change: [UIE-9860] - Change the default selection of network interface type to linode interface in Linode create flow #13221

grevanak-akamai · 2025-12-23T07:20:01Z

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Change the default selection of network interface type from legacy 'configuration profile' to 'linode interface' in Linode create flow.

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Changed default value of interface generation type to 'linode' in getDefaultInterfaceGenerationFromAccountSetting utility function

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In account settings, ensure the network interface type for new linodes is "config profile but allow Linode interface"

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Network interface type in Linode create flow should be "Linode interfaces" by default.

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coliu-akamai

heads up - I haven't run the cypress tests locally, but they look related since they have to do with the Linode Create tests

oh whoops my other comment didn't get submitted 😅

coliu-akamai · 2026-01-02T15:53:57Z

packages/manager/src/features/Linodes/LinodeCreate/utilities.ts

    accountSetting === 'linode_only' ||
-    accountSetting === 'linode_default_but_legacy_config_allowed'
+    accountSetting === 'linode_default_but_legacy_config_allowed' ||
+    accountSetting === 'legacy_config_default_but_linode_allowed'


would it make more sense to instead remove legacy_config_default_but_linode_allowed as an option in the Account Settings page?

reading through the aha, I also like Daniel's suggestion for a single setting. Although I understand legacy_config_default_but_linode_allowed is more for the API and doesn't have to correspond to CM's preselected default value, I feel like the current mismatch could lead to confusion + we'd have to be careful in our explanation

Currently we don't have requirement to remove legacy_config_default_but_linode_allowed option from account settings page and hence we will continue to have all the options as we had earlier. So removal of legacy_config_default_but_linode_allowed from this logic will be error prone. cc: @dabaka

Hi @coliu-akamai we don't have expectation that the account setting will have a bearing on the Linode Create option.

We had the idea to add some 'this is most relevant for the API' text, but not sure if that is weird in general or weird to have in the UI.

got it, thanks @grevanak-akamai and @dabaka!

dwiley-akamai

I ran some of the E2E tests locally and the failures do appear to be related to these changes

dwiley-akamai · 2026-01-05T22:54:53Z

packages/manager/.changeset/pr-13221-changed-1766474458876.md

+"@linode/manager": Changed
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+Change the default selection of network interface type to linode interface in Linode create flow ([#13221](https://github.com/linode/manager/pull/13221))


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Change the default selection of network interface type to linode interface in Linode create flow ([#13221](https://github.com/linode/manager/pull/13221))

Default selection of network interface type to linode interface in Linode create flow ([#13221](https://github.com/linode/manager/pull/13221))

… in Linode create flow

…pe to linode interface in Linode create flow

grevanak-akamai · 2026-01-08T15:27:44Z

I ran some of the E2E tests locally and the failures do appear to be related to these changes

Fixed the e2e test cases that were failing and pushed the changes in this commit.

linode-gh-bot · 2026-01-08T16:47:20Z

Cloud Manager UI test results

🔺 1 failing test on test run #7 ↗︎

❌ Failing	✅ Passing	↪️ Skipped	🕐 Duration
`1 Failing`	`854 Passing`	`11 Skipped`	`45m 12s`

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Failing Tests
	Spec	Test
❌	`clone-linode.spec.ts`	Cloud Manager Cypress Tests→clone linode » can clone a Linode from Linode details page

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Use this command to re-run the failing tests:

pnpm cy:run -s "cypress/e2e/core/linodes/clone-linode.spec.ts"

coliu-akamai

✅ network interface type in Linode create is only "Config interfaces" when our account setting is "Config interfaces only"
✅ otherwise, the default is always "Linode"

thanks @grevanak-akamai

coliu-akamai · 2026-01-09T16:54:33Z

packages/manager/src/features/Linodes/LinodeCreate/utilities.ts

    accountSetting === 'linode_only' ||
-    accountSetting === 'linode_default_but_legacy_config_allowed'
+    accountSetting === 'linode_default_but_legacy_config_allowed' ||
+    accountSetting === 'legacy_config_default_but_linode_allowed'


got it, thanks @grevanak-akamai and @dabaka!

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