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Description

The v1 work item relations documentation describes POST /api/v1/workspaces/{slug}/projects/{project_id}/work-items/{issue_id}/relations/remove/ with body {"related_issue": "<uuid>"}, but no such route was ever registered, so the documented endpoint returns 404 (reported in #9584). IssueRelationRemoveSerializer already exists in apps/api/plane/api/serializers/issue.py but is not exported, which is why nothing was ever wired to it.

This registers the documented endpoint:

• new IssueRelationRemoveAPIEndpoint in apps/api/plane/api/views/issue.py, exported from plane.api.views, routed in apps/api/plane/api/urls/work_item.py
• 400 for a missing or invalid related_issue; 404 when the work item in the path is not in the project, or when the pair has no relation (instead of the app endpoint's .first() fall-through)
• removes every relation row between the two work items, from either side of the pair — relations are symmetric, so either work item can remove one
• emits issue_relation.activity.deleted once per removed relation with requested_data.related_issue set, which is the key the activity handler reads, so the removal lands in the work item activity feed
• leaves the existing list/create endpoint untouched (GET/POST only)

Relation rows stay workspace-scoped because relations legitimately cross projects; only the work item in the path is bound to the project in the path.

Type of Change

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• Feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Improvement (change that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• Code refactoring
• Performance improvements
• Documentation update

Screenshots and Media (if applicable)

Not applicable — API-only change, no UI surface.

Test Scenarios

Added apps/api/plane/tests/contract/api/test_work_item_relations_remove.py (11 contract tests):

• forward removal returns 204 and the relation is gone from the list endpoint
• reverse relation type (blocking, stored reversed) removes the stored row
• symmetry: the same relation is removed when the other work item is in the path
• every relation type between the pair is removed in one call
• unknown pair returns 404, not 500
• unknown work item in the path returns 404
• missing payload field returns 400
• activity emitted with type=issue_relation.activity.deleted and requested_data.related_issue naming the other work item
• unauthenticated and invalid API key requests are rejected

Verification I could run: ruff check, ruff format --check and py_compile all pass on the touched files. I could not execute the Django test suite in my environment (it needs the Postgres stack from docker-compose-test.yml), so the contract tests above are not reported as run here — they are written against the existing plane/tests/conftest.py fixtures (api_key_client, workspace, create_user) and run with pytest -m contract.

References

Fixes #9584

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Work-item relations can now be removed between issues, including blocking relations. Removal works from either side of the relationship and clears matching relation types between the two issues.
  • The updated relation list reflects removals, and missing issues or relations are reported appropriately.

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📝 Walkthrough

The work-item API adds a POST endpoint to remove relations between issues. The endpoint validates the request, finds matching relations in either direction, queues deletion activity, removes the relations, and returns 204.

Changes: Work-item relation removal

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Relation-removal endpoint and contract tests apps/api/plane/api/serializers/__init__.py, apps/api/plane/api/views/issue.py, apps/api/plane/api/views/__init__.py, apps/api/plane/api/urls/work_item.py, apps/api/plane/tests/contract/api/test_work_item_relations_remove.py	The API adds a POST route and endpoint for relation removal. The endpoint validates the related issue, checks the path issue’s workspace and project, finds matching relations in either direction, queues deletion activity, deletes the matches, and returns 204. Contract tests cover relation matching, invalid requests, activity, and authorization.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant IssueRelationRemoveAPIEndpoint
  participant RelationStorage
  participant ActivityDispatcher
  Client->>IssueRelationRemoveAPIEndpoint: Send POST request
  IssueRelationRemoveAPIEndpoint->>RelationStorage: Find matching relations in either direction
  RelationStorage-->>IssueRelationRemoveAPIEndpoint: Return matching relations
  IssueRelationRemoveAPIEndpoint->>ActivityDispatcher: Queue deletion activity for each match
  IssueRelationRemoveAPIEndpoint->>RelationStorage: Delete matching relations
  IssueRelationRemoveAPIEndpoint-->>Client: Return 204

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 233f7

Two relation-removal tests will fail as written, blocking a reliable test run. Fix their setup and activity assertion before merging; strengthen the preservation and project-ownership tests to protect the new endpoint.

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Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
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Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description check		The description is complete and follows the repository template. It explains the change, identifies the bug fix, documents test scenarios and verification limits, and references issue #9584.
Title check		The title is concise and accurately describes the primary change: adding the documented work item relation removal endpoint.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @apps/api/plane/api/views/issue.py:
- Around line 2698-2708: Align the `issue_activity.delay` payload in the
deletion flow with what `delete_issue_relation_activity` reads: dispatch
activity for each deleted relation with the expected `related_issue` value, or
update the handler to process the `issues` collection. Ensure valid DELETE
requests create activity records after relation rows are removed.
- Around line 2692-2695: Update the deletion snapshot serialization around
IssueRelationSerializer to preload each relation’s issue and related_issue state
before serializing relations_to_delete, avoiding per-row relation queries.

