Dangling translations after content translation is disabled for an entity type

Created on 14 November 2024, 5 months ago

Problem/Motivation

Translation records remain in the database long after translation has been disabled on an entity type. This causes an error when updating a node with the "Provide a menu link" option enabled.

Steps to reproduce

Say, a content entity is translatable. In my case, it was menu_link_content.
I create a node and add a menu link to it in English, and say, I translate it to Portuguese.
After a few months, translations are disabled on the menu_link_content. Say, the client wants to have different menus for different languages to have more control.
Observe:At this point, translations are disabled, but there are translation records in the database.
In some cases, the @menu_ui_form_node_form_submit()@ gets confused due to this and ends up causing an exception.
Additionally, the translations stay in the database forever even though they have been disabled.

I haven't tested this with other entity types, but it is highly probable that the same happens with them.

Proposed resolution

Create a mechanism to perform garbage collection on such dangling translations.

Remaining tasks

* Decide how to do it
* Do it

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Status

Active

Version

11.1 🔥

Component

config_translation.module

Created by

🇨🇦Canada jigarius Montréal

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Issue created by @jigarius
Comment 5 months ago →
thabarak
Translation records remain in the database for entities like menu_link_content long after translations have been disabled. This results in errors, specifically during node updates when the "Provide a menu link" option is checked, causing exceptions when attempting to process outdated translation references.

Create a mechanism to perform garbage collection on dangling translations.

Add a new section in the admin UI under Configuration for managing translation settings. This includes:
A toggle switch to enable or disable automatic cleanup of unused translations when translations are disabled for an entity type.
A button to manually trigger the cleanup process, allowing administrators to clear dangling translations on demand.
Comment 5 months ago →
🇳🇿New Zealand quietone
Changes are made on on 11.x (our main development branch) first, and are then back ported as needed according to our policies.

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