fix: backward pagination indexing error when using bigger last argument than total number of elements (#1344)

Co-authored-by: Thomas Leonard <[email protected]>

Author: tcleonard

graphene_django/fields.py

@@ -146,36 +146,38 @@ def resolve_connection(cls, connection, args, iterable, max_limit=None):
         iterable = maybe_queryset(iterable)
 
         if isinstance(iterable, QuerySet):
-            list_length = iterable.count()
+            array_length = iterable.count()
         else:
-            list_length = len(iterable)
-        list_slice_length = (
-            min(max_limit, list_length) if max_limit is not None else list_length
+            array_length = len(iterable)
+        array_slice_length = (
+            min(max_limit, array_length) if max_limit is not None else array_length
         )
 
         # If after is higher than list_length, connection_from_list_slice
         # would try to do a negative slicing which makes django throw an
         # AssertionError
-        after = min(get_offset_with_default(args.get("after"), -1) + 1, list_length)
+        slice_start = min(
+            get_offset_with_default(args.get("after"), -1) + 1, array_length
+        )
 
         if max_limit is not None and args.get("first", None) is None:
             if args.get("last", None) is not None:
-                after = list_length - args["last"]
+                slice_start = max(array_length - args["last"], 0)
             else:
                 args["first"] = max_limit
 
         connection = connection_from_array_slice(
-            iterable[after:],
+            iterable[slice_start:],
             args,
-            slice_start=after,
-            array_length=list_length,
-            array_slice_length=list_slice_length,
+            slice_start=slice_start,
+            array_length=array_length,
+            array_slice_length=array_slice_length,
             connection_type=partial(connection_adapter, connection),
             edge_type=connection.Edge,
             page_info_type=page_info_adapter,
         )
         connection.iterable = iterable
-        connection.length = list_length
+        connection.length = array_length
         return connection
 
     @classmethod

graphene_django/tests/test_query.py

@@ -1593,3 +1593,78 @@ class Query(graphene.ObjectType):
         "allReporters": {"edges": [{"node": {"firstName": "Jane", "lastName": "Roe"}},]}
     }
     assert result.data == expected
+
+
+def test_connection_should_succeed_if_last_higher_than_number_of_objects():
+    class ReporterType(DjangoObjectType):
+        class Meta:
+            model = Reporter
+            interfaces = (Node,)
+            fields = "__all__"
+
+    class Query(graphene.ObjectType):
+        all_reporters = DjangoConnectionField(ReporterType)
+
+    schema = graphene.Schema(query=Query)
+    query = """
+        query ReporterPromiseConnectionQuery ($last: Int) {
+            allReporters(last: $last) {
+                edges {
+                    node {
+                        firstName
+                        lastName
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    """
+
+    result = schema.execute(query, variable_values=dict(last=2))
+    assert not result.errors
+    expected = {"allReporters": {"edges": []}}
+    assert result.data == expected
+
+    Reporter.objects.create(first_name="John", last_name="Doe")
+    Reporter.objects.create(first_name="Some", last_name="Guy")
+    Reporter.objects.create(first_name="Jane", last_name="Roe")
+    Reporter.objects.create(first_name="Some", last_name="Lady")
+
+    result = schema.execute(query, variable_values=dict(last=2))
+    assert not result.errors
+    expected = {
+        "allReporters": {
+            "edges": [
+                {"node": {"firstName": "Jane", "lastName": "Roe"}},
+                {"node": {"firstName": "Some", "lastName": "Lady"}},
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+    assert result.data == expected
+
+    result = schema.execute(query, variable_values=dict(last=4))
+    assert not result.errors
+    expected = {
+        "allReporters": {
+            "edges": [
+                {"node": {"firstName": "John", "lastName": "Doe"}},
+                {"node": {"firstName": "Some", "lastName": "Guy"}},
+                {"node": {"firstName": "Jane", "lastName": "Roe"}},
+                {"node": {"firstName": "Some", "lastName": "Lady"}},
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+    assert result.data == expected
+
+    result = schema.execute(query, variable_values=dict(last=20))
+    assert not result.errors
+    expected = {
+        "allReporters": {
+            "edges": [
+                {"node": {"firstName": "John", "lastName": "Doe"}},
+                {"node": {"firstName": "Some", "lastName": "Guy"}},
+                {"node": {"firstName": "Jane", "lastName": "Roe"}},
+                {"node": {"firstName": "Some", "lastName": "Lady"}},
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+    assert result.data == expected