FEATURE: Configurable auto-bump cooldown (#20507)

Currently the auto-bump cooldown is hard-coded to 24 hours.

This change makes the highlighted 24 hours part configurable (defaulting to 24 hours), and the rest of the process remains the same.

This uses the new CategorySetting model associated with Category. We decided to add this because we want to move away from custom fields due to the lack of type casting and validations, but we want to keep the loading of these optional as they are not needed for almost all of the flows.

Category settings will be back-filled to all categories as part of this change, and creating a new category will now also create a category setting.

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/edit-category-settings.hbs

@@ -193,6 +193,18 @@
       @min="0"
     />
   </section>
+
+  <section class="field auto-bump-cooldown-days">
+    <label for="category-auto-bump-cooldown-days">
+      {{i18n "category.auto_bump_cooldown_days"}}
+    </label>
+    <NumberField
+      @number={{this.category.category_setting.auto_bump_cooldown_days}}
+      @id="category-auto-bump-cooldown-days"
+      @type="number"
+      @min="0"
+    />
+  </section>
 </section>
 
 <section>

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/models/category.js

@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ const Category = RestModel.extend({
         uploaded_logo_dark_id: this.get("uploaded_logo_dark.id"),
         uploaded_background_id: this.get("uploaded_background.id"),
         allow_badges: this.allow_badges,
+        category_setting_attributes: this.category_setting,
         custom_fields: this.custom_fields,
         topic_template: this.topic_template,
         form_template_ids: this.form_template_ids,

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/routes/new-category.js

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export default DiscourseRoute.extend({
       allow_badges: true,
       topic_featured_link_allowed: true,
       custom_fields: {},
+      category_setting: {},
       search_priority: SEARCH_PRIORITIES.normal,
       required_tag_groups: [],
       form_template_ids: [],

app/controllers/categories_controller.rb

@@ -258,7 +258,8 @@ class CategoriesController < ApplicationController
 
   def find_by_slug
     params.require(:category_slug)
-    @category = Category.find_by_slug_path(params[:category_slug].split("/"))
+    @category =
+      Category.includes(:category_setting).find_by_slug_path(params[:category_slug].split("/"))
 
     raise Discourse::NotFound unless @category.present?
 
@@ -405,6 +406,7 @@ class CategoriesController < ApplicationController
             :read_only_banner,
             :default_list_filter,
             :reviewable_by_group_id,
+            category_setting_attributes: %i[auto_bump_cooldown_days],
             custom_fields: [custom_field_params],
             permissions: [*p.try(:keys)],
             allowed_tags: [],

app/models/category.rb

@@ -48,8 +48,12 @@ class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   has_one :category_setting, dependent: :destroy
 
+  delegate :auto_bump_cooldown_days, to: :category_setting, allow_nil: true
+
   has_and_belongs_to_many :web_hooks
 
+  accepts_nested_attributes_for :category_setting, update_only: true
+
   validates :user_id, presence: true
 
   validates :name,
@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
   before_save :apply_permissions
   before_save :downcase_email
   before_save :downcase_name
+  before_save :ensure_category_setting
 
   after_save :publish_discourse_stylesheet
   after_save :publish_category
@@ -682,7 +687,7 @@ class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
         .exclude_scheduled_bump_topics
         .where(category_id: self.id)
         .where("id <> ?", self.topic_id)
-        .where("bumped_at < ?", 1.day.ago)
+        .where("bumped_at < ?", (self.auto_bump_cooldown_days || 1).days.ago)
         .where("pinned_at IS NULL AND NOT closed AND NOT archived")
         .order("bumped_at ASC")
         .limit(1)
@@ -1040,6 +1045,10 @@ class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   private
 
+  def ensure_category_setting
+    self.build_category_setting if self.category_setting.blank?
+  end
+
   def should_update_reviewables?
     SiteSetting.enable_category_group_moderation? && saved_change_to_reviewable_by_group_id?
   end

app/models/category_setting.rb

@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ class CategorySetting < ActiveRecord::Base
               greater_than_or_equal_to: 0,
               allow_nil: true,
             }
+
+  validates :auto_bump_cooldown_days,
+            numericality: {
+              only_integer: true,
+              greater_than_or_equal_to: 0,
+              allow_nil: true,
+            }
 end
 
 # == Schema Information
@@ -22,6 +29,7 @@ end
 #  num_auto_bump_daily     :integer
 #  created_at              :datetime         not null
 #  updated_at              :datetime         not null
+#  auto_bump_cooldown_days :integer          default(1)
 # Indexes
 #
 #  index_category_settings_on_category_id  (category_id) UNIQUE

app/serializers/category_serializer.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class CategorySerializer < SiteCategorySerializer
+  class CategorySettingSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
+    attributes :auto_bump_cooldown_days,
+               :num_auto_bump_daily,
+               :require_reply_approval,
+               :require_topic_approval
+  end
+
   attributes :read_restricted,
              :available_groups,
              :auto_close_hours,
@@ -22,6 +29,8 @@ class CategorySerializer < SiteCategorySerializer
              :reviewable_by_group_name,
              :default_slow_mode_seconds
 
