Github user rafaelweingartner commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/837#discussion_r105952120
--- Diff: server/src/com/cloud/alert/AlertManagerImpl.java ---
@@ -767,7 +767,9 @@ public void sendAlert(AlertType alertType, long
dataCenterId, Long podId, Long c
// set up a new alert
AlertVO newAlert = new AlertVO();
newAlert.setType(alertType.getType());
- newAlert.setSubject(subject);
+ //do not have a seperate column for content.
+ //appending the message to the subject for now.
+ newAlert.setSubject(subject+content);
--- End diff --
I understand that 999 characters may seem a lot, but the `content` may
contain some long strings. for instance, in
`com.cloud.network.router.VirtualNetworkApplianceManagerImpl.RvRStatusUpdateTask.checkDuplicateMaster(List<DomainRouterVO>)`,
it is generated a `subject` and a `content` that together (depending on
variable combinations used to create those strings) can go over 500 chars.
What concerns me the most are methods such as
`org.apache.cloudstack.storage.image.BaseImageStoreDriverImpl.createVolumeAsyncCallback(AsyncCallbackDispatcher<?
extends BaseImageStoreDriverImpl, DownloadAnswer>,
CreateContext<CreateCmdResult>)`, where the `subject` and `content` would be
the same, and they are created using an error message that may come from the
most different places.
The use of `com.cloud.alert.AlertManagerImpl.sendAlert(AlertType, long,
Long, String, String)` is quite broad and it would be a lot of work to check
every single place it is used. For me, the code that you are adding at line 772
seem like a half-measure that is bug prone. I would like to hear the feedback
from others on this topic.
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