# Development install fails when running bin/rails db:migrate

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/development-install-fails-when-running-bin-rails-db-migrate/332754>\
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**Tags:** dev-install\
**Created:** [October 25, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/development-install-fails-when-running-bin-rails-db-migrate/332754 "2024-10-25T10:08:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/development-install-fails-when-running-bin-rails-db-migrate/332754/7 "2024-10-26T09:10:01Z")

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same error:

```plaintext
FAILED
--------------------
Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db:migrate' failed with return #<Process::Status: pid 1962 exit 1>
Location of failure: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/pups-1.2.1/lib/pups/exec_command.rb:132:in `spawn'
exec failed with the params {"cd"=>"$home", "tag"=>"migrate", "hook"=>"db_migrate", "cmd"=>["su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db:migrate'"]}
bootstrap failed with exit code 1
**FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP** please scroll up and look for earlier error messages, there may be more than one.
./discourse-doctor may help diagnose the problem.

```

```plaintext
ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound: Couldn't find Upload with 'id'=-6 (ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound)
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/activerecord-7.1.4.1/lib/active_record/core.rb:253:in `find'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_icon_manager.rb:119:in `resolve_original'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_icon_manager.rb:71:in `block in ensure_optimized!'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_icon_manager.rb:70:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_icon_manager.rb:70:in `ensure_optimized!'
/var/www/discourse/lib/tasks/db.rake:272: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)

```

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