fix: allow verified name to be created if user is trying to verify with the same name

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ Change Log
 
 Unreleased
 ~~~~~~~~~~
+
+[2.3.4] - 2022-05-17
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Fix bug that prevents new verified names from being created if the user is trying to verify the same name
+
 [2.3.3] - 2022-04-21
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Leverage edx-api-doc-tools to provide better swagger documentation for the RESTFul API endpoints

edx_name_affirmation/__init__.py

@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 Django app housing name affirmation logic.
 """
 
-__version__ = '2.3.3'
+__version__ = '2.3.4'
 
 default_app_config = 'edx_name_affirmation.apps.EdxNameAffirmationConfig'  # pylint: disable=invalid-name

edx_name_affirmation/tasks.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from edx_django_utils.monitoring import set_code_owner_attribute
 
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.db.models import Q
 
 from edx_name_affirmation.models import VerifiedName
 from edx_name_affirmation.statuses import VerifiedNameStatus
@@ -37,7 +38,15 @@ def idv_update_verified_name_task(self, attempt_id, user_id, name_affirmation_st
                 'status': name_affirmation_status
              }
              )
-    verified_names = VerifiedName.objects.filter(user__id=user_id, verified_name=photo_id_name).order_by('-created')
+    # get all verified names that are either not associated with an IDV attempt, or
+    # only associated with the IDV attempt for which we received an update. We do not
+    # want to grab all verified names for the same user and name combination, because
+    # some of those records may already be associated with a different IDV attempt.
+    verified_names = VerifiedName.objects.filter(
+        (Q(verification_attempt_id=attempt_id) | Q(verification_attempt_id__isnull=True))
+        & Q(user__id=user_id)
+        & Q(verified_name=photo_id_name)
+    ).order_by('-created')
     if verified_names:
         # if there are VerifiedName objects, we want to update existing entries
         # for each attempt with no attempt id (either proctoring or idv), update attempt id

edx_name_affirmation/tests/test_handlers.py

@@ -134,6 +134,35 @@ def test_idv_update_multiple_verified_names(self, idv_status, expected_status):
         self.assertEqual(len(VerifiedName.objects.filter(verification_attempt_id=self.idv_attempt_id)), 3)
         self.assertEqual(len(VerifiedName.objects.filter(status=expected_status)), 3)
 
+    def test_idv_create_with_existing_verified_names(self):
+        """
+        Test that if a user attempts IDV again with the same name as previous attempts, we still create a new record
+        """
+        previous_id = 1234567
+
+        VerifiedName.objects.create(
+            user=self.user,
+            verified_name=self.verified_name,
+            profile_name=self.profile_name,
+            verification_attempt_id=previous_id,
+            status='denied'
+        )
+
+        # create an IDV attempt with the same user and names as above, but change the attempt ID to a unique value
+        idv_attempt_handler(
+            self.idv_attempt_id,
+            self.user.id,
+            'submitted',
+            self.verified_name,
+            self.profile_name
+        )
+
+        verified_name = VerifiedName.objects.get(verification_attempt_id=self.idv_attempt_id)
+        self.assertEqual(verified_name.status, VerifiedNameStatus.SUBMITTED)
+
+        previous_name = VerifiedName.objects.get(verification_attempt_id=previous_id)
+        self.assertEqual(previous_name.status, VerifiedNameStatus.DENIED)
+
     def test_idv_does_not_update_verified_name_by_proctoring(self):
         """
         If the idv handler is triggered, ensure that the idv attempt info does not update any verified name