[bug]: Issue deletion webhooks never fire (create/update work)

[ilgaur]

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Current behavior

Issue deletion webhooks never fire (create/update work). External integrations such as Mattermost only receive the issue.created event; the delete action is missing. Confirmed on branch e8bdc47d6af6c39454a795a59098c0f2c34330a8 using the Docker local stack (docker-compose-local.yml). Database webhook_logs shows only action = 'created'; the delete event is absent.

Action	Expected webhook?	Actual
Create	✅	✅
Update	✅	✅
Delete	✅	❌

Verification query:

SELECT event_type, request_body->>'action' AS action
FROM webhook_logs
ORDER BY created_at DESC
LIMIT 5;

Output:

 event_type | action
------------+--------
 issue      | created
(1 row)

Steps to reproduce

1. Checkout a fresh workspace

   git checkout e8bdc47d6af6c39454a795a59098c0f2c34330a8
   docker compose -f docker-compose-local.yml down -v
   docker compose -f docker-compose-local.yml up -d plane-db plane-redis plane-mq
   docker compose -f docker-compose-local.yml run --rm migrator
   docker compose -f docker-compose-local.yml up -d --build api worker beat-worker

2. Seed a minimal workspace/project/webhook (inside api container)

   docker compose -f docker-compose-local.yml exec -T api python - <<'PY'
   import os, uuid
   from django.utils import timezone
   from django.contrib.auth.hashers import make_password
   os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "plane.settings.local")
   import django; django.setup()
   
   from plane.db.models.api import APIToken
   from plane.db.models.project import Project, ProjectIdentifier, ProjectMember
   from plane.db.models.state import State
   from plane.db.models.user import User
   from plane.db.models.workspace import Workspace, WorkspaceMember
   from plane.db.models.webhook import Webhook, ProjectWebhook
   from plane.db.models.issue_type import IssueType, ProjectIssueType
   from plane.license.models import Instance, InstanceAdmin
   
   email, password, slug, identifier = "admin@example.com", "Passw0rd!", "test-workspace", "TST"
   
   instance, _ = Instance.objects.get_or_create(
       defaults={
           "instance_name": "Local Instance",
           "instance_id": uuid.uuid4().hex,
           "current_version": "0.0.0",
           "last_checked_at": timezone.now(),
       }
   )
   instance.is_setup_done = True
   instance.save()
   
   user, _ = User.objects.get_or_create(
       email=email,
       defaults={
           "username": uuid.uuid4().hex,
           "first_name": "Admin",
           "last_name": "User",
           "password": make_password(password),
           "is_active": True,
           "is_superuser": True,
       },
   )
   InstanceAdmin.objects.get_or_create(user=user, instance=instance)
   
   workspace, _ = Workspace.objects.get_or_create(
       slug=slug,
       defaults={"name": "Test Workspace", "owner": user},
   )
   WorkspaceMember.objects.get_or_create(workspace=workspace, member=user, defaults={"role": 20})
   
   project, _ = Project.objects.get_or_create(
       workspace=workspace,
       identifier=identifier,
       defaults={"name": "Test Project"},
   )
   ProjectIdentifier.objects.get_or_create(project=project, defaults={"workspace": workspace, "name": identifier})
   ProjectMember.objects.get_or_create(project=project, member=user, defaults={"role": 20})
   
   state, _ = State.objects.get_or_create(
       workspace=workspace,
       project=project,
       name="Todo",
       defaults={"color": "#FF0000", "group": "backlog", "default": True},
   )
   if project.default_state_id != state.id:
       project.default_state = state
       project.save(update_fields=["default_state"])
   
   issue_type, _ = IssueType.objects.get_or_create(
       workspace=workspace,
       name="Task",
       defaults={"is_default": True},
   )
   ProjectIssueType.objects.get_or_create(project=project, issue_type=issue_type, defaults={"is_default": True})
   
   webhook, _ = Webhook.objects.get_or_create(
       workspace=workspace,
       url="http://plane-webhook-receiver:8888/webhook",
       defaults={"is_active": True, "issue": True, "is_internal": True},
   )
   ProjectWebhook.objects.get_or_create(project=project, webhook=webhook)
   
   token, _ = APIToken.objects.get_or_create(
       user=user,
       workspace=workspace,
       defaults={"label": "local-test"},
   )
   print("API_TOKEN:", token.token)
   print("WORKSPACE_SLUG:", slug)
   print("PROJECT_ID:", project.id)
   PY

   Note the API_TOKEN, WORKSPACE_SLUG, and PROJECT_ID printed here.

