Is this a bug on manage.py command: no such table: auth_permission?

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Hi,

I am getting an error django.db.utils.OperationalError: no such table: auth_permission on my manage.py command (makemigrations/migrate/runserver)

I am not sure if this consider a bug or is it a problem of my setup. So I am checking here before filing bug report to the ticket tracker.

To reproduce the error:

• Django==2.2.15
• djangorestframework==3.11.1

Steps:

1. Copy code below.
2. Run python manage.py makemigrations -> error.

or

1. Remove the code from urls.py that will cause the error.
2. Run python manage.py makemigrations -> success without error.
3. Add back the removed code from step 1.
4. Run python manage.py migrate -> this will trigger the same error. Imagine we deployed our project to server and run migrate for the very first time.

customuser/models.py

from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser, Permission, UserManager
from django.db.models import Q
from django.db import models

class CustomUserManager(UserManager):

    def get_users(self):
        perm = Permission.objects.get(codename='can_view_something')
        users = self.filter(Q(groups__permissions=perm) | Q(user_permissions=perm))
        return users

class CustomUser(AbstractUser):
    objects = CustomUserManager()

    permissions = (
        ('can_view_something', 'Can View Something'),
    )

customuser/views.py

from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
from rest_framework import generics, serializers
from .models import CustomUser

class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta(object):
        model = get_user_model()
        fields = ('id', 'username',)

class SomeUserView(generics.ListAPIView):
    queryset = get_user_model().objects.get_users()
    serializer = UserSerializer

myproject/urls.py (Root urls.py)

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path
from customuser import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('users', views.SomeUserView.as_view(), name="some-user-view")
]

Exact traceback

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 21, in <module>
    main()
  File "manage.py", line 17, in main
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 381, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 375, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 323, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 361, in execute
    self.check()
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 390, in check
    include_deployment_checks=include_deployment_checks,
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 377, in _run_checks
    return checks.run_checks(**kwargs)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/checks/registry.py", line 72, in run_checks
    new_errors = check(app_configs=app_configs)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/checks/urls.py", line 13, in check_url_config
    return check_resolver(resolver)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/checks/urls.py", line 23, in check_resolver
    return check_method()
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 399, in check
    for pattern in self.url_patterns:
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 80, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 584, in url_patterns
    patterns = getattr(self.urlconf_module, "urlpatterns", self.urlconf_module)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 80, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 577, in urlconf_module
    return import_module(self.urlconf_name)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 677, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 728, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/Users/me/Workspace/reproducemigrateerror/reproduceerror/urls.py", line 20, in <module>
    from customuser import views
  File "/Users/me/Workspace/reproducemigrateerror/customuser/views.py", line 14, in <module>
    class SomeUserView(generics.ListAPIView):
  File "/Users/me/Workspace/reproducemigrateerror/customuser/views.py", line 15, in SomeUserView
    queryset = get_user_model().objects.get_users()
  File "/Users/me/Workspace/reproducemigrateerror/customuser/models.py", line 9, in get_users
    perm = Permission.objects.get(codename='can_view_something')
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/manager.py", line 82, in manager_method
    return getattr(self.get_queryset(), name)(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 402, in get
    num = len(clone)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 256, in __len__
    self._fetch_all()
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 1242, in _fetch_all
    self._result_cache = list(self._iterable_class(self))
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 55, in __iter__
    results = compiler.execute_sql(chunked_fetch=self.chunked_fetch, chunk_size=self.chunk_size)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 1140, in execute_sql
    cursor.execute(sql, params)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 99, in execute
    return super().execute(sql, params)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 67, in execute
    return self._execute_with_wrappers(sql, params, many=False, executor=self._execute)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 76, in _execute_with_wrappers
    return executor(sql, params, many, context)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 84, in _execute
    return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 89, in __exit__
    raise dj_exc_value.with_traceback(traceback) from exc_value
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 84, in _execute
    return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
  File "/Users/me/.virtualenvs/reproducemigrateerror-hrGW_V7T/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py", line 383, in execute
    return Database.Cursor.execute(self, query, params)
django.db.utils.OperationalError: no such table: auth_permission

Thanks

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