Fix Spacingd updating non-metadata entries that share the key prefix by garciadias · Pull Request #9167 · Project-MONAI/MONAI

garciadias · 2026-10-12T18:15:25Z

Description

Since #8269, Spacingd refreshes every dictionary entry whose key starts with "<key>_", assuming each one is a metadata dict. That breaks in two ways for NIfTI inputs:

a non-dict entry that shares the prefix (e.g. a string image_path, an int image_index) raises AttributeError: '...' object has no attribute 'update';
a non-string key raises on k.startswith.

MONAI Label hits this on every NIfTI inference: its pipeline always sets data["image_path"], and the radiology app uses Spacingd("image", ...). Minimal repro (works on 1.5.1, fails on 1.6.x and current dev):

t = Compose([LoadImaged("image"), EnsureChannelFirstd("image"), Spacingd("image", pixdim=(2.0, 2.0, 2.0))])
t({"image": nifti_file, "image_path": nifti_file})

The fix only updates entries with a string key that are a MutableMapping. The metadata refresh from #8269 is otherwise unchanged.

#8269 shipped without a test, so this PR adds two:

test_meta_dict_updated_for_nifti: checks that the #8269 behaviour is kept (the meta dict is refreshed from the resampled image). It passes both before and after this change.
test_non_meta_dict_entries_untouched: string, int and non-string-key entries are left untouched. It fails before this change and passes after.

Verified locally: tests.transforms.test_spacing, test_spacingd and inverse.test_invertd all pass (62 tests). The two MONAI Label tests that were failing (test_histogram_graphcut_inferer_*) also pass against this branch. The pre-commit hooks (ruff, black, isort, DCO) pass.

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Non-breaking change (fix or new feature that would not break existing functionality).
Breaking change (fix or new feature that would cause existing functionality to change).
New tests added to cover the changes.
Integration tests passed locally by running ./runtests.sh -f -u --net --coverage.
Quick tests passed locally by running ./runtests.sh --quick --unittests --disttests.
In-line docstrings updated.
Documentation updated, tested make html command in the docs/ folder.

Since Project-MONAI#8269, Spacingd refreshes every entry whose key starts with '<key>_', assuming it is a metadata dict. Entries such as a string 'image_path' or an int 'image_index' then raise AttributeError, and a non-string key raises on startswith. Only update string-keyed entries that are mutable mappings. Adds tests for the metadata refresh introduced in Project-MONAI#8269 and for leaving non-metadata entries untouched. Fixes Project-MONAI#9165 Signed-off-by: R. Garcia-Dias <rafaelagd@gmail.com>

coderabbitai · 2026-10-12T18:15:40Z

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Spacingd now refreshes metadata only for string-keyed entries with the transformed key prefix and mutable mapping values. Tests check that the affine reflects the resampled spacing and that unrelated entries remain unchanged.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to f4735

The spacing change is covered by tests for refreshed metadata and preserved unrelated entries; no material merge risk is evident.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 25.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 4 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: preventing Spacingd from updating non-metadata entries that share the key prefix.
Description check		The description includes the issue reference, a detailed change summary, test coverage, validation results, and completed change-type selections. Unchecked integration and quick test commands are clea…
Linked Issues check		Issue `#9165` requires Spacingd to update only matching metadata mappings. The change filters for string keys with the prefix and MutableMapping values. Tests cover metadata refresh and preservation of …
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes are limited to the Spacingd filter and focused regression tests. Both changes directly support issue `#9165`.

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Add Google-style docstrings to both new test methods.

