Can't set enabled to false in initializer (rails)

[patrykwojtynski]

I tried to have logging turned on only for specific endpoints in all environments. If you set enabled to false in the initializer it will not work.

In config/initializers/paper_trail.rb
PaperTrail.config.enabled = false

Then rails console

[1] pry(main)> PaperTrail.enabled?
=> true

After some digging, I found that engine overrides it to true when environment config is missing.

In PaperTrail::Rails::Engine

initializer "paper_trail.initialisation" do |app|
  PaperTrail.enabled = app.config.paper_trail.fetch(:enabled, true)
end

It probably should use PaperTrail.enabled? instead of true, or even not set enabled when config value is missing.

[jaredbeck]

Hi Patryk.

If you set enabled to false in the initializer it will not work.

Per the docs, that should go in config/environments, not initializers. See https://github.com/airblade/paper_trail#2d-turning-papertrail-off

I tried to have logging turned on only for specific endpoints in all environments.

If that is your goal, try paper_trail_enabled_for_controller instead of PaperTrail.enabled. See https://github.com/airblade/paper_trail#per-request

[jaredbeck]

Hi Patryk, I hope my comments helped. I haven't heard back so I'm going to close this, but please let me know if you find behavior that doesn't match the documentation.

[oehlschl]

Thankful to find this thread after debugging the same "issue". It's worth noting that some documentation does include the config.enabled option in an initializer; see https://github.com/paper-trail-gem/paper_trail#1e1-global

# config/initializers/paper_trail.rb
PaperTrail.config.enabled = true

[...]
These options are intended to be set only once, during app initialization (eg. in config/initializers).

I'll open a PR that clarifies the readme for this case.