skip unique validation if the attribute is unchanged

packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-service/index.js

@@ -202,10 +202,14 @@ const createDefaultImplementation = ({ strapi, db, eventHub, entityValidator })
 
     const isDraft = contentTypesUtils.isDraft(entityToUpdate, model);
 
-    const validData = await entityValidator.validateEntityUpdate(model, data, {
+    const validData = await entityValidator.validateEntityUpdate(
+      model,
+      data,
+      {
         isDraft,
-      entityId,
-    });
+      },
+      entityToUpdate
+    );
 
     const query = transformParamsToQuery(uid, pickSelectionParams(wrappedParams));
 

packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-validator/index.js

@@ -120,12 +120,13 @@ const createRelationValidator = createOrUpdate => (attr, data, { isDraft }) => {
 
 const createScalarAttributeValidator = createOrUpdate => (
   attr,
-  { isDraft, uid, attributeName, entityId }
+  data,
+  { isDraft, model, attributeName, entity }
 ) => {
   let validator;
 
   if (has(attr.type, validators)) {
-    validator = validators[attr.type](attr, { isDraft, uid, attributeName, entityId });
+    validator = validators[attr.type](attr, { isDraft, model, attributeName, entity, data });
   } else {
     // No validators specified - fall back to mixed
     validator = yup.mixed();
@@ -139,18 +140,18 @@ const createScalarAttributeValidator = createOrUpdate => (
 const createAttributeValidator = createOrUpdate => (
   attr,
   data,
-  { isDraft, uid, attributeName, entityId }
+  { isDraft, model, attributeName, entity }
 ) => {
   let validator;
 
   if (isMediaAttribute(attr)) {
     validator = yup.mixed();
   } else if (isScalarAttribute(attr)) {
-    validator = createScalarAttributeValidator(createOrUpdate)(attr, {
+    validator = createScalarAttributeValidator(createOrUpdate)(attr, data, {
       isDraft,
-      uid,
+      model,
       attributeName,
-      entityId,
+      entity,
     });
   } else {
     if (attr.type === 'component') {
@@ -169,14 +170,14 @@ const createAttributeValidator = createOrUpdate => (
   return validator;
 };
 
-const createModelValidator = createOrUpdate => (model, data, { isDraft, entityId }) => {
+const createModelValidator = createOrUpdate => (model, data, { isDraft }, entity) => {
   const writableAttributes = model ? getWritableAttributes(model) : [];
 
   const schema = writableAttributes.reduce((validators, attributeName) => {
     const validator = createAttributeValidator(createOrUpdate)(
       model.attributes[attributeName],
       prop(attributeName, data),
-      { isDraft, uid: model.uid, attributeName, entityId }
+      { isDraft, model, attributeName, entity }
     );
 
     return assoc(attributeName, validator)(validators);
@@ -188,7 +189,8 @@ const createModelValidator = createOrUpdate => (model, data, { isDraft, entityId
 const createValidateEntity = createOrUpdate => async (
   model,
   data,
-  { isDraft = false, entityId } = {}
+  { isDraft = false } = {},
+  entity = null
 ) => {
   if (!isObject(data)) {
     const { displayName } = model.info;
@@ -198,10 +200,14 @@ const createValidateEntity = createOrUpdate => async (
     );
   }
 
-  const validator = createModelValidator(createOrUpdate)(model, data, {
+  const validator = createModelValidator(createOrUpdate)(
+    model,
+    data,
+    {
       isDraft,
-    entityId,
-  }).required();
+    },
+    entity
+  ).required();
   return validateYupSchema(validator, { strict: false, abortEarly: false })(data);
 };
 

packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-validator/validators.js

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ const { yup } = require('@strapi/utils');
 /**
  * Utility function to compose validators
  */
-const composeValidators = (...fns) => (attr, { isDraft, uid, attributeName, entityId }) => {
+const composeValidators = (...fns) => (attr, { isDraft, model, attributeName, entity, data }) => {
   return fns.reduce((validator, fn) => {
-    return fn(attr, validator, { isDraft, uid, attributeName, entityId });
+    return fn(attr, validator, { isDraft, model, attributeName, entity, data });
   }, yup.mixed());
 };
 
@@ -71,14 +71,24 @@ const addMaxFloatValidator = ({ max }, validator) =>
 const addStringRegexValidator = ({ regex }, validator) =>
   _.isUndefined(regex) ? validator : validator.matches(new RegExp(regex));
 
-const addUniqueValidator = (attr, validator, { uid, attributeName, entityId }) => {
-  if (attr.unique) {
+const addUniqueValidator = (attr, validator, { model, attributeName, entity, data }) => {
+  /**
+   * If the attribute is unchanged we skip the unique verification. This will
+   * prevent the validator to be triggered in case the user activated the
+   * unique constraint after already creating multiple entries with
+   * the same attribute value for that field.
+   */
+  if (entity && data === entity[attributeName]) {
+    return validator;
+  }
+
+  if (attr.unique || attr.type === 'uid') {
     return validator.test('unique', 'This attribute must be unique', async value => {
-      let whereParams = entityId
-        ? { $and: [{ [attributeName]: value }, { $not: { id: entityId } }] }
+      let whereParams = entity
+        ? { $and: [{ [attributeName]: value }, { $not: { id: entity.id } }] }
         : { [attributeName]: value };
 
-      const record = await strapi.db.query(uid).findOne({
+      const record = await strapi.db.query(model.uid).findOne({
         select: ['id'],
         where: whereParams,
       });
@@ -131,7 +141,7 @@ module.exports = {
   password: stringValidator,
   email: emailValidator,
   enumeration: enumerationValidator,
-  boolean: () => () => yup.mixed(),
+  boolean: () => yup.boolean(),
   uid: uidValidator,
   json: () => yup.mixed(),
   integer: integerValidator,