New created MAC Address not showing in the Interface view of a device

[BartZimmo]

Deployment Type

Self-hosted

NetBox Version

v4.2.6

Python Version

3.12

Steps to Reproduce

1. Select a Device with interfaces.
2. Click on interface tab.
3. Click on the plus button from an interface and select MAC address.
4. Fill in MAC address and click on Create.
5. Return to the interface View of the device.
6. Make sure the MAC address field is selected in the Table configuration for this view.
7. The information about the MAC address is not showing!
8. If you click on the interface name, the MAC address is visible.

Expected Behavior

The MAC address field should show the information about the attached MAC address.

Observed Behavior

The MAC address field shows shows blanco like unconfigured.

[BartZimmo]

I did some research, and it looks like the select box to set the MAC address as primary is missing.

This is why the MAC is not showing on the interface page.

The MAC address field in the Table configuration is set to this : primary_mac_address

If i update the missing field using bulk import, the MAC is showing.

`is_primary: 'true'

Do we need to add the "Is primary" checkbox to the models_form ?

It would also be helpfull to have the "Is primary_mac_address" status option in the Table configuration for the MAC address page.
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[xeluior]

When you edit the interface after creating the MAC, you can select it as the primary MAC for the interface from that screen. I came here to add a feature request for a "Set as Primary" on the Add MAC address screen though because that gets tedious when adding manually.

[BartZimmo]

Hi Xeluior,

A "Set as Primary" button would be very helpful and would spare a lot of clicks and time.
Since the option is available during bulk import, i don't think it is hard to provide the same function in the Add MAC address screen.

[Myke]

Concur: #19090

[jeremystretch]

Closing this as a duplicate of #18878, which itself should actually be a feature request.