Issue #3087501 by heddn, ressa: How much and how to log when updating in-place

config/optional/views.view.automatic_updates_log.yml

+langcode: en
+status: true
+dependencies:
+  config:
+    - system.menu.admin
+  module:
+    - dblog
+    - user
+id: automatic_updates_log
+label: 'Automatic updates log'
+module: views
+description: 'Lists the files which have been updated by the Automatic updates module.'
+tag: ''
+base_table: watchdog
+base_field: wid
+core: 8.x
+display:
+  default:
+    display_plugin: default
+    id: default
+    display_title: Master
+    position: 0
+    display_options:
+      access:
+        type: perm
+        options:
+          perm: 'administer software updates'
+      cache:
+        type: tag
+        options: {  }
+      query:
+        type: views_query
+        options:
+          disable_sql_rewrite: false
+          distinct: false
+          replica: false
+          query_comment: ''
+          query_tags: {  }
+      exposed_form:
+        type: basic
+        options:
+          submit_button: Apply
+          reset_button: true
+          reset_button_label: Reset
+          exposed_sorts_label: 'Sort by'
+          expose_sort_order: false
+          sort_asc_label: Asc
+          sort_desc_label: Desc
+      pager:
+        type: full
+        options:
+          items_per_page: 100
+          offset: 0
+          id: 0
+          total_pages: null
+          tags:
+            previous: ‹‹
+            next: ››
+            first: '« First'
+            last: 'Last »'
+          expose:
+            items_per_page: true
+            items_per_page_label: 'Items per page'
+            items_per_page_options: '100, 250, 500, 1000'
+            items_per_page_options_all: true
+            items_per_page_options_all_label: '- All -'
+            offset: false
+            offset_label: Offset
+          quantity: 9
+      style:
+        type: default
+        options:
+          grouping:
+            -
+              field: timestamp
+              rendered: true
+              rendered_strip: false
+          row_class: ''
+          default_row_class: false
+      row:
+        type: fields
+        options:
+          default_field_elements: false
+          inline: {  }
+          separator: ''
+          hide_empty: false
+      fields:
+        timestamp:
+          id: timestamp
+          table: watchdog
+          field: timestamp
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: ''
+          exclude: true
+          alter:
+            alter_text: false
+            text: ''
+            make_link: false
+            path: ''
+            absolute: false
+            external: false
+            replace_spaces: false
+            path_case: none
+            trim_whitespace: false
+            alt: ''
+            rel: ''
+            link_class: ''
+            prefix: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            target: ''
+            nl2br: false
+            max_length: 0
+            word_boundary: true
+            ellipsis: true
+            more_link: false
+            more_link_text: ''
+            more_link_path: ''
+            strip_tags: false
+            trim: false
+            preserve_tags: ''
+            html: false
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: false
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: true
+          empty: ''
+          hide_empty: false
+          empty_zero: false
+          hide_alter_empty: true
+          date_format: short
+          custom_date_format: ''
+          timezone: ''
+          plugin_id: date
+        message:
+          id: message
+          table: watchdog
+          field: message
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: ''
+          exclude: false
+          alter:
+            alter_text: false
+            text: ''
+            make_link: false
+            path: ''
+            absolute: false
+            external: false
+            replace_spaces: false
+            path_case: none
+            trim_whitespace: false
+            alt: ''
+            rel: ''
+            link_class: ''
+            prefix: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            target: ''
+            nl2br: false
+            max_length: 0
+            word_boundary: true
+            ellipsis: true
+            more_link: false
+            more_link_text: ''
+            more_link_path: ''
+            strip_tags: false
+            trim: false
+            preserve_tags: ''
+            html: false
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: false
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: true
+          empty: ''
+          hide_empty: false
+          empty_zero: false
+          hide_alter_empty: true
+          replace_variables: true
+          plugin_id: dblog_message
+      filters:
+        type:
+          id: type
+          table: watchdog
+          field: type
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          operator: in
+          value:
+            automatic_updates: automatic_updates
+          group: 1
+          exposed: false
+          expose:
+            operator_id: ''
+            label: ''
+            description: ''
+            use_operator: false
+            operator: ''
+            identifier: ''
+            required: false
+            remember: false
+            multiple: false
+            remember_roles:
+              authenticated: authenticated
+            reduce: false
+            operator_limit_selection: false
+            operator_list: {  }
+          is_grouped: false
+          group_info:
+            label: ''
+            description: ''
+            identifier: ''
+            optional: true
+            widget: select
+            multiple: false
+            remember: false
+            default_group: All
+            default_group_multiple: {  }
+            group_items: {  }
+          plugin_id: dblog_types
+        severity:
+          id: severity
+          table: watchdog
+          field: severity
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          operator: in
+          value:
+            6: '6'
+          group: 1
+          exposed: false
+          expose:
+            operator_id: ''
+            label: ''
+            description: ''
+            use_operator: false
+            operator: ''
+            operator_limit_selection: false
+            operator_list: {  }
+            identifier: ''
+            required: false
+            remember: false
+            multiple: false
+            remember_roles:
+              authenticated: authenticated
+            reduce: false
+          is_grouped: false
+          group_info:
+            label: ''
+            description: ''
+            identifier: ''
+            optional: true
+            widget: select
+            multiple: false
+            remember: false
+            default_group: All
+            default_group_multiple: {  }
+            group_items: {  }
+          plugin_id: in_operator
+      sorts:
+        wid:
+          id: wid
+          table: watchdog
+          field: wid
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          order: DESC
+          exposed: false
+          expose:
+            label: ''
+          plugin_id: standard
+      title: 'Automatic updates log'
+      header: {  }
+      footer: {  }
+      empty:
+        area:
+          id: area
+          table: views
+          field: area
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          empty: true
+          tokenize: false
+          content:
+            value: '<p>No automatic update log entries.</p>'
+            format: basic_html
+          plugin_id: text
+      relationships: {  }
+      arguments: {  }
+      display_extenders: {  }
+    cache_metadata:
+      max-age: -1
+      contexts:
+        - 'languages:language_interface'
+        - url.query_args
+        - user.permissions
+      tags: {  }
+  page_1:
+    display_plugin: page
+    id: page_1
+    display_title: Page
+    position: 1
+    display_options:
+      display_extenders: {  }
+      path: admin/reports/automatic_updates_log
+      menu:
+        type: normal
+        title: 'Automatic updates log'
+        description: ''
+        expanded: false
+        parent: system.admin_reports
+        weight: -10
+        context: '0'
+        menu_name: admin
+    cache_metadata:
+      max-age: -1
+      contexts:
+        - 'languages:language_interface'
+        - url.query_args
+        - user.permissions
+      tags: {  }

tests/src/Functional/LogPageTest.php

+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\automatic_updates\Functional;
+
+use Drupal\Tests\BrowserTestBase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests access permission to log page.
+ *
+ * @group automatic_updates
+ */
+class LogPageTest extends BrowserTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected static $modules = [
+    'views',
+    'dblog',
+    'automatic_updates',
+  ];
+
+  /**
+   * A user with permission to administer software updates.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\user\UserInterface
+   */
+  protected $user;
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+    $this->user = $this->drupalCreateUser([
+      'access administration pages',
+      'administer site configuration',
+      'administer software updates',
+    ]);
+    $this->drupalLogin($this->user);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that the log page is displayed.
+   */
+  public function testLogPageExists() {
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/reports/automatic_updates_log');
+
+    $this->assertSession()->statusCodeEquals(200);
+  }
+
+}