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Modifying INSTALLED_APPS with the settings fixture does not update the app registry
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Description
I don't have an obvious simple test case ready, but I can try to cook one up later. The gist is that when I wanted to insert a new package to INSTALLED_APPS during tests, I had to use django.test.modify_settings, because just appending a new entry to the settings using the fixture didn't trigger a reload of models, and, by consequence, the models' relation graphs didn't get populated.
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Research direction
Start by creating a minimal test case that changes INSTALLED_APPS with the settings fixture and compare it with django.test.modify_settings. Check whether the app registry reloads and model relation graphs are populated in both cases; done means the fixture change produces the expected registry state.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- django, python
- Domain
- testing
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100