Engagement report generation fails when executive summary is selected

[antoinbo]

Bug description
Generating the engagement report fails when executive summary is selected.

Steps to reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to https://demo.defectdojo.org
2. Create a new Product
3. Create a new Engagement within the Product created
4. Generate an Engagement report https://demo.defectdojo.org/engagement/15/report?include_finding_notes=0&include_finding_images=0&include_executive_summary=1&include_table_of_contents=0&include_disclaimer=0&report_type=HTML&title=&active=1&verified=1&false_p=2&duplicate=2&_generate=
5. See error 500 code error

Expected behavior
Engagement report is generated without error.

Deployment method (select with an X)

• Docker Compose
• Kubernetes
• GoDojo
• Reproduced with demo.defectdojo.org

Environment information

• Reproduced with demo.defectdojo.org version 2.45.0

Logs

uwsgi-1  | [pid: 32|app: -|req: -/-] X.X.X.X (**********) {64 vars in 3021 bytes} [Wed Apr  9 09:31:41 2025] GET /engagement/315/report?title=&active=1&verified=1&false_p=2&duplicate=2 => generated 189332 bytes in 310 msecs (HTTP/1.1 200) 8 headers in 369 bytes (1 switches on core 1)
uwsgi-1  | [09/Apr/2025 09:31:46] ERROR [django.request:248] Internal Server Error: /engagement/315/report
uwsgi-1  | Traceback (most recent call last):
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py", line 55, in inner
uwsgi-1  |     response = get_response(request)
uwsgi-1  |                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 197, in _get_response
uwsgi-1  |     response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
uwsgi-1  |                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/app/dojo/authorization/authorization_decorators.py", line 36, in _wrapped
uwsgi-1  |     return func(request, *args, **kwargs)
uwsgi-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/app/dojo/reports/views.py", line 252, in engagement_report
uwsgi-1  |     return generate_report(request, engagement)
uwsgi-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/app/dojo/reports/views.py", line 572, in generate_report
uwsgi-1  |     return render(request,
uwsgi-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/shortcuts.py", line 25, in render
uwsgi-1  |     content = loader.render_to_string(template_name, context, request, using=using)
uwsgi-1  |               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/loader.py", line 62, in render_to_string
uwsgi-1  |     return template.render(context, request)
uwsgi-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/backends/django.py", line 107, in render
uwsgi-1  |     return self.template.render(context)
uwsgi-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 171, in render
uwsgi-1  |     return self._render(context)
uwsgi-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 163, in _render
uwsgi-1  |     return self.nodelist.render(context)
uwsgi-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 1008, in render
uwsgi-1  |     return SafeString("".join([node.render_annotated(context) for node in self]))
uwsgi-1  |                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 1008, in <listcomp>
uwsgi-1  |     return SafeString("".join([node.render_annotated(context) for node in self]))
uwsgi-1  |                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 969, in render_annotated
uwsgi-1  |     return self.render(context)
uwsgi-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 159, in render
uwsgi-1  |     return compiled_parent._render(context)
uwsgi-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 163, in _render
uwsgi-1  |     return self.nodelist.render(context)
uwsgi-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 1008, in render
uwsgi-1  |     return SafeString("".join([node.render_annotated(context) for node in self]))
uwsgi-1  |                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 1008, in <listcomp>
uwsgi-1  |     return SafeString("".join([node.render_annotated(context) for node in self]))
uwsgi-1  |                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 969, in render_annotated
uwsgi-1  |     return self.render(context)
uwsgi-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 65, in render
uwsgi-1  |     result = block.nodelist.render(context)
uwsgi-1  |              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 1008, in render
uwsgi-1  |     return SafeString("".join([node.render_annotated(context) for node in self]))
uwsgi-1  |                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 1008, in <listcomp>
uwsgi-1  |     return SafeString("".join([node.render_annotated(context) for node in self]))
uwsgi-1  |                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 969, in render_annotated
uwsgi-1  |     return self.render(context)
uwsgi-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/defaulttags.py", line 327, in render
uwsgi-1  |     return nodelist.render(context)
uwsgi-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 1008, in render
uwsgi-1  |     return SafeString("".join([node.render_annotated(context) for node in self]))
uwsgi-1  |                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 1008, in <listcomp>
uwsgi-1  |     return SafeString("".join([node.render_annotated(context) for node in self]))
uwsgi-1  |                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 969, in render_annotated
uwsgi-1  |     return self.render(context)
uwsgi-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/template/defaulttags.py", line 198, in render
uwsgi-1  |     values = list(values)
uwsgi-1  |              ^^^^^^^^^^^^
uwsgi-1  | ValueError: zip() argument 2 is shorter than argument 1

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[valentijnscholten]

I reproduced it, thanks for letting us know @antoinbo

[manuel-sommer]

The problem is caused from include_executive_summary=1

[manuel-sommer]

I guess this can be closed @mtesauro