psycopg.errors.UndefinedTable: relation "paperless_applicationconfiguration" does not exist

[frekkanzer2]

Hi, i installed paperless through your chart without customizing the params.
The following pods are okay:

• crystalnet-paperless-postgresql-0
• crystalnet-paperless-redis-master-0

The pod crystalnet-paperless-paperless-ngx-67d9b6ddbd-9bdwm is in CrashLoopBackOff state.
If I print the logs i see the following:

maintainer@orangepizero3:~$ k logs pod/crystalnet-paperless-paperless-ngx-67d9b6ddbd-9bdwm
Defaulted container "paperless-ngx-webserver" out of: paperless-ngx-webserver, paperless-ngx-consumer, paperless-ngx-celery, paperless-ngx-celery-beat
[2025-02-03 02:46:12 +0000] [1] [INFO] Starting gunicorn 23.0.0
[2025-02-03 02:46:12 +0000] [1] [INFO] Listening at: http://[::]:8000 (1)
[2025-02-03 02:46:12 +0000] [1] [INFO] Using worker: paperless.workers.ConfigurableWorker
[2025-02-03 02:46:12 +0000] [1] [INFO] Server is ready. Spawning workers
[2025-02-03 02:46:17 +0000] [1] [INFO] Handling signal: term
[2025-02-03 02:46:17,846] [ERROR] [django.request] Internal Server Error: /accounts/login/
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 105, in _execute
    return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/psycopg/cursor.py", line 97, in execute
    raise ex.with_traceback(None)
psycopg.errors.UndefinedTable: relation "paperless_applicationconfiguration" does not exist
LINE 1: ...perless_applicationconfiguration"."app_logo" FROM "paperless...
                                                             ^

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/asgiref/sync.py", line 518, in thread_handler
    raise exc_info[1]
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py", line 42, in inner
    response = await get_response(request)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/asgiref/sync.py", line 518, in thread_handler
    raise exc_info[1]
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 284, in _get_response_async
    response = await sync_to_async(
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/asgiref/sync.py", line 468, in __call__
    ret = await asyncio.shield(exec_coro)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/asgiref/current_thread_executor.py", line 40, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/asgiref/sync.py", line 522, in thread_handler
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/response.py", line 114, in render
    self.content = self.rendered_content
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/response.py", line 92, in rendered_content
    return template.render(context, self._request)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/backends/django.py", line 107, in render
    return self.template.render(context)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 169, in render
    with context.bind_template(self):
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/contextlib.py", line 137, in __enter__
    return next(self.gen)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/template/context.py", line 256, in bind_template
    context = processor(self.request)
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/paperless/src/documents/context_processors.py", line 7, in settings
    general_config = GeneralConfig()
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<string>", line 3, in __init__
  File "/usr/src/paperless/src/paperless/config.py", line 113, in __post_init__
    app_config = self._get_config_instance()
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/paperless/src/paperless/config.py", line 17, in _get_config_instance
    app_config = ApplicationConfiguration.objects.all().first()
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 1097, in first
    for obj in queryset[:1]:
               ~~~~~~~~^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 400, in __iter__
    self._fetch_all()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 1928, in _fetch_all
    self._result_cache = list(self._iterable_class(self))
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 91, in __iter__
    results = compiler.execute_sql(
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 1574, in execute_sql
    cursor.execute(sql, params)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 79, in execute
    return self._execute_with_wrappers(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 92, in _execute_with_wrappers
    return executor(sql, params, many, context)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 100, in _execute
    with self.db.wrap_database_errors:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 91, in __exit__
    raise dj_exc_value.with_traceback(traceback) from exc_value
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 105, in _execute
    return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/psycopg/cursor.py", line 97, in execute
    raise ex.with_traceback(None)
django.db.utils.ProgrammingError: relation "paperless_applicationconfiguration" does not exist
LINE 1: ...perless_applicationconfiguration"."app_logo" FROM "paperless...
                                                             ^
[2025-02-03 02:46:20 +0000] [1] [INFO] Shutting down: Master

It's a known problem?
Thanks!

[pavekovt]

Same

[frekkanzer2]

@psych0d0g any updates on this? There's a documentation link that we can follow to solve?

[jmthomas91]

I ran into this issue the other day, but the comment here gave me a clue. This helm chart does not support running the initial database migrations for the Django ORM schema yet. Exec-ing into the webserver pod and running python3 manage.py migrate before the deployment starts crashlooping works around this crash. In my case the container was also complaining about PAPERLESS_CONSUMPTION_DIR not existing, so I ran a mkdir $PAPERLESS_CONSUMPTION_DIR and all was well with the deployment.

[frekkanzer2]

Hi @jmthomas91 , thanks for your suggestions!
The bug is now fixed, but when the paperless-ngx-webserver tries to go up i receive the following error:
maintainer@orangepizero3:~$ k logs paperless-ngx-8599cd978d-v4zdr -f
Defaulted container "paperless-ngx-webserver" out of: paperless-ngx-webserver, paperless-ngx-consumer, paperless-ngx-celery, paperless-ngx-celery-beat
[2025-03-04 13:15:01 +0000] [1] [INFO] Starting gunicorn 23.0.0
[2025-03-04 13:15:01 +0000] [1] [INFO] Listening at: http://[::]:8000 (1)
[2025-03-04 13:15:01 +0000] [1] [INFO] Using worker: paperless.workers.ConfigurableWorker
[2025-03-04 13:15:01 +0000] [1] [INFO] Server is ready. Spawning workers
[2025-03-04 13:15:03 +0000] [1] [INFO] Handling signal: term
[2025-03-04 13:15:07 +0000] [1] [INFO] Shutting down: Master

Idk why it happens :(
Do you have other suggestions?

--

Other containers are up and running!
There's what i've done:

1. Apply the helm chart in your k8s/k3s cluster
2. Edit the paperless deployment
3. In the main container (paperless-ngx-webserver) set the following commands:

 - command:
        - sh
        - -c
        - |
          echo 'Creating missing folder';
          mkdir $PAPERLESS_CONSUMPTION_DIR;
          echo 'Starting core SW';
          python3 manage.py migrate;
          gunicorn -c /usr/src/paperless/gunicorn.conf.py paperless.asgi:application

4. In the paperless-ngx-consumer set the following commands:

 - command:
        - sh
        - -c
        - |
          echo 'Creating missing folder';
          mkdir $PAPERLESS_CONSUMPTION_DIR;
          sleep 600;
          python3 manage.py document_consumer

5. Apply the edits, wait for pod restart
6. Check the main container logs and wait the migration end
7. When migration is done, re-edit the deployment:

// paperless-ngx-webserver
 - command:
        - gunicorn
        - -c
        - /usr/src/paperless/gunicorn.conf.py
        - paperless.asgi:application
// paperless-ngx-consumer
- command:
        - sh
        - -c
        - |
          echo 'Creating missing dir...';
          mkdir $PAPERLESS_CONSUMPTION_DIR;
          echo 'Starting document consumer...';
          python3 manage.py document_consumer