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• apps/api/plane/api/urls/work_item.py
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apps/api/plane/tests/contract/api/test_work_item_relations_remove.py: 2

71-84: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert that unrelated relations remain after removal.

The tests do not preserve a third issue relation. Add both cases: own_issue to third_issue detects filtering by the URL issue, and related_issue to third_issue detects filtering by the other endpoint. The reverse and symmetric tests already catch a filter that uses only issue_id=issue_id, so the claim that every test would pass is too broad.

Suggested test coverage

 @pytest.fixture
 def related_issue(own_project):
     return Issue.objects.create(name="Related", project=own_project, workspace=own_project.workspace)
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def third_issue(own_project):
+    return Issue.objects.create(name="Third", project=own_project, workspace=own_project.workspace)
+
@@
 def test_remove_deletes_relation_and_it_disappears_from_get(
-    api_key_client, workspace, own_project, own_issue, related_issue
+    api_key_client, workspace, own_project, own_issue, related_issue, third_issue
 ):
     created = _create(api_key_client, workspace, own_project, own_issue, "blocked_by", [related_issue.id])
     assert created.status_code == status.HTTP_201_CREATED, created.content
 
+    preserved_from_url_issue = _create(
+        api_key_client, workspace, own_project, own_issue, "relates_to", [third_issue.id]
+    )
+    assert preserved_from_url_issue.status_code == status.HTTP_201_CREATED, preserved_from_url_issue.content
+
+    preserved_from_related_issue = _create(
+        api_key_client, workspace, own_project, related_issue, "relates_to", [third_issue.id]
+    )
+    assert preserved_from_related_issue.status_code == status.HTTP_201_CREATED, preserved_from_related_issue.content
+
     response = _remove(api_key_client, workspace, own_project, own_issue, related_issue.id)
 
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT, response.content
     assert IssueRelation.objects.filter(issue=own_issue, related_issue=related_issue).count() == 0
+    assert IssueRelation.objects.filter(issue=own_issue, related_issue=third_issue).exists()
+    assert IssueRelation.objects.filter(issue=related_issue, related_issue=third_issue).exists()

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@apps/api/plane/tests/contract/api/test_work_item_relations_remove.py around
lines 71 - 84:
Update test_remove_deletes_relation_and_it_disappears_from_get to include a
third_issue and create relations from both own_issue and related_issue to it
before removal. After removing the target relation, assert both unrelated
relations still exist.

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148-155: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Create a matching cross-project relation before testing the ownership guard.

A real issue from another project alone is not sufficient. If no relation exists for the pair, removing the project filter still reaches the workspace-scoped relation query and returns 404.

Create a relation between the second-project issue and related_issue. Then assert 404. With the project filter present, the ownership check rejects the request. Without it, the matching relation would be found and deleted, producing 204.

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Review comment at
@apps/api/plane/tests/contract/api/test_work_item_relations_remove.py around
lines 148 - 155:
Update test_remove_issue_outside_project to create a relation between an actual
issue outside own_project and related_issue before making the removal request;
use that outside-project issue’s ID in the request instead of uuid4(), then
retain the 404 assertion.

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Review comments at
@apps/api/plane/tests/contract/api/test_work_item_relations_remove.py:
- Line 175: Reset activity_mock after the _create step and before the delete
operation so the call-count assertion measures only the delete activity; keep
the existing assertion in place.
- Around line 126-135: Update test_remove_drops_every_relation_between_the_pair:
the two _create calls target the same unique issue pair, so the second relation
is not inserted. Create the second relation in the opposite direction, then
assert that both directional rows exist before removal and neither remains
afterward.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at
@apps/api/plane/tests/contract/api/test_work_item_relations_remove.py:
- Around line 71-84: Update
test_remove_deletes_relation_and_it_disappears_from_get to include a third_issue
and create relations from both own_issue and related_issue to it before removal.
After removing the target relation, assert both unrelated relations still exist.
- Around line 148-155: Update test_remove_issue_outside_project to create a
relation between an actual issue outside own_project and related_issue before
making the removal request; use that outside-project issue’s ID in the request
instead of uuid4(), then retain the 404 assertion.

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• apps/api/plane/api/serializers/__init__.py
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• apps/api/plane/api/views/__init__.py
• apps/api/plane/api/views/issue.py
• apps/api/plane/tests/contract/api/test_work_item_relations_remove.py

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Fix the test setup. The second _create call is silently ignored, so the assertion at Line 130 fails.

