Fix GraphQL Nested UPDATE bug.

elide-annotations/src/main/java/com/yahoo/elide/security/PersistentResource.java

@@ -22,4 +22,12 @@ public interface PersistentResource<T> {
     T getObject();
     Class<T> getResourceClass();
     RequestScope getRequestScope();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether or not this resource was created in this transaction.
+     * @return True if this resource is newly created.
+     */
+    default boolean isNewlyCreated() {
+        return getRequestScope().getNewResources().contains(this);
+    }
 }

elide-core/src/main/java/com/yahoo/elide/core/PersistentResource.java

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public String toString() {
         return String.format("PersistentResource{type=%s, id=%s}", type, uuid.orElse(getId()));
     }
 
-    /**
+   /**
      * Create a resource in the database.
      * @param parent - The immediate ancestor in the lineage or null if this is a root.
      * @param entityClass the entity class
@@ -1270,8 +1270,6 @@ protected Map<String, Object> getAttributes() {
      */
     protected void setValueChecked(String fieldName, Object newValue) {
         Object existingValue = getValueUnchecked(fieldName);
-        ChangeSpec spec = new ChangeSpec(this, fieldName, existingValue, newValue);
-        boolean isNewlyCreated = requestScope.getNewPersistentResources().contains(this);
 
         // TODO: Need to refactor this logic. For creates this is properly converted in the executor. This logic
         // should be explicitly encapsulated here, not there.
@@ -1587,8 +1585,7 @@ protected Set<String> filterFields(Collection<String> fields) {
      */
     private void triggerUpdate(String fieldName, Object original, Object value) {
         ChangeSpec changeSpec = new ChangeSpec(this, fieldName, original, value);
-        boolean isNewlyCreated = requestScope.getNewPersistentResources().contains(this);
-        CRUDEvent.CRUDAction action = isNewlyCreated
+        CRUDEvent.CRUDAction action = isNewlyCreated()
                 ? CRUDEvent.CRUDAction.CREATE
                 : CRUDEvent.CRUDAction.UPDATE;
 

elide-core/src/main/java/com/yahoo/elide/security/executors/ActivePermissionExecutor.java

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public <A extends Annotation> ExpressionResult checkPermission(Class<A> annotati
 
         Function<Expression, ExpressionResult> expressionExecutor = (expression) -> {
             // for newly created object in PatchRequest limit to User checks
-            if (requestScope.getNewPersistentResources().contains(resource)) {
+            if (resource.isNewlyCreated()) {
                 return executeUserChecksDeferInline(annotationClass, expression);
             }
             return executeExpressions(expression, annotationClass, Expression.EvaluationMode.INLINE_CHECKS_ONLY);

elide-graphql/src/main/java/com/yahoo/elide/graphql/PersistentResourceFetcher.java

@@ -298,7 +298,9 @@ private ConnectionContainer upsertOrUpdateObjects(Environment context,
         /* fixup relationships */
         for (Entity entity : entitySet) {
             graphWalker(entity, this::updateRelationship);
-            if (!context.isRoot()) { /* add relation between parent and nested entity */
+            PersistentResource childResource = entity.toPersistentResource();
+            if (!context.isRoot() && childResource.isNewlyCreated()) {
+                /* add relation between parent and nested entity */
                 context.parentResource.addRelation(context.field.getName(), entity.toPersistentResource());
             }
         }