From: Naman Munet <naman.munet@ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 17:15:22 +0000 (+0530)
Subject: mgr/dashboard: Stale RGW user/account metadata cache in mgr after delete and recreate
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mgr/dashboard: Stale RGW user/account metadata cache in mgr after delete and recreate

fixes: https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/77544

Signed-off-by: Naman Munet <naman.munet@ibm.com>
---

diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/controllers/rgw.py b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/controllers/rgw.py
index a0ef6965771..61b26c2e734 100755
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/controllers/rgw.py
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/controllers/rgw.py
@@ -1099,8 +1099,15 @@ class RgwUser(RgwRESTController):
                 raise DashboardException(msg='Unable to delete "{}" - this user '
                                              'account is required for managing the '
                                              'Object Gateway'.format(uid))
-            # Finally redirect request to the RGW proxy.
-            return self.proxy(daemon_name, 'DELETE', 'user', {'uid': uid}, json_response=False)
+            daemon_name_to_use = daemon_name if daemon_name else instance.daemon.name
+            user_instance = RgwClient.get_cached_user_instance(daemon_name_to_use, uid)
+            result = self.proxy(daemon_name, 'DELETE', 'user', {'uid': uid}, json_response=False)
+            # Only invalidate cache after successful deletion to prevent negative cache hits
+            # when the user is recreated with the same UID. This fixes the issue where
+            # Dashboard fails to authenticate after deleting and recreating a user.
+            if user_instance:
+                RgwClient.drop_instance(user_instance)
+            return result
         except (DashboardException, RequestException) as e:  # pragma: no cover
             raise DashboardException(e, component='rgw')
 
diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/services/rgw_client.py b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/services/rgw_client.py
index a36eded72dd..f060efd4fc3 100755
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/services/rgw_client.py
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/services/rgw_client.py
@@ -370,6 +370,20 @@ class RgwClient(RestClient):
     def admin_instance(daemon_name: Optional[str] = None) -> 'RgwClient':
         return RgwClient.instance(daemon_name=daemon_name)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_cached_user_instance(daemon_name: str, userid: str) -> Optional['RgwClient']:
+        """
+        Get a cached user instance if it exists.
+
+        :param daemon_name: The daemon name
+        :param userid: The user ID
+        :return: The cached RgwClient instance or None if not found
+        """
+        if daemon_name in RgwClient._user_instances and \
+           userid in RgwClient._user_instances[daemon_name]:
+            return RgwClient._user_instances[daemon_name][userid]
+        return None
+
     @staticmethod
     def drop_instance(instance: Optional['RgwClient'] = None):
         """