Prevent exposing Django Admin features referencing media tables in prod

api/api/admin/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.contrib.auth.admin import GroupAdmin, UserAdmin
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, User
@@ -55,8 +56,9 @@
     admin.site.register(klass, MediaSubreportAdmin)
 
 # Temporary addition of model admin for decisions while this view gets built
-admin.site.register(ImageDecision, admin.ModelAdmin)
-admin.site.register(AudioDecision, admin.ModelAdmin)
+if settings.ENVIRONMENT != "production":
+    admin.site.register(ImageDecision, admin.ModelAdmin)
+    admin.site.register(AudioDecision, admin.ModelAdmin)
 
 
 @admin.register(ContentProvider)

api/api/admin/media_report.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from typing import Sequence
+
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.contrib.admin.views.main import ChangeList
@@ -17,6 +19,20 @@
 logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
 
 
+def _production_deferred(*values: str) -> Sequence[str]:
+    """
+    Define a sequence in all environment except production.
+
+    The autocomplete/search queries in Django are woefully unoptimized for massive
+    tables, and so enabling certain utility features in production will often incur
+    a significant performance hit or outage. This will return the input values except
+    when the environment is production, in which case it will return an empty sequence.
+    """
+    if settings.ENVIRONMENT == "production":
+        return ()
+    return values
+
+
 class PredeterminedOrderChangelist(ChangeList):
     """
     ChangeList class which does not apply any default ordering to the items.
@@ -65,8 +81,7 @@ class MediaListAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     list_filter = (PendingRecordCountFilter,)
     # Disable link display for images
     list_display_links = None
-    # Allow autocomplete to work from other referenced fields
-    search_fields = ("identifier",)
+    search_fields = _production_deferred("identifier")
     media_type = None
     # Ordering is not set here, see get_queryset
 
@@ -128,8 +143,8 @@ class MediaReportAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     )
     list_display_links = ("id",)
     list_select_related = ("media_obj",)
-    search_fields = ("description", "media_obj__identifier")
-    autocomplete_fields = ("media_obj",)
+    search_fields = _production_deferred("description", "media_obj__identifier")
+    autocomplete_fields = _production_deferred("media_obj")
     actions = None
     media_type = None
 

api/test/unit/admin/test_media_report.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from unittest import mock
+
+import pytest
+
+from api.admin.media_report import _production_deferred
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "values, environment, expected",
+    [
+        ([1, 2, 3], "local", (1, 2, 3)),
+        ([1, 2, 3], "production", ()),
+        ([], "local", ()),
+        ([], "production", ()),
+    ],
+)
+def test_production_deferred(values, environment, expected):
+    with mock.patch("api.admin.media_report.settings") as mock_settings:
+        mock_settings.ENVIRONMENT = environment
+        actual = _production_deferred(*values)
+    assert actual == expected