login as the display name when the LTI platform does not provide names. Fixes ls1intum#13537
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tested 407a8f6 locally. The pr body has no steps for testing.
- new lti user with missing name claims gets login as display name: yes. created a user in the exact fallback shape (first_name = edx_janedoe, last_name = ''), online editor submit works, commit is 200, localci build runs, result is created. commit identity in the student repo is "edx_janedoe jane@example.com", no trailing space, no null.
pr-13538-v01-janedoe-commit-success.mp4
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the three new unit tests pass: no. all three fail with an NPE. userCreationService.createUser is never stubbed, the mock returns null, and the service dies at newUser.setLtiCreated(true) before any captor assertion runs.
./gradlew test --tests '*LtiServiceTest': 14 tests, 3 failed (exactly the new ones). -
blank name handling: no. spring's StringUtils.hasLength(" ") is true, so whitespace-only claims are kept verbatim, while the blank-names test asserts the login fallback. implementation and test contradict each other; both cannot pass. needs hasText on both lines (see inline).
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code style: no. spotlessCheck is red on the new test file (line wrapping), run spotlessApply. checkstyle and the full architecture test tag are green.
also checked:
- users that already exist with null names stay broken. reproduced 13537 on this build with a null-name user: submit gives commit 400, toasts "Submitting failed." and "Illegal argument during operation or file already exists", server log shows "Name of PersonIdent must not be null" at GitService.commitAndPush:451. the fallback only runs in the creation branch, so the deployments that reported 13537 keep crashing after this fix. repair on the existing-user path or ship a backfill (see inline).
pr-13538-v02-nullname-commit-fails.mp4
- empty last name renders fine everywhere i looked: navbar, admin user list, course participation, User.getName() drops the empty part. no "undefined", no double space.
- the admin user edit form requires a last name, so an admin cannot save such a user later without inventing one. same as with null before, not a regression, just be aware.
- fallback is sticky: a later launch that does carry given_name/family_name never backfills the real name. consider updating names on the findOneByLogin hit when the stored first name is blank or equals the login.
- the login used as display name is visible to other students (scoreboards, chat). in the open edx case it is preferred_username or the email local part plus course prefix. acceptable imo, but state the tradeoff in the pr.
- pr body misses the template sections (checklist, motivation, steps for testing); validate-pr-description is skipping.
- server tests / server code style ci have not run on this pr at all yet, only meta checks. my local runs predict red on both.
| // Some LTI platforms (e.g. Open edX) omit the given_name and family_name claims in the id token. | ||
| // Fall back to the login so the user always has a non-null display name; a null name would | ||
| // otherwise crash JGit's PersonIdent ("Name of PersonIdent must not be null") on the next commit. | ||
| String effectiveFirstName = StringUtils.hasLength(firstName) ? firstName : login; |
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hasLength(" ") is true (only null/empty are false), so whitespace-only claims keep the whitespace: display name becomes " " and the git author name ends up empty. your own blank-names test expects the fallback here. use StringUtils.hasText on both lines, that is also the pattern UserCreationService uses for registrationNumber.
| @@ -133,7 +133,12 @@ public void authenticateLtiUser(String email, String username, String firstName, | |||
| protected Authentication createNewUserFromLaunchRequest(String email, String login, String firstName, String lastName) { | |||
| final var user = userRepository.findOneByLogin(login).orElseGet(() -> { | |||
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the fallback only runs inside this orElseGet. users already persisted with null names (the population from 13537) come back through findOneByLogin unchanged and keep crashing; i reproduced the exact failure on this build (commit 400, "Name of PersonIdent must not be null" at GitService.commitAndPush:451). consider repairing here when the stored first name is blank (set the same login fallback and save), or a liquibase backfill for lti-created users with null first_name.
| // does not throw "Name of PersonIdent must not be null" on the next commit. | ||
| ArgumentCaptor<String> firstNameCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class); | ||
| ArgumentCaptor<String> lastNameCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class); | ||
| verify(userCreationService).createUser(eq("edx_janedoe"), any(), firstNameCaptor.capture(), lastNameCaptor.capture(), eq("jane@example.com"), any(), any(), any(), anyBoolean()); |
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createUser is never stubbed in these three tests (nor in init()), so the mock returns null and the service NPEs at newUser.setLtiCreated(true) before this verify runs. all three new tests are red locally. stub it like the existing tests at lines 179/200 do, and run the class before pushing.
| ArgumentCaptor<String> firstNameCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class); | ||
| ArgumentCaptor<String> lastNameCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class); | ||
| verify(userCreationService).createUser(eq("edx_janedoe"), any(), firstNameCaptor.capture(), lastNameCaptor.capture(), eq("jane@example.com"), any(), any(), any(), anyBoolean()); | ||
| assertThat(firstNameCaptor.getValue()).isEqualTo("edx_janedoe"); |
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with the shipped implementation the captor sees " " here, not the login. this assertion only goes green once LtiService uses hasText.
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nit: three copies of the same body. one @ParameterizedTest with @CsvSource(nullValues = "null") rows (null,null,edx_janedoe,''), (' ',' ',edx_janedoe,''), (Jane,Doe,Jane,Doe) covers all three.
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Some LTI platforms (e.g. Open edX) do not send the
given_nameandfamily_nameclaims in the id token. When this happens, the user is created with a nullfirstName/lastName. Later, when the user submits a programming exercise in the online editor,GitService.commitAndPushcallsuser.getName()and passes it to JGit'sPersonIdent, which throws:Changes
LtiService.createNewUserFromLaunchRequest, fall back to the login when the LTI platform omitsgiven_name/family_nameFixes #13537
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