Steps to reproduce:

1. Create an action and select "Modify node taxonomy terms" as the triggered action
2. Under "action to take," select "Delete selected terms"
3. Pick at least one taxonomy term
4. Save the triggered action
5. Click on the triggered action title to modify it
6. Note that the "action to take" is now set to "Add the selected terms"

Currently installed:
- Drupal 6.19 (though it happened under 6.17 too)
- Rules 1.2
- Views 2.11
- Views Bulk Operations (VBO) 1.9

Installed taxonomy modules, though I don't think these affect this, worth noting:
- Taxonomy Access Control 1.2
- Taxonomy Manager 2.2
- Taxonomy Role 1.0b1

Comments

klausi’s picture

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Project: Rules » Views Bulk Operations (VBO)
Version: 6.x-1.2 » 6.x-1.9
Component: Rules Engine » Actions

Sounds like a VBO problem.

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If there's any information I can provide that would help us identify the problem, I'd be happy to do so -- this is a really vexing issue for me.

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Version: 6.x-1.9 » 6.x-1.x-dev

Please try the 6.x-1.x-dev version. Does it preserve the action?

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Version: 6.x-1.x-dev » 6.x-1.10-beta1

Hmm. I tried the dev version and the newly-released 1.10-beta. It now does seem to preserve the action, but now the terms don't actually seem to be getting removed. I'll have to look into this further.

Is anyone else experiencing that taxonomy terms are not being deleted upon a triggered rule?

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@rootwork: can you try accessing this action through the stock VBO (admin/content/node2)? Does the action work in that case?

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Version: 6.x-1.10-beta1 » 6.x-1.10-beta2

Ah, great test! Yes, that does seem to work. It only fails when it's happening via actions.

I've updated a few modules, so here's what I'm at now (in which it works under the VBO page but fails as an action):

- Drupal 6.19
- Rules 1.3
- Views 2.11
- Views Bulk Operations (VBO) 1.10b2

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Title: Modify node taxonomy terms -> Delete selected terms: Reverts to "Add the selected terms" » Modify node taxonomy terms failing when action is triggered via a rule

Updating title to reflect issue.

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bojanz commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

VBO for D6 is in maintenance mode and will receive only fixes contributed and tested by the community.
Reopen with a patch (if this issue is even valid in latest 6.x-1.x-dev).