thawke

thawke

Ash Events - Datetime Won't Save

I’m attempting to create a resource that has a :datetime attribute:

attribute :pickup_time, :datetime do
  public? true
  allow_nil? false
end

The resource is setup with AshEvents and is set to log the events with the following code:

events do
    event_log(Api.Events.Event)
end

If I post to the creation endpoint with invalid data, like an integer for example, I get the expected error:

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "invalid_attribute",
      "id": "6a24f1be-5c2c-497d-b860-246d8f7d0ecf",
      "meta": {},
      "status": "400",
      "title": "InvalidAttribute",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/pickup_time"
      },
      "detail": "Could not cast input to datetime"
    }
  ],
  "jsonapi": {
    "version": "1.0"
  }
}

However if I send "pickup_time": "2025-07-15" or "pickup_time": "2025-07-15 00:00:00" then it seems to pass validation but (ash_events 0.4.2) lib/events/action_wrapper_helpers.ex:23 appears to throw a match error. (Value returned from dump_to_embedded is :error)

Full stack trace:

[error] ** (Ash.Error.Unknown) 
Bread Crumbs:
  > Exception raised in: Api.Shipments.Shipment.create

Unknown Error

* ** (MatchError) no match of right hand side value: :error
  (ash_events 0.4.2) lib/events/action_wrapper_helpers.ex:23: AshEvents.Events.ActionWrapperHelpers.dump_value/2
  (ash_events 0.4.2) lib/events/action_wrapper_helpers.ex:54: anonymous fn/2 in AshEvents.Events.ActionWrapperHelpers.create_event!/4
  (elixir 1.18.4) lib/enum.ex:1722: anonymous fn/3 in Enum.map/2
  (stdlib 6.2.2.1) maps.erl:860: :maps.fold_1/4
  (elixir 1.18.4) lib/enum.ex:2558: Enum.map/2
  (ash_events 0.4.2) lib/events/action_wrapper_helpers.ex:47: AshEvents.Events.ActionWrapperHelpers.create_event!/4
  (ash_events 0.4.2) lib/events/create_action_wrapper.ex:19: AshEvents.CreateActionWrapper.create/3
  (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/actions/create/create.ex:309: anonymous fn/6 in Ash.Actions.Create.commit/3
  (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/changeset/changeset.ex:4645: Ash.Changeset.run_around_actions/2
  (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/changeset/changeset.ex:4181: anonymous fn/3 in Ash.Changeset.with_hooks/3
  (api 0.1.0) lib/api/repo.ex:2: anonymous fn/1 in Api.Repo."transaction (overridable 1)"/2
  (ecto 3.13.2) lib/ecto/repo/transaction.ex:7: anonymous fn/2 in Ecto.Repo.Transaction.transact/4
  (ecto_sql 3.13.2) lib/ecto/adapters/sql.ex:1458: anonymous fn/3 in Ecto.Adapters.SQL.checkout_or_transaction/4
  (db_connection 2.8.0) lib/db_connection.ex:1753: DBConnection.run_transaction/4
  (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/changeset/changeset.ex:4179: anonymous fn/3 in Ash.Changeset.with_hooks/3
  (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/changeset/changeset.ex:4323: anonymous fn/2 in Ash.Changeset.transaction_hooks/2
  (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/changeset/changeset.ex:4166: Ash.Changeset.with_hooks/3
  (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/actions/create/create.ex:261: Ash.Actions.Create.commit/3
  (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/actions/create/create.ex:132: Ash.Actions.Create.do_run/4
  (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/actions/create/create.ex:50: Ash.Actions.Create.run/4
    (ash_events 0.4.2) lib/events/action_wrapper_helpers.ex:23: AshEvents.Events.ActionWrapperHelpers.dump_value/2
    (ash_events 0.4.2) lib/events/action_wrapper_helpers.ex:54: anonymous fn/2 in AshEvents.Events.ActionWrapperHelpers.create_event!/4
    (elixir 1.18.4) lib/enum.ex:1722: anonymous fn/3 in Enum.map/2
    (stdlib 6.2.2.1) maps.erl:860: :maps.fold_1/4
    (elixir 1.18.4) lib/enum.ex:2558: Enum.map/2
    (ash_events 0.4.2) lib/events/action_wrapper_helpers.ex:47: AshEvents.Events.ActionWrapperHelpers.create_event!/4
    (ash_events 0.4.2) lib/events/create_action_wrapper.ex:19: AshEvents.CreateActionWrapper.create/3
    (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/actions/create/create.ex:309: anonymous fn/6 in Ash.Actions.Create.commit/3
    (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/changeset/changeset.ex:4645: Ash.Changeset.run_around_actions/2
    (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/changeset/changeset.ex:4181: anonymous fn/3 in Ash.Changeset.with_hooks/3
    (api 0.1.0) lib/api/repo.ex:2: anonymous fn/1 in Api.Repo."transaction (overridable 1)"/2
    (ecto 3.13.2) lib/ecto/repo/transaction.ex:7: anonymous fn/2 in Ecto.Repo.Transaction.transact/4
    (ecto_sql 3.13.2) lib/ecto/adapters/sql.ex:1458: anonymous fn/3 in Ecto.Adapters.SQL.checkout_or_transaction/4
    (db_connection 2.8.0) lib/db_connection.ex:1753: DBConnection.run_transaction/4
    (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/changeset/changeset.ex:4179: anonymous fn/3 in Ash.Changeset.with_hooks/3
    (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/changeset/changeset.ex:4323: anonymous fn/2 in Ash.Changeset.transaction_hooks/2
    (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/changeset/changeset.ex:4166: Ash.Changeset.with_hooks/3
    (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/actions/create/create.ex:261: Ash.Actions.Create.commit/3
    (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/actions/create/create.ex:132: Ash.Actions.Create.do_run/4
    (ash 3.5.26) lib/ash/actions/create/create.ex:50: Ash.Actions.Create.run/4

I created a small reproduction repo: https://github.com/thenhawke/ash_events_reporoduction

Marked As Solved

Torkan

Torkan

Hi @thawke!

Like @zachdaniel suggested, this issue should already be resolved in main.

Can you try using the main branch instead of the latest published version, and see if that works?

Last Post!

thawke

thawke

Can confirm this works in the main branch. Thanks!

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