Some Problems are not available for selection in Assignments dialogue

[yarikoptic]

Originally "reported" on slack, but could not figure it out, so decided to file for posterity.
I am running my "own" server in the docker, with recipe in #1178 (with some changes not yet in the PR) and the whole setup at https://github.com/dartmouth-pbs/psyc161-wi19-srv .

NB If no obvious ideas, I will try to reproduce it using the docker image and similar setup but without "secrets".

My problem is that when I go to /runestone/admin/assignments and try to add Problems by navigating the tree -- only a few sections have problems listed under them. I know that others have them too since they did miraculously appear after starting a new instance from committed docker state (just running on a different port, related issue detected was also #1191 ).
Here is an example on almost pristine fopp:

Some of those already added I "found" via Search and blindly changing their Auto-grade.

Please advise on possible workaround or where to dig to unravel the mystery. Thanks in advance for any guidance ;-)

[bjones1]

No idea, but some debug thoughts. Browse to the assignments page you provided an image of then look at the value of eBookConfig.toc.question_picker in the console. If this is missing sections, then the problems is in the backend (Python) side; if the sections are present, the bug is in JS.

[yarikoptic]

thanks @bjones1 - I think I am looking at the right thing. It has sections but no children per section:

How to debug python side?
edit: above screenshot is on my "development" instance, whenever originally I posted webshot of the "deployed" one which does show at least some problems:

click here for screenshot

[yarikoptic]

ok, I guess it is this function _get_toc_and_questions within admin. Will try to debug at "run time"! ;)

[yarikoptic]

but actually it feels that it might be deeper -- where DB is populated...
on a somewhat populated "deployed" one I have

runestone=# SELECT chapter, count(chapter) FROM QUESTIONS WHERE autograde!='' GROUP BY chapter;
       chapter        | count 
----------------------+-------
 Dictionaries         |    19
 Sequences            |     4
 Functions            |     7
 AdvancedAccumulation |     7
 SimplePythonData     |     1
(5 rows)

and on the blanking out devel one I have

runestone=# SELECT chapter, count(chapter) FROM QUESTIONS WHERE autograde!='' GROUP BY chapter;
     chapter      | count 
------------------+-------
 SimplePythonData |     1
(1 row)

so need to look at that stage whereever it is ;)

[bjones1]

Chapters are populated by the Runestone build process. Perhaps your build is referencing the wrong/invalid database? See https://github.com/RunestoneInteractive/RunestoneComponents/blob/master/runestone/server/componentdb.py.

[yarikoptic]

runestone build --all seems has fixed this issue! I am still not sure how I arrived to this state (had only ~300 questions within DB from total ~1,700 from two books), but overall -- resolved! thanks!