Undeclared attribute type for enum 'status' after restore from backup

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A user reports an error after restoring a Discourse backup, encountering a RuntimeError related to an undeclared attribute type for the enum ‘status’ when attempting to rebuild post HTML. The issue occurs during Sidekiq jobs and is also seen in logs with a similar error for ‘sync_type’. Another user confirms a similar issue after an update and container rebuild, but cannot reinstall Discourse. taravasya resolved it by reinstalling from scratch, while jeffbyrnes seeks further help as reinstalling is not an option.

Hello! On my ubuntu server I play with vBulletin-to-Discourse migrate process.
Itself migration was did well, and I start for bbcodes adapting. Before apply next patch to raw text(with rails c regexp), i did backup from admin web-panel of my discourse.
Later i found some bug in my regexp and decided to roll back to the previous state(restore from my backup). And now(after restore), then I try to rebuild post html, I have 500 server error

and at the same time in logs:

RuntimeError (Undeclared attribute type for enum 'status'. Enums must be backed by a database column or declared with an explicit type via `attribute`.) app/models/post.rb:818:in `rebake!' app/control

Same error appear in logs, as I understand, caused of Sidekiq jobs.

May be someone faced with the same error?

I was try to repeat restore, with the same result.
And ofcause I was try to reboot my server.
Try “Safe mode” too… :pensive:

Did you ever figure this out?

I’m having a similar issue after attempting an update, and then a rebuild of the container.

I, [2024-09-16T15:58:43.855180 #1]  INFO -- : > exec chpst -u redis -U redis /usr/bin/redis-server /etc/redis/redis.conf
I, [2024-09-16T15:58:43.857371 #1]  INFO -- : > sleep 10
1608:C 16 Sep 2024 15:58:43.867 # oO0OoO0OoO0Oo Redis is starting oO0OoO0OoO0Oo
1608:C 16 Sep 2024 15:58:43.867 # Redis version=7.0.7, bits=64, commit=00000000, modified=0, pid=1608, just started
1608:C 16 Sep 2024 15:58:43.868 # Configuration loaded
1608:M 16 Sep 2024 15:58:43.868 * monotonic clock: POSIX clock_gettime
1608:M 16 Sep 2024 15:58:43.869 # Warning: Could not create server TCP listening socket *:6379: bind: Address already in use
1608:M 16 Sep 2024 15:58:43.869 # Failed listening on port 6379 (TCP), aborting.
I, [2024-09-16T15:58:53.860226 #1]  INFO -- :
I, [2024-09-16T15:58:53.860714 #1]  INFO -- : > cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db:migrate'
rake aborted!
StandardError: An error has occurred, this and all later migrations canceled: (StandardError)

Undeclared attribute type for enum 'sync_type'. Enums must be backed by a database column or declared with an explicit type via `attribute`.
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/enum.rb:250:in `block in _enum'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/attributes.rb:225:in `block in attribute'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/attributes.rb:266:in `block in load_schema!'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/attributes.rb:265:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/attributes.rb:265:in `load_schema!'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/encryption/encryptable_record.rb:127:in `load_schema!'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb:567:in `block in load_schema'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb:564:in `synchronize'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb:564:in `load_schema'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb:445:in `attribute_types'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/querying.rb:69:in `block in _load_from_sql'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/querying.rb:69:in `reject'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/querying.rb:69:in `_load_from_sql'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:1020:in `instantiate_records'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:975:in `block in exec_queries'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:1028:in `skip_query_cache_if_necessary'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:966:in `exec_queries'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:752:in `load'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:264:in `records'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/relation/delegation.rb:100:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-events/db/migrate/20240815072133_move_source_datetimes_to_filters.rb:5:in `up'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:989:in `public_send'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:989:in `exec_migration'
/var/www/discourse/lib/freedom_patches/schema_migration_details.rb:8:in `block in exec_migration'
/var/www/discourse/lib/freedom_patches/schema_migration_details.rb:8:in `exec_migration'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:970:in `block (2 levels) in migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:969:in `block in migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:227:in `with_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:968:in `migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1178:in `migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1529:in `block in execute_migration_in_transaction'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb:535:in `block in within_new_transaction'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activesupport-7.1.4/lib/active_support/concurrency/null_lock.rb:9:in `synchronize'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb:532:in `within_new_transaction'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:344:in `transaction'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1580:in `ddl_transaction'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1528:in `execute_migration_in_transaction'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1503:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1503:in `migrate_without_lock'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1448:in `block in migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1600:in `with_advisory_lock'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1448:in `migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1274:in `up'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1249:in `migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb:251:in `migrate'
/var/www/discourse/lib/tasks/db.rake:259:in `block (2 levels) in <main>'
/var/www/discourse/lib/distributed_mutex.rb:53:in `block in synchronize'
/var/www/discourse/lib/distributed_mutex.rb:49:in `synchronize'
/var/www/discourse/lib/distributed_mutex.rb:49:in `synchronize'
/var/www/discourse/lib/distributed_mutex.rb:34:in `synchronize'
/var/www/discourse/lib/tasks/db.rake:234:in `block in <main>'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/rake-13.2.1/exe/rake:27:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/local/bin/bundle:25:in `load'
/usr/local/bin/bundle:25:in `<main>'

