initialization of hidden_initial_fields after a form was bound

[its@…]

After a failed form validation this forms hidden_initial-fields (rendered via the field argument show_hidden_initial=True) will be rendered containing the submitted data of the corresponding regular fields not the data the hidden_initial_fields have submitted

This might cause confusion because: if the form was not saved the value was not saved in the database but is now considered as current db-state in the hidden_initial_field
If a succesive submit is triggered the form will now not identify a form.has_changed-event for the corresponding field

IMHO the hidden_initial_field should recieve its POST/GET data from the hidden_initial_field-data instead of the POST/GET data from the original field after a submit

--how to reproduce
-field ('label') has the argument show_hidden_initial=True
-open the view with an instance from the database
-change the value of the label field and save -> form will be declared invalid and form.label_initial will contain the new value despite that the form could not be saved
-in addition if save is clicked again the form is valid and form.changed_data will be empty

This problem occurred in version 1.2 but considering the implementation of BoundField this will also happen in version 1.4

class MyModel(models.Model)
    label = models.CharField()
    
    
class MyModelForm(forms.Form)
    def __init__(*args, **kwargs):
        super(MyModelForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        for f in self.fields.keys():
            self.fields[f].show_hidden_initial = True
    
    class Meta:
        model = MyModel
    
    def clean(self):
        
        cleaned_data = super(MyModelForm, self).clean()
        
        if self.changed_data:
            self._errors['label'] = ErrorList(['form has changed'])
            
        return cleaned_data

        
def myView(request, modelId=None):
    
    if modelId:
        instance = MyModel.objects.get(pk=modelId)
    else:
        instance = None
        
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = MyModelForm(request.POST, instance=instance)
        
        if form.is_valid():
            instance = form.save()
            return HttpResponse('Success')
    else:
        form = MyModelForm(instance=instance)
        
    template = '<FORM method="POST" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"><table>{{form}}</table><input method="POST" name="submit" type="submit" value="Save"\></Form>'
    
    t = template.Template(output)
    c = template.Context({'form':form})
    return t.render(c)          

[anonymous]

After 5 weeks there is no reaction to our ticket.
This is very disappointing, we have a bug fix in mind, are willing to contribute,
but our momentum is brought to a halt here.

We really would appreciate any reaction from the gurus here.

TIA

[Luke Plant]

I'm pretty sure this is a duplicate of #12440, which I think also describes why this probably isn't a valid bug. I'm going to close as duplicate for that reason.

One reason you haven't got a response is that show_hidden_initial is a completely undocumented internal, and so is has_changed, so it's extremely hard to assess if they have bugs. The default assumption is "no, they work as intended, but might not do what you wanted them to do".