Add configurable defaults to uiSettings (#4344)

Also now:
* `theme:darkMode` and `theme:version` can be configured via `defaults`
* unauthenticated users are no longer forced to light mode

Signed-off-by: Miki <miki@amazon.com>
(cherry picked from commit fe1f1d1)
Signed-off-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

# Conflicts:
#	CHANGELOG.md

src/core/server/rendering/rendering_service.test.ts

@@ -106,15 +106,44 @@ describe('RenderingService', () => {
         expect(data).toMatchSnapshot(INJECTED_METADATA);
       });
 
+      it('renders "core" page driven by defaults', async () => {
+        uiSettings.getUserProvided.mockResolvedValue({ 'theme:darkMode': { userValue: false } });
+        uiSettings.getOverrideOrDefault.mockImplementation((name) => name === 'theme:darkMode');
+        const content = await render(createOpenSearchDashboardsRequest(), uiSettings, {
+          includeUserSettings: false,
+        });
+        const dom = load(content);
+        const data = JSON.parse(dom('osd-injected-metadata').attr('data') || '');
+
+        expect(uiSettings.getUserProvided).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(data).toMatchSnapshot(INJECTED_METADATA);
+      });
+
       it('renders "core" page driven by settings', async () => {
         uiSettings.getUserProvided.mockResolvedValue({ 'theme:darkMode': { userValue: true } });
+        uiSettings.getRegistered.mockReturnValue({ 'theme:darkMode': { value: false } });
         const content = await render(createOpenSearchDashboardsRequest(), uiSettings);
         const dom = load(content);
         const data = JSON.parse(dom('osd-injected-metadata').attr('data') || '');
 
         expect(data).toMatchSnapshot(INJECTED_METADATA);
       });
 
+      it('renders "core" page with no defaults or overrides', async () => {
+        uiSettings.getUserProvided.mockResolvedValue({});
+        uiSettings.getOverrideOrDefault.mockImplementation((name) =>
+          name === 'theme:darkMode' ? undefined : false
+        );
+        const content = await render(createOpenSearchDashboardsRequest(), uiSettings, {
+          includeUserSettings: false,
+        });
+        const dom = load(content);
+        const data = JSON.parse(dom('osd-injected-metadata').attr('data') || '');
+
+        expect(uiSettings.getUserProvided).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(data).toMatchSnapshot(INJECTED_METADATA);
+      });
+
       it('renders "core" with excluded user settings', async () => {
         const content = await render(createOpenSearchDashboardsRequest(), uiSettings, {
           includeUserSettings: false,

src/core/server/rendering/rendering_service.tsx

@@ -95,9 +95,11 @@ export class RenderingService {
           defaults: uiSettings.getRegistered(),
           user: includeUserSettings ? await uiSettings.getUserProvided() : {},
         };
-        const darkMode = settings.user?.['theme:darkMode']?.userValue
-          ? Boolean(settings.user['theme:darkMode'].userValue)
-          : false;
+        // Cannot use `uiSettings.get()` since a user might not be authenticated
+        const darkMode =
+          (settings.user?.['theme:darkMode']?.userValue ??
+            uiSettings.getOverrideOrDefault('theme:darkMode')) ||
+          false;
 
         const brandingAssignment = await this.assignBrandingConfig(
           darkMode,

src/core/server/ui_settings/types.ts

@@ -52,9 +52,13 @@ export {
  */
 export interface IUiSettingsClient {
   /**
-   * Returns registered uiSettings values {@link UiSettingsParams}
+   * Returns all registered uiSettings values {@link UiSettingsParams}
    */
   getRegistered: () => Readonly<Record<string, PublicUiSettingsParams>>;
+  /**
+   * Returns the overridden uiSettings value if one exists, or the registered default if one exists {@link UiSettingsParams}
+   */
+  getOverrideOrDefault: (key: string) => unknown;
   /**
    * Retrieves uiSettings values set by the user with fallbacks to default values if not specified.
    */

src/core/server/ui_settings/ui_settings_client.test.ts

@@ -333,6 +333,25 @@ describe('ui settings', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('#getOverrideOrDefault()', () => {
+    it('returns the non-overridden default settings passed within the constructor', () => {
+      const value = chance.word();
+      const defaults = { key: { value } };
+      const { uiSettings } = setup({ defaults });
+      expect(uiSettings.getOverrideOrDefault('key')).toEqual(value);
+      expect(uiSettings.getOverrideOrDefault('unknown')).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('returns the overridden settings passed within the constructor', () => {
+      const value = chance.word();
+      const override = chance.word();
+      const defaults = { key: { value } };
+      const overrides = { key: { value: override } };
+      const { uiSettings } = setup({ defaults, overrides });
+      expect(uiSettings.getOverrideOrDefault('key')).toEqual(override);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('#getUserProvided()', () => {
     it('pulls user configuration from OpenSearch', async () => {
       const { uiSettings, savedObjectsClient } = setup();

src/core/server/ui_settings/ui_settings_client.ts

@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ export class UiSettingsClient implements IUiSettingsClient {
     return copiedDefaults;
   }
 
+  getOverrideOrDefault(key: string): unknown {
+    return this.isOverridden(key) ? this.overrides[key].value : this.defaults[key]?.value;
+  }
+
   async get<T = any>(key: string): Promise<T> {
     const all = await this.getAll();
     return all[key];

src/core/server/ui_settings/ui_settings_config.ts

@@ -37,13 +37,33 @@ const deprecations: ConfigDeprecationProvider = ({ unused, renameFromRoot }) =>
   renameFromRoot('server.defaultRoute', 'uiSettings.overrides.defaultRoute'),
 ];
 