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MONAI 1.6 Spacingd calls .update() on every '<key>_*' entry, so the string 'image_path' that MONAI Label adds to every request raises. Tracked upstream in Project-MONAI/MONAI#9165 with a fix in Project-MONAI/MONAI#9167. Non-strict xfail so a fixed MONAI reports XPASS instead of failing. Signed-off-by: R. Garcia-Dias <rafaelagd@gmail.com>

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* fix: confine datastore write paths to prevent path traversal User-supplied image/label IDs and label tags are concatenated into filesystem paths by LocalDatastore.add_image() and save_label() without validation. Resolve each destination and require it to stay inside the datastore image/labels directory, and sanitize the image ID at the /datastore/image endpoint by stripping directory components. Adds regression tests covering traversal via image ID, label tag, and label image ID. Signed-off-by: R. Garcia-Dias <rafaelagd@gmail.com> * fix: handle cross-drive ValueError in path confinement check Signed-off-by: R. Garcia-Dias <rafaelagd@gmail.com> * fix(ci): add SimpleITK to dev requirements for unit tests Signed-off-by: R. Garcia-Dias <rafaelagd@gmail.com> * fix(ci): resolve pre-existing CI failures - Drop Python 3.9 from CI matrices: highdicom==0.26.1 requires pydicom>=3.0.1, and pydicom 3.0.x requires Python>=3.10 (#1918). - Add SimpleITK and pyOpenSSL>=26.0.0 to requirements.txt: both are runtime imports that were undeclared, breaking the build and docs jobs (#1919). SimpleITK moved out of requirements-dev.txt accordingly. - Document the PyType no-op and link it to #1917. Packaging job (OHIF frontend build) remains broken and is tracked in #1916. Signed-off-by: R. Garcia-Dias <rafaelagd@gmail.com> * fix(test): remove double unlink in test_binary_to_image The test registers addCleanup(os.unlink, result) and then also calls os.unlink(result) at the end, so the cleanup raises FileNotFoundError. Previously masked because the module failed to import (missing SimpleITK, #1919). Signed-off-by: R. Garcia-Dias <rafaelagd@gmail.com> * fix: restore compatibility with MONAI 1.6 in dataset download and NIfTI writer - main.py: DecathlonDataset publishes md5 digests, but MONAI >= 1.6 defaults download_and_extract(hash_type=...) to sha256, so 'monailabel datasets --download' always failed the hash check. Pass hash_type='md5' explicitly. - transform/writer.py: work around a MONAI 1.6 regression where NibabelWriter fails on 2D channel-less arrays (spatial_size=None reaches fall_back_tuple). When no target affine is given the output grid equals the input grid, so passing the input shape explicitly is behaviour-preserving (verified identical output on MONAI 1.5.1). - requirements-dev.txt: add dcmqi (optional at runtime) so the ITK DICOM SEG unit tests can run in CI. Signed-off-by: R. Garcia-Dias <rafaelagd@gmail.com> * test: xfail graphcut inferer tests on MONAI >= 1.6 (Spacingd regression) MONAI 1.6 Spacingd calls .update() on every '<key>_*' entry, so the string 'image_path' that MONAI Label adds to every request raises. Tracked upstream in Project-MONAI/MONAI#9165 with a fix in Project-MONAI/MONAI#9167. Non-strict xfail so a fixed MONAI reports XPASS instead of failing. Signed-off-by: R. Garcia-Dias <rafaelagd@gmail.com> * test: rename datastore path tests and tidy wording Signed-off-by: R. Garcia-Dias <rafaelagd@gmail.com> * fix(packaging): declare SimpleITK, pyOpenSSL and huggingface_hub in install_requires The wheel takes its dependencies from setup.cfg, not requirements.txt, so the installed package was missing SimpleITK (imported by datastore/utils/convert.py) and the server failed to start in the packaging job. huggingface_hub is needed at runtime because MONAI's default 'monaihosting' bundle source downloads through it, which the pathology/endoscopy/monaibundle apps do at startup. Signed-off-by: R. Garcia-Dias <rafaelagd@gmail.com> --------- Signed-off-by: R. Garcia-Dias <rafaelagd@gmail.com>

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Radiology inference breaks on MONAI 1.6 (Spacingd and NibabelWriter regressions upstream) Project-MONAI/MONAILabel#1921

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fix: confine datastore write paths Project-MONAI/MONAILabel#1915

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