Cannot modify user created before migration when localDatastore is enabled.

[pjchavarria]

I'm getting:
[Error]: cannot modify user ID_HERE (Code: 206, Version: 1.12.0)
When trying to update a user that was created before migrating from parse.com to mlab.com

Testing results

• Both parse.com and AWS are using the same mlab database now, works fine using parse.com.
• Login a the user with email or facebook give the same error.
• Server running both locally and deployed on AWS give the same error.
• Only happens to already created users, newly created users don't get that error.
• It works fine for all users if i disable localDatastore when initializing the iOS SDK
• Deleting the Instalations and Sessions for that user don't fix the error.
• Tested with both versions of parse-server 2.1.6 and 2.2.6.
• User data does get edited, but server returns
  400 Bad Request {"code":206,"error":"cannot modify user ID_HERE"}

Environment Setup

Swift project
iOS SDK 1.12.0

let configuration = ParseClientConfiguration {
            $0.applicationId = Keys().parseApplicationId()
            $0.clientKey = " "
            $0.server = Keys().parseServerURL()
            $0.localDatastoreEnabled = true
        }
Parse.initializeWithConfiguration(configuration)

Parse Server

"dependencies": {
    "express": "~4.13.x",
    "kerberos": "~0.0.x",
    "kue": "^0.10.5",
    "moment": "~2.12.0",
    "parse": "~1.8.3",
    "parse-server": "~2.2.6",
    "underscore": "~1.8.3"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node index.js"
  },
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=4.3"
  }

Steps to reproduce

1. Enable localdatastore.
2. Edit a user that was created before migration.

Pd. ParseServer is awesome, thanks for making it.

[refre5h]

We also have localDatastore enabled, and experienced similar thing. Possibly related: #1404

[drew-gross]

Can you post the database contents for a user that is having the issue, and the exact request received by the server? The server logs all requests when you use the VERBOSE=1 environment variable.

[pjchavarria]

Sure, this is one of the users with the problem, happens to all old users:

{
    "_id": "Bt5dy11isC",
    "aozoraUsername": "Usern",
    "_created_at": {
        "$date": "2015-07-29T02:43:34.338Z"
    },
    "_email_verify_token": "NvCSM7wHwRZgevXD4HxQlOiJo",
    "username": "usern",
    "_session_token": "FYKjnfTPrGsixzNmqBPxd8ELq",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "emailVerified": false,
    "_hashed_password": "$2a$10$H8tyh4qU4ZpQQKLdBo12teXfo0Wvxpv4dWvv.os42pd.EJksjq69.",
    "_updated_at": {
        "$date": "2016-04-12T05:33:05.077Z"
    },
    "joinDate": {
        "$date": "2015-07-29T02:43:35.339Z"
    },
    "avatarThumb": "tfss-8be15f45-4867-4f42-b9c3-3507686b3eca-avatarThumb.png",
    "badges": [
        "Admin 2",
        "Kōhai"
    ],
    "_p_details": "UserDetails$X4IOQ2ZBET",
    "myAnimeListUsername": "usern",
    "banner": "tfss-0a2cdaf1-2d4d-4c34-8203-b92a693629d4-banner.png",
    "active": true,
    "activeStart": {
        "$date": "2016-04-12T05:30:14.829Z"
    },
    "activeEnd": {
        "$date": "2016-04-12T03:30:23.344Z"
    },
    "trialExpiration": {
        "$date": "2016-01-03T02:17:44.589Z"
    },
    "unlockedContent": [
        "com.anytap"
    ],
    "_rperm": [
        "*",
        "Bt5dy11isC"
    ],
    "_wperm": [
        "Bt5dy11isC"
    ]
}

Request:

PUT /parse/classes/_User/Bt5dy11isC HTTP/1.1
Host: hosthere.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com
X-Parse-Client-Version: i1.12.0
Accept: */*
X-Parse-Session-Token: SESSION
X-Parse-Application-Id: APPID
X-Parse-Client-Key: 
X-Parse-Installation-Id: INSTALLATION
X-Parse-OS-Version: 9.3 (15E65)
Accept-Language: en-us
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 114
User-Agent: Aozora/121 CFNetwork/758.3.15 Darwin/15.4.0
Connection: keep-alive
X-Parse-App-Build-Version: 121
X-Parse-App-Display-Version: 1.7.1
Pragma: no-cache
Cache-Control: no-cache

{"email":"[email protected]","activeStart":{"__type":"Date","iso":"2016-04-12T22:25:04.502Z"},"active":true}```

[drew-gross]

Thanks, I'll look into this.

[drew-gross]

Also, I might not need it, but I also might: the contents of your _SCHEMA collection for _User.

[pjchavarria]

Thanks!
The contents of _SCHEMA for _User:

{
    "_id": "_User",
    "_metadata": {
        "class_permissions": {
            "get": {
                "*": true
            },
            "find": {
                "*": true
            },
            "update": {
                "*": true
            },
            "create": {
                "*": true
            },
            "delete": {
                "*": true
            },
            "addField": {
                "*": true
            },
            "readUserFields": [],
            "writeUserFields": []
        },
        "auth_options": {
            "twitter": {
                "enabled": true
            },
            "anonymous": {
                "enabled": true
            },
            "_enable_by_default": true,
            "username": {
                "enabled": true
            },
            "facebook": {
                "enabled": true,
                "app_ids": [
                    "MY_APP_ID_HERE"
                ],
                "app_secrets": [
                    "MY_APP_SECRET_HERE"
                ]
            }
        }
    },
    "username": "string",
    "email": "string",
    "emailVerified": "boolean",
    "myAnimeListUsername": "string",
    "joinDate": "date",
    "aozoraUsername": "string",
    "avatarThumb": "file",
    "badges": "array",
    "banner": "file",
    "details": "*UserDetails",
    "following": "relation<_User>",
    "subscribedThreads": "relation<Thread>",
    "unlockedContent": "array",
    "activeStart": "date",
    "activeEnd": "date",
    "active": "boolean",
    "trialExpiration": "date",
    "ACL": "object"
}

Let me know if you need anything else 👍

[drew-gross]

I noticed you have _session_token on your user, do you have revocable session tokens enabled for your Parse App? Currently Parse Server requires revocable session tokens.

[pjchavarria]

Require Revocable Sessions was off in parse.com when i migrated to mlab.
I thought that was enabled by default on parse-server, how can i know if it's enabled?

[drew-gross]

Unfortunately you'll need to go through the migrating to revocable sessions flow before using Parse Server: https://parse.com/tutorials/session-migration-tutorial otherwise users with old versions of your app will not be able to log in.

[pjchavarria]

@drew-gross I've already migrated to the new mlab without revocable session tokens, now i'm stuck because i can't migrate again using revocables session tokens, only change the connection DB string, do you have any suggestion?

[benishak]

I have the same issue

[drew-gross]

The instructions in the guide will still work even after you've migrated your database.

[benishak]

@drew where to put that line in iOS ? Inside the login function?