"force:org:list --json" doesn't accurately report dev hub status

[SCWells72]

IC uses the isDevHub property of an org in the output of force:org:list --json to determine whether a given org is configured as a dev hub. However, I've had a number of users provide output of that command that shows the following:

{
  "username": "[redacted]",
  "orgId": "[redacted]",
  "accessToken": "[redacted]",
  "instanceUrl": "https://redacted.my.salesforce.com",
  "loginUrl": "https://redacted.my.salesforce.com/",
  "clientId": "[redacted]",
  "privateKey": "[redacted]",
  "alias": "DevHub",
  "lastUsed": "2020-07-14T20:26:43.555Z",
  "isDefaultDevHubUsername": true,
  "connectedStatus": "Connected",
  "defaultMarker": "(D)"
}

Notice that isDevHub is completely missing but isDefaultDevHubUsername=true. I'm updating IC to infer the former from the latter when not present, but this seems like a bug to me since isDevHub is (to my understanding) the authoritative designator for a dev hub org.

[SCWells72]

@clairebianchi can you provide any status update on this one? As you can hopefully appreciate, not being able to determine that an org is enabled as a dev org is an impediment to tooling that integrates scratch org creation. There's no definitive way to know which orgs are factories for scratch orgs.

[clairebianchi]

Hi @SCWells72, it is on our backlog. Due to some resourcing issues we are having, I can't give you a timeline. I apologize.

[SCWells72]

@clairebianchi thanks for getting back. No problem. That tells me what I need to know. I think I'll make it possible for users to optionally choose orgs that aren't listed as dev hubs when creating a scratch org in case they're hitting this bug. Perhaps a "Show all orgs" checkbox with a disclaimer that not all listed orgs are necessarily dev hubs and the operation may fail.

Take care and thanks again for the follow-up.

[mshanemc]

This may be fixed in the new open-source version. You can try it early, here: #835

[git2gus]

This issue has been linked to a new work item: W-8881661