[Bug]: User Key Add Error: 'str' object has no attribute '_meta'

[gilbertg]

NetBox Secrets plugin version

2.3.0

NetBox version

4.3.6

Steps to Reproduce

I'm also getting this, fresh install with latest netbox (4.3.6) and secrets plugin (2.3.0); on kubernetes.

All migrations have been run an setup instructions followed. But can't use the plugin. Replication steps exactly as in #116. Simply try to create a user key

Expected Behavior

The user key should be added

Observed Behavior

Log trace:

[ERROR] django.request: Internal Server Error: /plugins/secrets/user-keys/add/
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/netbox/netbox/netbox/middleware.py", line 132, in call
username = request.META[self.header]

KeyError: 'HTTP_REMOTE_USER'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py", line 55, in inner
response = get_response(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 197, in _get_response
response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py", line 105, in view
return self.dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/netbox_secrets/views.py", line 331, in dispatch
return super().dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/mixins.py", line 73, in dispatch
return super().dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py", line 144, in dispatch
return handler(request, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/netbox_secrets/views.py", line 357, in post
return render(
^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/shortcuts.py", line 25, in render
content = loader.render_to_string(template_name, context, request, using=using)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/loader.py", line 62, in render_to_string
return template.render(context, request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/backends/django.py", line 107, in render
return self.template.render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 171, in render
return self._render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 163, in _render
return self.nodelist.render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 1016, in render
return SafeString("".join([node.render_annotated(context) for node in self]))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 977, in render_annotated
return self.render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 159, in render
return compiled_parent._render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 163, in _render
return self.nodelist.render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 1016, in render
return SafeString("".join([node.render_annotated(context) for node in self]))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 977, in render_annotated
return self.render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 159, in render
return compiled_parent._render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 163, in _render
return self.nodelist.render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 1016, in render
return SafeString("".join([node.render_annotated(context) for node in self]))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 977, in render_annotated
return self.render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 159, in render
return compiled_parent._render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 163, in _render
return self.nodelist.render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 1016, in render
return SafeString("".join([node.render_annotated(context) for node in self]))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 977, in render_annotated
return self.render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 65, in render
result = block.nodelist.render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 1016, in render
return SafeString("".join([node.render_annotated(context) for node in self]))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 977, in render_annotated
return self.render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/defaulttags.py", line 327, in render
return nodelist.render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 1016, in render
return SafeString("".join([node.render_annotated(context) for node in self]))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 977, in render_annotated
return self.render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/templatetags/i18n.py", line 156, in render
{var: val.resolve(context) for var, val in self.extra_context.items()}
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 749, in resolve
new_obj = func(obj, *arg_vals)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox/netbox/utilities/templatetags/builtins/filters.py", line 101, in meta
return getattr(model._meta, attr, '')
^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute '_meta'
REDACTED IP - - [09/Sep/2025:09:47:08 +0000] "POST /plugins/secrets/user-keys/add/ HTTP/1.1" 500 1446 "https://redacted/ URL/plugins/secrets/user-keys/add/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/139.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"