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Resend Windows configuration profiles when custom variables change #44852

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Description

@noahtalerman

Goal

User story
As a Fleet user,
I want Fleet to resend Windows configuration profiles when custom variables change
so that I can make sure my Windows hosts get profiles with the latest value.

Changes

Product

  • UI changes: TODO
  • CLI (fleetctl) usage changes: TODO
  • YAML changes: TODO
  • REST API changes: TODO
  • Fleet's agent (fleetd) changes: TODO
  • Fleet server configuration changes: TODO
  • Exposed, public API endpoint changes: TODO
  • fleetdm.com changes: TODO
  • GitOps mode UI changes: TODO
  • GitOps generation changes: TODO
  • Activity changes: TODO
  • Permissions changes: TODO
  • Changes to paid features or tiers: TODO
  • My device and fleetdm.com/better changes: TODO
  • Usage statistics: TODO
  • Other reference documentation changes: TODO
  • First draft of test plan added
  • Once shipped, requester has been notified
  • Once shipped, dogfooding issue has been filed

Engineering

ℹ️  Please read this issue carefully and understand it. Pay special attention to UI wireframes, especially "dev notes".

Risk assessment

  • Requires testing in a hosted environment: TODO
  • Requires load testing: TODO
  • Risk level: Low / High TODO
  • Risk description: TODO

Test plan

Make sure to go through the list and consider all events that might be related to this story, so we catch edge cases earlier.

Core flow

  • TODO
  • TODO
  • TODO

UI

  • Verify that all UI changes specified in the Figma wireframes are correctly implemented
  • Verify expected UI states (loading, empty, error states if applicable)

API

  • Test all API endpoints added or modified in the API changes section of this issue
  • Verify any new API endpoints appear in the list when adding an API-only user. The API endpoints display name, method, and path is the same as listed in the API reference docs
  • Verify error handling for invalid inputs where applicable

GitOps (generate + run)

  • Configure the feature through the UI and run fleetctl generate-gitops
  • Confirm the generated .yml includes the expected fields (compare with YAML changes in the Product section)
  • Modify the generated .yml and run fleetctl gitops
  • Confirm the configuration updates correctly in Fleet
  • Enable GitOps mode and verify the feature behaves correctly

Permissions

  • Verify role restrictions are applied correctly for global roles
  • Verify role restrictions are applied correctly for fleet-level roles

Edge cases

  • TODO
  • TODO
  • TODO

Supplemental testing

Testing notes

Confirmation

  1. Engineer: Added comment to user story confirming successful completion of test plan (include any special setup, test data, or configuration used during development/testing if applicable).
  2. QA: Added comment to user story confirming successful completion of test plan.
  3. QA: Determined whether this story needs Playwright automation.
    • Needs automation: Yes / No
    • If yes, filed a follow-up issue in the :help-qa project with status "Needs automation": TODO

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