Chef/Correctness/NotifiesActionNotSymbol

The Cookstyle cops department: Chef/Correctness

Enabled by default	Supports autocorrection	Target Chef Version
Enabled	Yes	All Versions

When notifying or subscribing actions within a resource the action should always be a symbol. In Chef Infra Client releases before 14.0, this may result in double notification.

Examples

incorrect

execute 'some command' do
  notifies 'restart', 'service[httpd]', 'delayed'
end

execute 'some command' do
  subscribes 'restart', 'service[httpd]', 'delayed'
end

correct

execute 'some command' do
  notifies :restart, 'service[httpd]', 'delayed'
end

execute 'some command' do
  subscribes :restart, 'service[httpd]', 'delayed'
end

Configurable attributes

Name	Default value	Configurable values
Version Added	5.10.0	String
Include		Array