3. Run a simple webhook receiver (new terminal)

   docker rm -f plane-webhook-receiver >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
   docker run --rm --name plane-webhook-receiver --network plane_dev_env python:3.12-slim \
     python -u - <<'PY'
   import json, http.server, socketserver
   class Handler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
       def do_POST(self):
           payload = json.loads(self.rfile.read(int(self.headers['Content-Length'])))
           print("\n" + "="*50)
           print("Webhook received")
           print("Action:", payload.get("action"))
           print("Body:", json.dumps(payload, indent=2))
           print("="*50 + "\n")
           self.send_response(200); self.end_headers()
           self.wfile.write(b'{"status": "ok"}')
       def do_GET(self):
           self.send_response(200); self.end_headers()
           self.wfile.write(b'{"status": "ok"}')
       def log_message(self, *_): pass
   socketserver.TCPServer(("", 8888), Handler).serve_forever()
   PY

4. Create / update / delete an issue via API

   TOKEN=<API_TOKEN from step 2>
   WORKSPACE=test-workspace
   PROJECT=<PROJECT_ID from step 2>
   
   docker compose -f docker-compose-local.yml exec -T api python - <<PY
   import json, urllib.request
   TOKEN="${TOKEN}"
   WORKSPACE="${WORKSPACE}"
   PROJECT="${PROJECT}"
   BASE="http://localhost:8000/api/v1"
   
   def call(method, path, payload=None):
       data = json.dumps(payload).encode() if payload else None
       req = urllib.request.Request(
           f"{BASE}{path}",
           data=data,
           headers={"Content-Type": "application/json", "X-Api-Key": TOKEN},
           method=method,
       )
       with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as resp:
           body = resp.read().decode()
           print(method, path, resp.status, body)
           return json.loads(body) if body else None
   
   issue = call("POST", f"/workspaces/{WORKSPACE}/projects/{PROJECT}/issues/", {"name": "Webhook test"})
   issue_id = issue["id"]
   call("PATCH", f"/workspaces/{WORKSPACE}/projects/{PROJECT}/issues/{issue_id}/", {"name": "Webhook test updated"})
   call("DELETE", f"/workspaces/{WORKSPACE}/projects/{PROJECT}/issues/{issue_id}/")
   PY

5. Inspect the webhook receiver
   It prints a payload for the create; nothing arrives for the delete.

6. Double-check webhook_logs

   docker compose -f docker-compose-local.yml exec plane-db \
     psql -U plane -d plane \
     -c "SELECT event_type, request_body->>'action' AS action FROM webhook_logs ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 5;"

   Output only shows action = 'created', no deleted row.

Environment

Production

Browser

Google Chrome

Variant

Self-hosted

Version

v1.0.0

[ilgaur]

Hi team! I’ve opened #8055 to restore DELETE webhooks for issues. The PR reintroduces the missing model_activity.delay() call on the delete endpoint and ensures the webhook task emits a single verb="deleted" payload. After rebuilding on that branch, both the local receiver and webhook_logs table show the expected created + deleted events, so Mattermost/Slack-style integrations get the delete notifications.

[dlebedev]

PR frozen on pending task:
license/cla
license/claWaiting for status to be reported — Contributor License Agreement is not signed yet.

[ilgaur]

Got it, signed it.

[ilgaur]

Hi, can we have an update on this please? is there anything I should fix or edit? @dlebedev @dheeru0198

[ilgaur]

Guys any updates on this? @dlebedev @dheeru0198 @anmolsinghbhatia