IssueRelation has a unique constraint on (issue, related_issue) where deleted_at is null. The relation_type field is not part of that constraint.

The POST create view calls bulk_create(..., ignore_conflicts=True). The relates_to create call therefore inserts nothing for the pair that blocked_by already created. The view still returns 201. The count at Line 130 is then 1, not 2. The test never exercises removal of more than one relation.

Create the second row in the opposite direction. That row is a different (issue, related_issue) tuple, so the constraint allows it. The endpoint matches both directions, so the test covers the case it names.

💚 Proposed fix

-    for relation_type in ("blocked_by", "relates_to"):
-        created = _create(api_key_client, workspace, own_project, own_issue, relation_type, [related_issue.id])
-        assert created.status_code == status.HTTP_201_CREATED, created.content
-    assert IssueRelation.objects.filter(issue=own_issue, related_issue=related_issue).count() == 2
+    created = _create(api_key_client, workspace, own_project, own_issue, "blocked_by", [related_issue.id])
+    assert created.status_code == status.HTTP_201_CREATED, created.content
+    # Same pair, opposite direction: the unique constraint allows this row.
+    IssueRelation.objects.create(
+        issue=related_issue,
+        related_issue=own_issue,
+        relation_type="relates_to",
+        project=own_project,
+        workspace=own_project.workspace,
+    )
+    assert IssueRelation.objects.filter(issue__in=[own_issue, related_issue], related_issue__in=[own_issue, related_issue]).count() == 2

     response = _remove(api_key_client, workspace, own_project, own_issue, related_issue.id)

     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT, response.content
-    assert IssueRelation.objects.filter(issue=own_issue, related_issue=related_issue).count() == 0
+    assert IssueRelation.objects.filter(issue__in=[own_issue, related_issue], related_issue__in=[own_issue, related_issue]).count() == 0

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	def test_remove_drops_every_relation_between_the_pair(api_key_client, workspace, own_project, own_issue, related_issue):
	for relation_type in ("blocked_by", "relates_to"):
	created = _create(api_key_client, workspace, own_project, own_issue, relation_type, [related_issue.id])
	assert created.status_code == status.HTTP_201_CREATED, created.content
	assert IssueRelation.objects.filter(issue=own_issue, related_issue=related_issue).count() == 2
	response = _remove(api_key_client, workspace, own_project, own_issue, related_issue.id)
	assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT, response.content
	assert IssueRelation.objects.filter(issue=own_issue, related_issue=related_issue).count() == 0
	def test_remove_drops_every_relation_between_the_pair(api_key_client, workspace, own_project, own_issue, related_issue):
	created = _create(api_key_client, workspace, own_project, own_issue, "blocked_by", [related_issue.id])
	assert created.status_code == status.HTTP_201_CREATED, created.content
	# Same pair, opposite direction: the unique constraint allows this row.
	IssueRelation.objects.create(
	issue=related_issue,
	related_issue=own_issue,
	relation_type="relates_to",
	project=own_project,
	workspace=own_project.workspace,
	)
	assert IssueRelation.objects.filter(issue__in=[own_issue, related_issue], related_issue__in=[own_issue, related_issue]).count() == 2
	response = _remove(api_key_client, workspace, own_project, own_issue, related_issue.id)
	assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT, response.content
	assert IssueRelation.objects.filter(issue__in=[own_issue, related_issue], related_issue__in=[own_issue, related_issue]).count() == 0

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Review comment at
@apps/api/plane/tests/contract/api/test_work_item_relations_remove.py around
lines 126 - 135:
Update test_remove_drops_every_relation_between_the_pair: the two _create calls
target the same unique issue pair, so the second relation is not inserted.
Create the second relation in the opposite direction, then assert that both
directional rows exist before removal and neither remains afterward.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Fix the activity call-count assertion. The create call also queues an activity, so the count is 2.

_create goes through IssueRelationListCreateAPIEndpoint.post. That view calls issue_activity.delay(type="issue_relation.activity.created", ...) in the same module that the autouse activity_mock patches. The mock therefore records the create call and the delete call. assert activity_mock.delay.call_count == 1 fails.

Reset the mock after the create step. Then the assertions check only the delete activity.

💚 Proposed fix

     created = _create(api_key_client, workspace, own_project, own_issue, "blocked_by", [related_issue.id])
     assert created.status_code == status.HTTP_201_CREATED, created.content
+    activity_mock.reset_mock()

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Review comment at
@apps/api/plane/tests/contract/api/test_work_item_relations_remove.py at line
175:
Reset activity_mock after the _create step and before the delete operation so
the call-count assertion measures only the delete activity; keep the existing
assertion in place.

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