DGRAPHCORE-355: Allow data deletion for non-internal predicates

ee/acl/acl_test.go

@@ -2793,13 +2793,13 @@ func (asuite *AclTestSuite) TestDeleteGrootAndGuardiansUsingDelNQuadShouldFail()
 	// Try deleting groot user
 	_, err = gc.Mutate(mu)
 	require.Error(t, err, "Deleting groot user should have returned an error")
-	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "Properties of guardians group and groot user cannot be deleted")
+	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "properties of guardians group and groot user cannot be deleted")
 
 	mu = &api.Mutation{DelNquads: []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s .", "<"+guardiansUid+">", "*", "*")), CommitNow: true}
 	// Try deleting guardians group
 	_, err = gc.Mutate(mu)
 	require.Error(t, err, "Deleting guardians group should have returned an error")
-	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "Properties of guardians group and groot user cannot be deleted")
+	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "properties of guardians group and groot user cannot be deleted")
 }
 
 func deleteGuardiansGroupAndGrootUserShouldFail(t *testing.T, hc *dgraphtest.HTTPClient) {

query/mutation.go

@@ -286,6 +286,9 @@ func checkIfDeletingAclOperation(ctx context.Context, edges []*pb.DirectedEdge)
 
 	isDeleteAclOperation := false
 	for _, edge := range edges {
+		if !x.IsReservedPredicate(edge.Attr) {
+			continue
+		}
 		// Disallow deleting of guardians group
 		if edge.Entity == guardianUid && edge.Op == pb.DirectedEdge_DEL {
 			isDeleteAclOperation = true
@@ -298,7 +301,7 @@ func checkIfDeletingAclOperation(ctx context.Context, edges []*pb.DirectedEdge)
 		}
 	}
 	if isDeleteAclOperation {
-		return errors.Errorf("Properties of guardians group and groot user cannot be deleted.")
+		return errors.Errorf("Reserved properties of guardians group and groot user cannot be deleted.")
 	}
 	return nil
 }

query/mutation_test.go

@@ -20,15 +20,20 @@ package query
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/dgo/v230/protos/api"
+	"github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/dgraphtest"
+	"github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/x"
 )
 
-func TestReserverPredicateForMutation(t *testing.T) {
+func TestReservedPredicateForMutation(t *testing.T) {
 	err := addTriplesToCluster(`_:x <dgraph.graphql.schema> "df"`)
 	require.Error(t, err, "Cannot mutate graphql reserved predicate dgraph.graphql.schema")
 }
@@ -70,3 +75,45 @@ func TestAlteringReservedTypesAndPredicatesShouldFail(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "Can't store predicate `dgraph.name` as it is prefixed with "+
 		"`dgraph.` which is reserved as the namespace for dgraph's internal types/predicates.")
 }
+
+func TestUnreservedPredicateForDeletion(t *testing.T) {
+	dg, cleanup, err := dc.Client()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer cleanup()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	require.NoError(t, dg.LoginIntoNamespace(ctx, dgraphtest.DefaultUser, dgraphtest.DefaultPassword, x.GalaxyNamespace))
+
+	grootUserQuery := `
+	{
+		grootUser(func:eq(dgraph.xid, "groot")){
+			uid
+		}
+	}`
+
+	// Structs to parse groot user query response
+	type userNode struct {
+		Uid string `json:"uid"`
+	}
+
+	type userQryResp struct {
+		GrootUser []userNode `json:"grootUser"`
+	}
+
+	resp, err := dg.Query(grootUserQuery)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "groot user query failed")
+
+	var userResp userQryResp
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(resp.GetJson(), &userResp); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Couldn't unmarshal response from groot user query")
+	}
+	grootsUidStr := userResp.GrootUser[0].Uid
+	require.Greater(t, len(grootsUidStr), 0)
+	grootsUidInt, err := strconv.ParseUint(grootsUidStr, 10, 64)
+	require.Greater(t, grootsUidInt, 0)
+
+	err = addTriplesToCluster(fmt.Sprintf(`<%s> <dgraphcore_355> "Betelgeuse" .`, grootsUid))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("could not add triple to cluster"))
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, dg.DropPredicate(`<dgraphcore_355>`))
+}

systest/bgindex/count_test.go

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func TestCountIndex(t *testing.T) {
 				CommitNow: true,
 				DelNquads: []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`<%v> <value> "%v" .`, uid, ec-1)),
 			}); err != nil && (errors.Is(err, dgo.ErrAborted) ||
-				strings.Contains(err.Error(), "Properties of guardians group and groot user cannot be deleted")) {
+				strings.Contains(err.Error(), "properties of guardians group and groot user cannot be deleted")) {
 				return
 			} else if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("error in deletion :: %v\n", err)