Fixing a race condition loading sections of the ORA2 UI

apps/openassessment/xblock/static/js/src/oa_training.js

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ OpenAssessment.StudentTrainingView.prototype = {
                 var instructions = $("#openassessment__student-training--instructions", this.element);
 
                 if (!view.rubric.showCorrections(corrections)) {
+                    view.load();
                     baseView.loadAssessmentModules();
                     incorrect.addClass("is--hidden");
                     instructions.removeClass("is--hidden");

apps/openassessment/xblock/student_training_mixin.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from webob import Response
 from xblock.core import XBlock
 from openassessment.assessment.api import student_training
+import openassessment.workflow.api as workflow_api
 from openassessment.xblock.data_conversion import convert_training_examples_list_to_dict
 from .resolve_dates import DISTANT_FUTURE
 
@@ -169,6 +170,12 @@ class StudentTrainingMixin(object):
                 'msg': _(u"An unexpected error occurred.")
             }
         else:
+            try:
+                self.update_workflow_status()
+            except workflow_api.AssessmentWorkflowError:
+                msg = _('Could not update workflow status.')
+                logger.exception(msg)
+                return {'success': False, 'msg': msg}
             return {
                 'success': True,
                 'msg': u'',

apps/openassessment/xblock/test/test_student_training.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from mock import patch
 import pytz
 from django.db import DatabaseError
 from openassessment.assessment.models import StudentTrainingWorkflow
+from openassessment.workflow import api as workflow_api
 from .base import XBlockHandlerTestCase, scenario
 
 @ddt.ddt
@@ -42,6 +43,29 @@ class StudentTrainingAssessTest(XBlockHandlerTestCase):
 
     @scenario('data/student_training.xml', user_id="Plato")
     @ddt.file_data('data/student_training_mixin.json')
+    def test_correct_with_error(self, xblock, data):
+        xblock.create_submission(xblock.get_student_item_dict(), self.SUBMISSION)
+        self._assert_path_and_context(xblock, data["expected_template"], data["expected_context"])
+
+        # Agree with the course author's assessment
+        # (as defined in the scenario XML)
+        data = {
+            'options_selected': {
+                'Vocabulary': 'Good',
+                'Grammar': 'Excellent'
+            }
+        }
+        with patch.object(workflow_api, "update_from_assessments") as mock_workflow_update:
+            mock_workflow_update.side_effect = workflow_api.AssessmentWorkflowError("Oh no!")
+            resp = self.request(xblock, 'training_assess', json.dumps(data), response_format='json')
+
+            # Expect that we were not correct due to a workflow update error.
+            self.assertFalse(resp['success'], msg=resp.get('msg'))
+            self.assertEquals('Could not update workflow status.', resp.get('msg'))
+            self.assertFalse('corrections' in resp)
+
+    @scenario('data/student_training.xml', user_id="Plato")
+    @ddt.file_data('data/student_training_mixin.json')
     def test_incorrect(self, xblock, data):
         xblock.create_submission(xblock.get_student_item_dict(), self.SUBMISSION)
         self._assert_path_and_context(xblock, data["expected_template"], data["expected_context"])