Remove deprecated primitive serializer for `BigDecimal` arguments

activejob/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
+*   Deprecate `Rails.application.config.active_job.use_big_decimal_serialize`.
+
+    *Rafael Mendonça França*
+
+*   Remove deprecated primitive serializer for `BigDecimal` arguments.
+
+    *Rafael Mendonça França*
 
 Please check [7-1-stable](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/7-1-stable/activejob/CHANGELOG.md) for previous changes.

activejob/lib/active_job.rb

@@ -45,13 +45,17 @@ module ActiveJob
   autoload :TestCase
   autoload :TestHelper
 
-  ##
-  # :singleton-method:
-  # If false, \Rails will preserve the legacy serialization of BigDecimal job arguments as Strings.
-  # If true, \Rails will use the new BigDecimalSerializer to (de)serialize BigDecimal losslessly.
-  # Legacy serialization will be removed in \Rails 7.2, along with this config.
-  singleton_class.attr_accessor :use_big_decimal_serializer
-  self.use_big_decimal_serializer = false
+  def self.use_big_decimal_serializer
+    ActiveJob.deprecator.warn <<-WARNING.squish
+      Rails.application.config.active_job.use_big_decimal_serializer is deprecated and will be removed in Rails 7.3.
+    WARNING
+  end
+
+  def self.use_big_decimal_serializer=(value)
+    ActiveJob.deprecator.warn <<-WARNING.squish
+      Rails.application.config.active_job.use_big_decimal_serializer is deprecated and will be removed in Rails 7.3.
+    WARNING
+  end
 
   ##
   # :singleton-method:

activejob/lib/active_job/arguments.rb

@@ -101,15 +101,6 @@ module ActiveJob
         else
           if argument.respond_to?(:permitted?) && argument.respond_to?(:to_h)
             serialize_indifferent_hash(argument.to_h)
-          elsif BigDecimal === argument && !ActiveJob.use_big_decimal_serializer
-            ActiveJob.deprecator.warn(<<~MSG)
-              Primitive serialization of BigDecimal job arguments is deprecated as it may serialize via .to_s using certain queue adapters.
-              Enable config.active_job.use_big_decimal_serializer to use BigDecimalSerializer instead, which will be mandatory in Rails 7.2.
-
-              Note that if your application has multiple replicas, you should only enable this setting after successfully deploying your app to Rails 7.1 first.
-              This will ensure that during your deployment all replicas are capable of deserializing arguments serialized with BigDecimalSerializer.
-            MSG
-            argument
           else
             Serializers.serialize(argument)
           end
@@ -120,8 +111,6 @@ module ActiveJob
         case argument
         when nil, true, false, String, Integer, Float
           argument
-        when BigDecimal # BigDecimal may have been legacy serialized; Remove in 7.2
-          argument
         when Array
           argument.map { |arg| deserialize_argument(arg) }
         when Hash

activejob/test/cases/argument_serialization_test.rb

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class ArgumentSerializationTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   end
 
   [ nil, 1, 1.0, 1_000_000_000_000_000_000_000,
-    "a", true, false,
+    "a", true, false, BigDecimal(5),
     :a,
     1.day,
     Date.new(2001, 2, 3),
@@ -81,28 +81,6 @@ class ArgumentSerializationTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  test "dangerously treats BigDecimal arguments as primitives not requiring serialization by default" do
-    assert_deprecated(<<~MSG.chomp, ActiveJob.deprecator) do
-      Primitive serialization of BigDecimal job arguments is deprecated as it may serialize via .to_s using certain queue adapters.
-      Enable config.active_job.use_big_decimal_serializer to use BigDecimalSerializer instead, which will be mandatory in Rails 7.2.
-
-      Note that if your application has multiple replicas, you should only enable this setting after successfully deploying your app to Rails 7.1 first.
-      This will ensure that during your deployment all replicas are capable of deserializing arguments serialized with BigDecimalSerializer.
-    MSG
-      assert_equal(
-        BigDecimal(5),
-        *ActiveJob::Arguments.deserialize(ActiveJob::Arguments.serialize([BigDecimal(5)])),
-      )
-    end
-  end
-
-  test "safely serializes BigDecimal arguments if configured to use_big_decimal_serializer" do
-    # BigDecimal(5) example should be moved back up into array above in Rails 7.2
-    with_big_decimal_serializer do
-      assert_arguments_unchanged BigDecimal(5)
-    end
-  end
-
   [ Object.new, Person.find("5").to_gid, Class.new ].each do |arg|
     test "does not serialize #{arg.class}" do
       assert_raises ActiveJob::SerializationError do
@@ -297,12 +275,4 @@ class ArgumentSerializationTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
       JobBuffer.last_value
     end
-
-    def with_big_decimal_serializer(temporary = true)
-      original = ActiveJob.use_big_decimal_serializer
-      ActiveJob.use_big_decimal_serializer = temporary
-      yield
-    ensure
-      ActiveJob.use_big_decimal_serializer = original
-    end
 end

guides/source/7_2_release_notes.md

@@ -145,8 +145,12 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-job] for detailed changes.
 
