Reprocess candidate-totals-by-batch files when contests are edited #1896
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Overview
In testing multi-contest batch audits, I found an issue able to affect not only multi-contest batch audits but also single-contest batch audits - the fact that we don't reprocess uploaded candidate-totals-by-batch files when contests are edited. The number of things that can go wrong because of this has just grown with multi-contest batch audits.
For example, adding a contest after uploading candidate-totals-by-batch files can render those files incomplete and actually crash Arlo the next time Arlo fetches jurisdictions:
This PR addresses this issue by reprocessing candidate-totals-by-batch files when contests are edited. While this reprocessing happens in the background, the initial clearing of
jurisdiction.batch_tallies
fields happens synchronously.Testing