(In reply to comment #0)
> Description of problem:
> 
> When a spacewalk client is reporting the result of a scheduled diff back to the
> spacewalk server, the 'row' variable (presumably derived from what the client
> reports but possibly from the server's data) may not always have the 'modified'
> key set; this would cause an error every time the client tries to rhn_check
> (which would subsequently fail and keep retrying until the task is unscheduled,
> causing lots of messages).
> 
> Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
> 
> 1.3
> 
> How reproducible:
> 
> Always that I saw.
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. Schedule a diff between a machine's config file and the config file on a
> configuration channel managed by the spacewalk server.
> 2. Wait for the diff to be executed (or run rhn_check on the spacewalk client)
> 3. Receive messages about a KeyError exception being raised.
> 
> Actual results:
> The diff is reported properly to the server without issue.
> 
> Expected results:
> The server doesn't accept the report but leaves the task scheduled. 
> 
> Additional info:
> 
> Exception Handler Information
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spacewalk/server/apacheRequest.py",
> line 118, in call_function
>     response = apply(func, params)
>   File "/usr/share/rhn/server/handlers/xmlrpc/queue.py", line 326, in get
>     ret = self.__getV2(action)
>   File "/usr/share/rhn/server/handlers/xmlrpc/queue.py", line 84, in __getV2
>     result = method(self.server_id, action['id'], dry_run)
>   File
> "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spacewalk/server/action/configfiles.py", line
> 111, in diff
>     return _get_files(server_id, action_id)
>   File
> "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spacewalk/server/action/configfiles.py", line
> 168, in _get_files
>     files.append(format_file_results(row, server=server))
>   File
> "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spacewalk/server/configFilesHandler.py", line
> 535, in format_file_results
>     if row.has_key('modified'):
> KeyError: 'modified'
> 
> row = <type 'dict'> {'config_channel': 'deniro-base', 'username': 'root',
> 'checksum': '1d12c5ff935de2ce12031e4a67bd3552', 'delim_start': '{|',
> 'delim_end': '|}', 'symlink': None, 'label': 'file', 'groupname': 'root',
> 'file_contents': <cx_Oracle.LOB object at 0x2b87d54e2bd0>, 'filemode': 644,
> 'checksum_type': 'md5', 'path': '/etc/rsyslog.conf', 'selinux_ctx': None,
> 'is_binary': 'N', 'revision': 2}
> 
> I was able to fix it by modifying the file
> /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spacewalk/server/configFilesHandler.py at line
> 535, just as indicated in the traceback, to read as follows:
> 
>     if row.has_key('modified'):
>             if row['modified']:
>                 m_date = xmlrpclib.DateTime(str(row['modified']))
>             else:
>                 m_date = ''
>     else:
>         m_date = ''
> 
> (previously it read:
> 
>     if row['modified']:
>         m_date = xmlrpclib.DateTime(str(row['modified']))
>     else:
>         m_date = ''
> 
> )
> 
> Sorry I didn't get an actual diff. 
> 
> Please let me know if you require any further information.

(oh, I also had to restart spacewalk after I made that change, in case it wasn't clear)

Fixed by
commit 71504cda14cd9d6c9f81434dbed7871d3842dad2
    675359 - modified attribute is not always present

Fixed package spacewalk-backend-1.4.4-1

Mass moving to ON_QA before release of Spacewalk 1.4

Spacewalk 1.4 has been released