OuterRef not being treated as an F Expression

[Michael Barr]

According to the documentation on models.OuterRef:

It acts like an F expression except that the check to see if it refers to a valid field isn’t made until the outer queryset is resolved.

I am experiencing an issue with this using the following example:

class ExampleModel(models.Model):
    date = models.DateField()
    value = models.IntegerField()


subquery = ExampleModel.objects.filter(
    date__gte=models.OuterRef('date') - timedelta(days=2),
    date__lte=models.OuterRef('date') + timedelta(days=2),
    value__lte=5
)
queryset = ExampleModel.objects.annotate(
    value_is_less_than_five=models.Exists(subquery)
)

 

The result that I am getting is:

AttributeError: 'ResolvedOuterRef' object has no attribute 'relabeled_clone'

From my understanding, if this is similar to an F Expression, you should be able to perform the timedelta on the OuterRef. I also found someone else on StackOverflow with the same issue. 

What I would like to know is if this is a bug (e.g. should it be supported), or a documentation issue. 

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

[Michael Barr]

For what it is worth, it has been confirmed as a bug and fixed: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/29142