BW serve creating a new collection with specifying group(s) does not add group(s) to new collection

[MaxKeller12]

Steps To Reproduce

1. Create a new collection by making a POST request on url /object/org-collection. Specify groups in the request body
2. Refresh your bitwarden web interface
3. Check the access tab for the new collection

Expected Result

The specified group has access to the new collection.

Actual Result

The specified group has no access to the new collection.

Screenshots or Videos

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Additional Context

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Operating System

Linux

Operating System Version

Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS

Shell

Bash

Build Version

2024.8.2

Issue Tracking Info

• I understand that work is tracked outside of Github. A PR will be linked to this issue should one be opened to address it, but Bitwarden doesn't use fields like "assigned", "milestone", or "project" to track progress.

[MaxKeller12]

Also, when i update an item using PUT on object/item/{id} I can for example, succesfully update the item name. However, when I want to change collectionIds, the request is accepted but the changes have not taken effect.

[Krychaz]

Hello,

Have you tried running bw sync after making the changes?

[MaxKeller12]

Yes I have.

When I update an item and then retrieve it using the API, the updated item is shown. However, when I update an item, execute BW sync, or use the API equivalent, and then retrieve the item using the API, it shows me the old, non-updated version.

In both cases, the item is not actually updated in my vault when I refresh the web interface.

[Krychaz]

Can you please share you full command that you are using? (Remove any personal info)

[MaxKeller12]

Sure, just to be complete, first a working update; updating item name:

I first get the item and use this response to populate my request body in which i update name to 'new name'. The item name is indeed updated.

Now I want to add this item to a second collection.

I again first get the item and use the response to populate the request body in which i add an collection_id to the list of collectionIds. The item is however not updated.

[Krychaz]

Are you encoding your edits? - https://bitwarden.com/help/cli/#encode

["<new_collection_id>"]' | bw encode

[MaxKeller12]

Are you encoding your edits? - https://bitwarden.com/help/cli/#encode

["<new_collection_id>"]' | bw encode

No because I don't think I need to, right? I am using the vault management API with bw serve, https://bitwarden.com/help/vault-management-api/. I am following the documentation I can find there:

[Krychaz]

Thank you for your patience and cooperation.

After testing different scenarios, this is indeed a bug. Editing the item collection ID should allow you to change the collection, but it currently does not. I have reported this to our engineering team.

[MaxKeller12]

Thank you! Could you also review the process of creating a new collection while specifying group(s) with bw serve? In my experience, this doesn’t work either.

Looking forward to the fix! :)