+  has_one :category_setting, serializer: CategorySettingSerializer, embed: :objects
+
   def reviewable_by_group_name
     object.reviewable_by_group.name
   end
@@ -30,6 +39,10 @@ class CategorySerializer < SiteCategorySerializer
     SiteSetting.enable_category_group_moderation? && object.reviewable_by_group_id.present?
   end
 
+  def include_category_setting?
+    object.association(:category_setting).loaded?
+  end
+
   def group_permissions
     @group_permissions ||=
       begin

config/locales/client.en.yml

@@ -3740,6 +3740,7 @@ en:
       default_slow_mode: 'Enable "Slow Mode" for new topics in this category.'
       parent: "Parent Category"
       num_auto_bump_daily: "Number of open topics to automatically bump daily:"
+      auto_bump_cooldown_days: "Minimum days before bumping the same topic again:"
       navigate_to_first_post_after_read: "Navigate to first post after topics are read"
       notifications:
         title: "change notification level for this category"

db/migrate/20230301071240_add_auto_bump_cooldown_days_to_category_settings.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddAutoBumpCooldownDaysToCategorySettings < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    add_column :category_settings, :auto_bump_cooldown_days, :integer, default: 1
+  end
+end

db/migrate/20230308042434_backfill_auto_bump_cooldown_days_category_setting.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class BackfillAutoBumpCooldownDaysCategorySetting < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def up
+    execute(<<~SQL)
+      INSERT INTO
+        category_settings(
+          category_id,
+          auto_bump_cooldown_days,
+          created_at,
+          updated_at
+        )
+      SELECT
+        id,
+        1,
+        NOW(),
+        NOW()
+      FROM categories
+      ON CONFLICT (category_id)
+      DO
+        UPDATE SET
+          auto_bump_cooldown_days = 1,
+          updated_at = NOW();
+    SQL
+  end
+end

spec/models/category_setting_spec.rb

@@ -9,4 +9,11 @@ RSpec.describe CategorySetting do
       .is_greater_than_or_equal_to(0)
       .allow_nil
   end
+
+  it do
+    is_expected.to validate_numericality_of(:auto_bump_cooldown_days)
+      .only_integer
+      .is_greater_than_or_equal_to(0)
+      .allow_nil
+  end
 end

spec/models/category_spec.rb

@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ RSpec.describe Category do
   describe "Associations" do
     it { is_expected.to have_one(:category_setting).dependent(:destroy) }
 
+    it "automatically creates a category setting" do
+      expect { Fabricate(:category) }.to change { CategorySetting.count }.by(1)
+    end
+
     it "should delete associated sidebar_section_links when category is destroyed" do
       category_sidebar_section_link = Fabricate(:category_sidebar_section_link)
       category_sidebar_section_link_2 =
@@ -965,6 +969,40 @@ RSpec.describe Category do
       expect(Category.auto_bump_topic!).to eq(false)
     end
 
+    it "should not auto-bump the same topic within the cooldown" do
+      freeze_time
+      category =
+        Fabricate(
+          :category_with_definition,
+          num_auto_bump_daily: 2,
+          created_at: 1.minute.ago,
+          category_setting_attributes: {
+            auto_bump_cooldown_days: 1,
+          },
+        )
+      category.clear_auto_bump_cache!
+
+      post1 = create_post(category: category, created_at: 15.seconds.ago)
+
+      # no limits on post creation or category creation please
+      RateLimiter.enable
+
+      time = freeze_time 1.month.from_now
+
+      expect(category.auto_bump_topic!).to eq(true)
+      expect(Topic.where(bumped_at: time).count).to eq(1)
+
+      time = freeze_time 13.hours.from_now
+
+      expect(category.auto_bump_topic!).to eq(false)
+      expect(Topic.where(bumped_at: time).count).to eq(0)
+
+      time = freeze_time 13.hours.from_now
+
+      expect(category.auto_bump_topic!).to eq(true)
+      expect(Topic.where(bumped_at: time).count).to eq(1)
+    end
+
     it "should not automatically bump topics with a bump scheduled" do
       freeze_time
       category = Fabricate(:category_with_definition, created_at: 1.second.ago)

spec/requests/api/schemas/json/category_create_response.json

@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@
               ]
             }
         },
+        "category_setting": {
+          "auto_bump_cooldown_days": 1,
+          "num_auto_bump_daily": null,
+          "require_reply_approval": null,
+          "require_topic_approval": null
+        },
         "read_only_banner": {
           "type": [
             "string",

spec/requests/api/schemas/json/category_update_response.json

@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@
               ]
             }
         },
+        "category_setting": {
+          "auto_bump_cooldown_days": 1,
+          "num_auto_bump_daily": null,
+          "require_reply_approval": null,
+          "require_topic_approval": null
+        },
         "read_only_banner": {
           "type": [
             "string",