Caused by:
Undeclared attribute type for enum 'sync_type'. Enums must be backed by a database column or declared with an explicit type via `attribute`.
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/enum.rb:250:in `block in _enum'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/attributes.rb:225:in `block in attribute'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/attributes.rb:266:in `block in load_schema!'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/attributes.rb:265:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/attributes.rb:265:in `load_schema!'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/encryption/encryptable_record.rb:127:in `load_schema!'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb:567:in `block in load_schema'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb:564:in `synchronize'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb:564:in `load_schema'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb:445:in `attribute_types'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/querying.rb:69:in `block in _load_from_sql'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/querying.rb:69:in `reject'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/querying.rb:69:in `_load_from_sql'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:1020:in `instantiate_records'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:975:in `block in exec_queries'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:1028:in `skip_query_cache_if_necessary'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:966:in `exec_queries'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:752:in `load'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:264:in `records'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/relation/delegation.rb:100:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-events/db/migrate/20240815072133_move_source_datetimes_to_filters.rb:5:in `up'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:989:in `public_send'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:989:in `exec_migration'
/var/www/discourse/lib/freedom_patches/schema_migration_details.rb:8:in `block in exec_migration'
/var/www/discourse/lib/freedom_patches/schema_migration_details.rb:8:in `exec_migration'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:970:in `block (2 levels) in migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:969:in `block in migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:227:in `with_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:968:in `migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1178:in `migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1529:in `block in execute_migration_in_transaction'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb:535:in `block in within_new_transaction'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activesupport-7.1.4/lib/active_support/concurrency/null_lock.rb:9:in `synchronize'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb:532:in `within_new_transaction'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:344:in `transaction'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1580:in `ddl_transaction'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1528:in `execute_migration_in_transaction'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1503:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1503:in `migrate_without_lock'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1448:in `block in migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1600:in `with_advisory_lock'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1448:in `migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1274:in `up'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1249:in `migrate'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb:251:in `migrate'
/var/www/discourse/lib/tasks/db.rake:259:in `block (2 levels) in <main>'
/var/www/discourse/lib/distributed_mutex.rb:53:in `block in synchronize'
/var/www/discourse/lib/distributed_mutex.rb:49:in `synchronize'
/var/www/discourse/lib/distributed_mutex.rb:49:in `synchronize'
/var/www/discourse/lib/distributed_mutex.rb:34:in `synchronize'
/var/www/discourse/lib/tasks/db.rake:234:in `block in <main>'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/rake-13.2.1/exe/rake:27:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/local/bin/bundle:25:in `load'
/usr/local/bin/bundle:25:in `<main>'
Tasks: TOP => db:migrate
(See full trace by running task with --trace)

No. I’m just reinstall discourse from scratch

Thanks for the quick reply; that’s not an option for me so I’ll seek some further help.