How to resolve the "psycopg2.errors.UndefinedTable: relation "auth_user" does not exist" when running django unittests on Travis
Solution 1
I ran into the same problem after adding a model for an app that was already installed, but forgetting to creating the initial migration. OP hid the answer in the comments so here are explicit steps:
$ mkdir myapp/migrations
$ touch myapp/migrations/__init__.py
After this I got a new error when trying to run python manage.py test
psycopg2.errors.InvalidCursorName: cursor "_django_curs_140073820227328_58" does not exist
One more step was needed:
$ python manage.py makemigrations
And then tests ran fine.
Solution 2
I deleted the sqllite3 database then I ran
$ python manage.py migrate
then
$ python manage.py migrate --run-syncdb
741852963
Updated on July 08, 2021Comments
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741852963 almost 3 years
I'm using Travis for CI/CD as part of my Django app, with a postgresql database. (Django 2.1.4)
The build consistently fails on Travis as soon as the tests run. I receive this error:
psycopg2.errors.UndefinedTable: relation "auth_user" does not exist
I have tried:
makemigrations
,migrate auth
,migrate myapp
,migrate --run-syncdb
. All of which fail with the same error.The tests run locally with a sqlite3 database, and on a prod-like heroku environment with a postgresql database.
.travis.yml
... before script: -psql -c 'create database travis_ci_test;' -U postgres services: -postgresql script: -yes | python3 manage.py makemigrations -python3 manage.py migrate auth -python3 manage.py migrate --run-syncdb -python3 manage.py tests test/unit_tests
settings.py
... DATABASES = { 'default': { 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2', 'NAME': 'travis_ci_test', 'USER': 'postgres', 'PASSWORD': '', 'HOST': 'localhost', } } ... INSTALLED_APPS = [... 'django.contrib.auth', ]
Here is the output from the failing build on Travis. 'migrate auth' is successful (I think this is the crucial line for auth_user :
Applying auth.0001_initial... OK
)0.22s$ psql -c 'create database travis_ci_test;' -U postgres CREATE DATABASE 1.50s$ yes | python3 manage.py makemigrations TEST_ENV... AWS_INTEGRATION... Databases ... {'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2', 'NAME': 'travis_ci_test', 'USER': 'postgres', 'PASSWORD': '', 'HOST': 'localhost'} Installed Apps ... ['django.contrib.admin', 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.messages', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', 'races.apps.RacesConfig', 'storages'] No changes detected The command "yes | python3 manage.py makemigrations" exited with 0. 1.68s$ python3 manage.py migrate auth TEST_ENV... AWS_INTEGRATION... Databases ... {'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2', 'NAME': 'travis_ci_test', 'USER': 'postgres', 'PASSWORD': '', 'HOST': 'localhost'} Installed Apps ... ['django.contrib.admin', 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.messages', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', 'races.apps.RacesConfig', 'storages'] Operations to perform: Apply all migrations: auth Running migrations: Applying contenttypes.0001_initial... OK Applying auth.0001_initial... OK Applying contenttypes.0002_remove_content_type_name... OK Applying auth.0002_alter_permission_name_max_length... OK Applying auth.0003_alter_user_email_max_length... OK Applying auth.0004_alter_user_username_opts... OK Applying auth.0005_alter_user_last_login_null... OK Applying auth.0006_require_contenttypes_0002... OK Applying auth.0007_alter_validators_add_error_messages... OK Applying auth.0008_alter_user_username_max_length... OK Applying auth.0009_alter_user_last_name_max_length... OK The command "python3 manage.py migrate auth" exited with 0. 1.57s$ python3 manage.py migrate --run-syncdb TEST_ENV... AWS_INTEGRATION... Databases ... {'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2', 'NAME': 'travis_ci_test', 'USER': 'postgres', 'PASSWORD': '', 'HOST': 'localhost'} Installed Apps ... ['django.contrib.admin', 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.messages', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', 'myapp.apps.MyAppConfig', 'storages'] Operations to perform: Synchronize unmigrated apps: messages, myapp, staticfiles, storages Apply all migrations: admin, auth, contenttypes, sessions Synchronizing apps without migrations: Creating tables... Creating table myapp_model1 Creating table myapp_model2 Creating table myapp_model3 Creating table myapp_model4 Creating table myapp_model5 Running deferred SQL... Running migrations: Applying admin.0001_initial... OK Applying admin.0002_logentry_remove_auto_add... OK Applying admin.0003_logentry_add_action_flag_choices... OK Applying sessions.0001_initial... OK The command "python3 manage.py migrate --run-syncdb" exited with 0. 1.40s$ python3 manage.py test tests/unit_tests TEST_ENV... AWS_INTEGRATION... Databases ... {'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2', 'NAME': 'travis_ci_test', 'USER': 'postgres', 'PASSWORD': '', 'HOST': 'localhost'} Installed Apps ... ['django.contrib.admin', 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.messages', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', 'app.apps.MyAppConfig', 'storages'] Creating test database for alias 'default'... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 85, in _execute return self.cursor.execute(sql, params) psycopg2.errors.UndefinedTable: relation "auth_user" does not exist The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "manage.py", line 10, in <module> execute_from_command_line(sys.argv) File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 381, in execute_from_command_line utility.execute() File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 375, in execute self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/test.py", line 26, in run_from_argv super().run_from_argv(argv) File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 316, in run_from_argv self.execute(*args, **cmd_options) File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 353, in execute output = self.handle(*args, **options) File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/test.py", line 56, in handle failures = test_runner.run_tests(test_labels) File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/test/runner.py", line 604, in run_tests old_config = self.setup_databases() File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/test/runner.py", line 551, in setup_databases self.parallel, **kwargs File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/test/utils.py", line 174, in setup_databases serialize=connection.settings_dict.get('TEST', {}).get('SERIALIZE', True), File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/backends/base/creation.py", line 68, in create_test_db run_syncdb=True, File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 148, in call_command return command.execute(*args, **defaults) File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 353, in execute output = self.handle(*args, **options) File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 83, in wrapped res = handle_func(*args, **kwargs) File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/migrate.py", line 172, in handle self.sync_apps(connection, executor.loader.unmigrated_apps) File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/migrate.py", line 310, in sync_apps self.stdout.write(" Running deferred SQL...\n") File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/backends/base/schema.py", line 106, in __exit__ self.execute(sql) File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/backends/base/schema.py", line 133, in execute cursor.execute(sql, params) File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 68, in execute return self._execute_with_wrappers(sql, params, many=False, executor=self._execute) File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 77, in _execute_with_wrappers return executor(sql, params, many, context) File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 85, in _execute return self.cursor.execute(sql, params) File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 89, in __exit__ raise dj_exc_value.with_traceback(traceback) from exc_value File "/home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 85, in _execute return self.cursor.execute(sql, params) django.db.utils.ProgrammingError: relation "auth_user" does not exist The command "python3 manage.py test tests/unit_tests" exited with 1.
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Lord Elrond over 4 yearsThis appears to happen with any inconsistency between your models and migration files when running unit tests.