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Summary

  • get_locale() in web/pgadmin/__init__.py used setattr()/hasattr() against Flask's session (a dict-like SecureCookieSession) and request.cookies (a MultiDict), neither of which expose their contents as object attributes. As a result the session/cookie fallback branches never fired, and the UI silently reverted to English on every request that didn't include the language form field.
  • Switched to dict-style access (session['PGADMIN_LANGUAGE'] = ..., 'PGADMIN_LANGUAGE' in session, request.cookies.get(...)) so the selected language persists via the session and the PGADMIN_LANGUAGE cookie that other parts of the app (preferences, browser) already set correctly.

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  • Added web/pgadmin/tests/test_get_locale.py, exercising the registered Babel locale_selector directly for all three branches (form field, session, cookie fallback). Confirmed it fails against the pre-fix code and passes with the fix.
  • pycodestyle clean on the changed/added files.

Closes #10347

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved language preference handling in server mode.
    • Language selections now persist correctly across requests.
    • Added fallback support using the configured language cookie when no session preference exists.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for selecting, persisting, and restoring language preferences.

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get_locale() used setattr()/hasattr() against Flask's session and the
request's cookie MultiDict, neither of which expose their contents as
attributes, so the session/cookie fallback branches never actually fired.
Read and write PGADMIN_LANGUAGE via dict-style access instead, so the
selected language persists across requests via the session and the
PGADMIN_LANGUAGE cookie that is already set correctly elsewhere.

Closes pgadmin-org#10347
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get_locale now persists the selected language in the Flask session and retrieves it from the session or PGADMIN_LANGUAGE cookie. Tests cover POST selection, session persistence, and cookie fallback.

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Locale persistence

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Session and cookie locale resolution
web/pgadmin/__init__.py, web/pgadmin/preferences/__init__.py, web/pgadmin/tests/test_get_locale.py, web/pgadmin/tests/__init__.py
get_locale and preference storage use mapping access for language values. Tests verify POST language persistence, session retrieval, cookie fallback, and server-mode setup. The test package includes the standard project header.

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web/pgadmin/tests/test_get_locale.py (1)

40-49: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Exercise persistence across the request boundary.

The first context verifies only the current in-memory session. The second context does not reuse that session; Line [48] writes de manually. Therefore, the test does not prove that fr is saved and restored on a later request.

Use one test client, submit the form, then make a second request without the language field and assert that the locale remains fr.

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In `@web/pgadmin/tests/test_get_locale.py` around lines 40 - 49, Update the locale
persistence test around _get_locale to use a single test client for both
requests: submit the language form with fr, then issue a second request without
a language field and assert the locale remains fr. Remove the manual session
assignment of de so the second request verifies persisted session state across
the request boundary.
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Inline comments:
In `@web/pgadmin/__init__.py`:
- Around line 331-336: Update the language-preference assignment in the session
handling flow to use the mapping key PGADMIN_LANGUAGE via session item
assignment, so FileBackedSessionManager.put() persists it and get_locale() can
retrieve it on later requests.

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In `@web/pgadmin/tests/test_get_locale.py`:
- Around line 40-49: Update the locale persistence test around _get_locale to
use a single test client for both requests: submit the language form with fr,
then issue a second request without a language field and assert the locale
remains fr. Remove the manual session assignment of de so the second request
verifies persisted session state across the request boundary.
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Comment thread web/pgadmin/__init__.py
setattr(session, ...) here has the identical problem fixed in
get_locale(): it sets a plain instance attribute rather than a session
dict entry, so it never reaches the serialised session. Use dict-style
assignment instead, per CodeRabbit's review on PR pgadmin-org#10351.
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Server mode: selected UI language doesn't persist beyond the request that set it

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