#32664: Cannot run makemigrations management command without a SECRET_KEY
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Reporter: François Freitag | Owner: François
Type: | Freitag
Cleanup/optimization | Status: new
Component: Core (Other) | Version: dev
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage:
| Unreviewed
Has patch: 1 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by François Freitag):
> We cannot not guarantee that makemigrations or any other built-in
command will work in the future without a SECRET_KEY.
That’s true. I’m not asking for all management commands to work without a
`SECRET_KEY`, but for the commands to fail only when the `SECRET_KEY` is
accessed.
My goal is to avoid defining a `SECRET_KEY` in environments that do not
need it. That’s the same goal as #29324 and corresponding release note
mention https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/releases/3.2/#security:
> running management commands that do not rely on the SECRET_KEY without
needing to provide a value.
My project (the same as Jon in #29324) works around the limitation by
generating a random string for `SECRET_KEY` when none is available. It is
annoying to maintain logic to create values for unused settings.
A regression in this area isn’t a big deal. IMO, maintaining it on a best-
effort basis is sufficient, and can help simplifying the running on
management commands for other projects.
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