update the rails backend to remove the Severity Undefined value and migrate existing records in DB having Undefined to Unknown
Problem to solve
Today we use a similar vocabulary for communicating Severity and Confidence. This leads to a confusing experience, especially where the two labels appear near to one another.
Epic:Security reports: Remodel severity levels
Epic:Security reports: Remodel severity and confidence
Intended users
- Delaney (Development Team Lead)
- Sasha (Software Developer)
- Devon (DevOps Engineer)
- Sidney (Systems Administrator)
- Sam (Security Analyst)
Further details
Proposal
update the rails backend to remove the Undefined value and migrate existing records in DB having Undefined to Unknown
Documentation
Check if any screen shots or other elements of related documentation need updates
Availability & Testing
Verify if tests pass or need updates as a result
Links / references
Implementation plan (ordered)
- Update Parser to convert
UndefinedtoUnknownhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/master/ee/lib/gitlab/ci/parsers/security/common.rb#L95 - Migrate
UndefinedtoUnkonwnvalues in db - Remove
undefinedfrom SEVERITY_LEVELS -
Update docs:handled in #198160 (closed)
Edited by Olivier Gonzalez