From b5f77bfe4c5e686bc8798e42abd0bd127ccc142b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Petrello <rpetrell@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 16:01:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] allow schedules to be disabled even if the UJT isn't valid

see: https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/8641
---
 awx/api/serializers.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/awx/api/serializers.py b/awx/api/serializers.py
index 93793a90f2..9cefc05f49 100644
--- a/awx/api/serializers.py
+++ b/awx/api/serializers.py
@@ -4805,6 +4805,14 @@ class ScheduleSerializer(LaunchConfigurationBaseSerializer, SchedulePreviewSeria
             )
         return value
 
+    def validate(self, attrs):
+        # if the schedule is being disabled, there's no need
+        # validate the related UnifiedJobTemplate
+        # see: https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/8641
+        if self.context['request'].method == 'PATCH' and attrs == {'enabled': False}:
+            return attrs
+        return super(ScheduleSerializer, self).validate(attrs)
+
 
 class InstanceSerializer(BaseSerializer):