+/* There are 4 levels of uiSettings:
+ *   1) defaults hardcoded in code
+ *   2) defaults provided in the opensearch_dashboards.yml
+ *   3) values selected by the user and received from savedObjects
+ *   4) overrides provided in the opensearch_dashboards.yml
+ *
+ * Each of these levels override the one above them.
+ *
+ * The schema below exposes only a limited set of settings to be set in the config file.
+ *
+ * ToDo: Remove overrides; these were added to force the lock down the theme version.
+ * The schema is temporarily relaxed to allow overriding the `darkMode` and setting
+ * `defaults`. An upcoming change would relax them further to allow setting them.
+ */
+
 const configSchema = schema.object({
   overrides: schema.object(
     {
+      'theme:darkMode': schema.maybe(schema.boolean({ defaultValue: true })),
       'theme:version': schema.string({ defaultValue: 'v7' }),
     },
     { unknowns: 'allow' }
   ),
+  defaults: schema.object({
+    'theme:darkMode': schema.maybe(schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false })),
+    'theme:version': schema.maybe(schema.string({ defaultValue: 'v7' })),
+  }),
 });
 
 export type UiSettingsConfigType = TypeOf<typeof configSchema>;

src/core/server/ui_settings/ui_settings_service.mock.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import { UiSettingsService } from './ui_settings_service';
 const createClientMock = () => {
   const mocked: jest.Mocked<IUiSettingsClient> = {
     getRegistered: jest.fn(),
+    getOverrideOrDefault: jest.fn(),
     get: jest.fn(),
     getAll: jest.fn(),
     getUserProvided: jest.fn(),

src/core/server/ui_settings/ui_settings_service.test.ts

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const overrides = {
   overrideBaz: 'baz',
 };
 
-const defaults = {
+const defaults: Record<string, any> = {
   foo: {
     name: 'foo',
     value: 'bar',
@@ -97,6 +97,21 @@ describe('uiSettings', () => {
         );
       });
     });
+
+    it('fails if configured default was not previously defined', async () => {
+      const coreContext = mockCoreContext.create();
+      coreContext.configService.atPath.mockReturnValueOnce(
+        new BehaviorSubject({
+          defaults: {
+            foo: 'configured',
+          },
+        })
+      );
+      const customizedService = new UiSettingsService(coreContext);
+      await expect(customizedService.setup(setupDeps)).rejects.toMatchInlineSnapshot(
+        `[Error: [ui settings defaults [foo]: expected key to be have been registered]`
+      );
+    });
   });
 
   describe('#start', () => {
@@ -168,6 +183,31 @@ describe('uiSettings', () => {
         expect(MockUiSettingsClientConstructor.mock.calls[0][0].defaults).toEqual(defaults);
         expect(MockUiSettingsClientConstructor.mock.calls[0][0].defaults).not.toBe(defaults);
       });
+
+      it('passes configured defaults to UiSettingsClient', async () => {
+        const defaultsClone: Record<string, any> = {};
+        Object.keys(defaults).forEach((key: string) => {
+          defaultsClone[key] = { ...defaults[key] };
+        });
+
+        getCoreSettingsMock.mockReturnValue(defaultsClone);
+        const coreContext = mockCoreContext.create();
+        coreContext.configService.atPath.mockReturnValueOnce(
+          new BehaviorSubject({
+            defaults: {
+              foo: 'configured',
+            },
+          })
+        );
+        const customizedService = new UiSettingsService(coreContext);
+        await customizedService.setup(setupDeps);
+        const start = await customizedService.start();
+        start.asScopedToClient(savedObjectsClient);
+        expect(MockUiSettingsClientConstructor).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(MockUiSettingsClientConstructor.mock.calls[0][0].defaults?.foo?.value).toEqual(
+          'configured'
+        );
+      });
     });
   });
 });

src/core/server/ui_settings/ui_settings_service.ts

@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ export class UiSettingsService
     this.register(getCoreSettings());
 
     const config = await this.config$.pipe(first()).toPromise();
-    this.overrides = config.overrides;
+    this.overrides = config.overrides || {};
+
+    // Use uiSettings.defaults from the config file
+    this.validateAndUpdateConfiguredDefaults(config.defaults);
 
     return {
       register: this.register.bind(this),
@@ -134,4 +137,17 @@ export class UiSettingsService
       }
     }
   }
+
+  private validateAndUpdateConfiguredDefaults(defaults: Record<string, any> = {}) {
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(defaults)) {
+      const definition = this.uiSettingsDefaults.get(key);
+      if (!definition)
+        throw new Error(`[ui settings defaults [${key}]: expected key to be have been registered`);
+
+      if (definition.schema) {
+        definition.schema.validate(value, {}, `ui settings configuration [${key}]`);
+      }
+      definition.value = value;
+    }
+  }
 }

src/legacy/ui/ui_render/ui_render_mixin.js

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export function uiRenderMixin(osdServer, server, config) {
       const darkMode =
         !authEnabled || request.auth.isAuthenticated
           ? await uiSettings.get('theme:darkMode')
-          : false;
+          : uiSettings.getOverrideOrDefault('theme:darkMode');
 
       const themeVersion =
         !authEnabled || request.auth.isAuthenticated ? await uiSettings.get('theme:version') : 'v7';