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Live server error with sqlite3

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Description

When using the live_server in an integration test fixture:

@pytest.fixture(scope='session', name='server_url')
def get_server_url(live_server, environment):
    """Start a django server to test against and return the url of the server."""
    yield live_server.url

the following error is generated:


self = <[AttributeError("'LiveServer' object has no attribute 'thread'") raised in repr()] LiveServer object at 0x80526a8d0>
addr = 'localhost'

    def __init__(self, addr):
        import django
        from django.db import connections
        from django.test.testcases import LiveServerThread
        from django.test.utils import modify_settings
    
        connections_override = {}
        for conn in connections.all():
            # If using in-memory sqlite databases, pass the connections to
            # the server thread.
            if (
                conn.settings_dict["ENGINE"] == "django.db.backends.sqlite3"
                and conn.settings_dict["NAME"] == ":memory:"
            ):
                # Explicitly enable thread-shareability for this connection
>               conn.allow_thread_sharing = True
E               AttributeError: can't set attribute

/home/goldeneagle/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pytest_django/live_server_helper.py:27: AttributeError

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Research direction

Start in pytest_django/live_server_helper.py at LiveServer.init, then inspect the Django connection and LiveServerThread behavior shown in the traceback. Reproduce the session-scoped live_server fixture with an in-memory SQLite database and verify that the server starts without the allow_thread_sharing AttributeError.

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Tech stack
django, python, sqlite
Domain
backend, database, testing
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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