Optionally suppress missing detections during metadata validation

contentctl/actions/inspect.py

@@ -297,9 +297,11 @@ def check_detection_metadata(self, config: inspect) -> None:
             validation_errors[rule_name] = []
             # No detections should be removed from build to build
             if rule_name not in current_build_conf.detection_stanzas:
-                validation_errors[rule_name].append(DetectionMissingError(rule_name=rule_name))
+                if config.suppress_missing_content_exceptions:
+                    print(f"[SUPPRESSED] {DetectionMissingError(rule_name=rule_name).long_message}")
+                else:
+                    validation_errors[rule_name].append(DetectionMissingError(rule_name=rule_name))
                 continue
-
             # Pull out the individual stanza for readability
             previous_stanza = previous_build_conf.detection_stanzas[rule_name]
             current_stanza = current_build_conf.detection_stanzas[rule_name]
@@ -335,7 +337,7 @@ def check_detection_metadata(self, config: inspect) -> None:
                 )
 
         # Convert our dict mapping to a flat list of errors for use in reporting
-        validation_error_list = [x for inner_list in validation_errors.values() for x in inner_list]
+        validation_error_list = [x for inner_list in validation_errors.values() for x in inner_list]    
 
         # Report failure/success
         print("\nDetection Metadata Validation:")
@@ -355,4 +357,4 @@ def check_detection_metadata(self, config: inspect) -> None:
             raise ExceptionGroup(
                 "Validation errors when comparing detection stanzas in current and previous build:",
                 validation_error_list
-            )
+            )

contentctl/objects/config.py

@@ -159,8 +159,6 @@ def getApp(self, config:test, stage_file=True)->str:
                                 verbose_print=True)
         return str(destination)
 
-
-
 # TODO (#266): disable the use_enum_values configuration
 class Config_Base(BaseModel):
     model_config = ConfigDict(use_enum_values=True,validate_default=True, arbitrary_types_allowed=True)
@@ -288,7 +286,6 @@ def getAPIPath(self)->pathlib.Path:
 
     def getAppTemplatePath(self)->pathlib.Path:
         return self.path/"app_template"
-
 
 
 class StackType(StrEnum):
@@ -311,6 +308,16 @@ class inspect(build):
             "should be enabled."
         )
     )
+    suppress_missing_content_exceptions: bool = Field(
+        default=False,
+        description=(
+            "Suppress exceptions during metadata validation if a detection that existed in "
+            "the previous build does not exist in this build. This is to ensure that content "
+            "is not accidentally removed. In order to support testing both public and private "
+            "content, this warning can be suppressed. If it is suppressed, it will still be "
+            "printed out as a warning."
+        )
+    )
     enrichments: bool = Field(
         default=True,
         description=(
@@ -952,7 +959,6 @@ def check_environment_variable_for_config(cls, v:List[Infrastructure]):
                 index+=1
 
 
-
 class release_notes(Config_Base):
     old_tag:Optional[str] = Field(None, description="Name of the tag to diff against to find new content. "
                                           "If it is not supplied, then it will be inferred as the "
@@ -1034,6 +1040,4 @@ def ensureNewTagOrLatestBranch(self):
     #             raise ValueError("The latest_branch '{self.latest_branch}' was not found in the repository")
 
 
-    #     return self
-
-
+    #     return self