 ### Removals
 
+*   Remove deprecated primitive serializer for `BigDecimal` arguments.
+
 ### Deprecations
 
+*   Deprecate `Rails.application.config.active_job.use_big_decimal_serialize`.
+
 ### Notable changes
 
 Action Text

guides/source/configuring.md

@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ Below are the default values associated with each target version. In cases of co
 - [`config.action_dispatch.default_headers`](#config-action-dispatch-default-headers): `{ "X-Frame-Options" => "SAMEORIGIN", "X-XSS-Protection" => "0", "X-Content-Type-Options" => "nosniff", "X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies" => "none", "Referrer-Policy" => "strict-origin-when-cross-origin" }`
 - [`config.action_text.sanitizer_vendor`](#config-action-text-sanitizer-vendor): `Rails::HTML::Sanitizer.best_supported_vendor`
 - [`config.action_view.sanitizer_vendor`](#config-action-view-sanitizer-vendor): `Rails::HTML::Sanitizer.best_supported_vendor`
-- [`config.active_job.use_big_decimal_serializer`](#config-active-job-use-big-decimal-serializer): `true`
 - [`config.active_record.allow_deprecated_singular_associations_name`](#config-active-record-allow-deprecated-singular-associations-name): `false`
 - [`config.active_record.before_committed_on_all_records`](#config-active-record-before-committed-on-all-records): `true`
 - [`config.active_record.belongs_to_required_validates_foreign_key`](#config-active-record-belongs-to-required-validates-foreign-key): `false`
@@ -2662,24 +2661,6 @@ The default value depends on the `config.load_defaults` target version:
 Determines whether job context for query tags will be automatically updated via
 an `around_perform`. The default value is `true`.
 
-#### `config.active_job.use_big_decimal_serializer`
-
-Enables the new `BigDecimal` argument serializer, which guarantees
-roundtripping. Without this serializer, some queue adapters may serialize
-`BigDecimal` arguments as simple (non-roundtrippable) strings.
-
-WARNING: When deploying an application with multiple replicas, old (pre-Rails
-7.1) replicas will not be able to deserialize `BigDecimal` arguments from this
-serializer. Therefore, this setting should only be enabled after all replicas
-have been successfully upgraded to Rails 7.1.
-
-The default value depends on the `config.load_defaults` target version:
-
-| Starting with version | The default value is |
-| --------------------- | -------------------- |
-| (original)            | `false`              |
-| 7.1                   | `true`               |
-
 ### Configuring Action Cable
 
 #### `config.action_cable.url`

railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb

@@ -305,10 +305,6 @@ module Rails
             action_dispatch.debug_exception_log_level = :error
           end
 
-          if respond_to?(:active_job)
-            active_job.use_big_decimal_serializer = true
-          end
-
           if respond_to?(:active_support)
             active_support.cache_format_version = 7.1
             active_support.message_serializer = :json_allow_marshal

railties/test/application/configuration_test.rb

@@ -3107,31 +3107,6 @@ module ApplicationTests
       assert_includes ActiveJob::Serializers.serializers, DummySerializer
     end
 
-    test "use_big_decimal_serializer is enabled in new apps" do
-      app "development"
-
-      assert ActiveJob.use_big_decimal_serializer, "use_big_decimal_serializer should be enabled in new apps"
-    end
-
-    test "use_big_decimal_serializer is disabled if using defaults prior to 7.1" do
-      remove_from_config '.*config\.load_defaults.*\n'
-      add_to_config 'config.load_defaults "7.0"'
-      app "development"
-
-      assert_not ActiveJob.use_big_decimal_serializer, "use_big_decimal_serializer should be disabled in defaults prior to 7.1"
-    end
-
-    test "use_big_decimal_serializer can be enabled in config" do
-      remove_from_config '.*config\.load_defaults.*\n'
-      add_to_config 'config.load_defaults "7.0"'
-      app_file "config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_7_1.rb", <<-RUBY
-        Rails.application.config.active_job.use_big_decimal_serializer = true
-      RUBY
-      app "development"
-
-      assert ActiveJob.use_big_decimal_serializer, "use_big_decimal_serializer should be enabled if set in config"
-    end
-
     test "config.active_job.verbose_enqueue_logs defaults to true in development" do
       build_app
       app "development"